Resources
Starting Therapy
- Webpage: How to Recognize a Good Therapist
- Webpage: 8 Life-Changing Lessons I Learned From Seeing a Therapist
- Blog: How to be Your Own Therapist
- PDF: Developing a Mindfulness Practice
- Blog: How to Develop Self-Compassion
- Brief Mindfulness Practices to Reduce Anxiety
- Webpage: Why Self-Compassion Beats Self-Confidence (NY Times article)
- Webpage: 19 Critical Ways to Save You from Yourself
- Video: How Childhood Trauma Affects Your Emotional and Physical Health Across a Lifetime
- Webpage: The Long-lasting Effect of Parental Criticism on Your Self-Worth
- Raised by a Narcissistic Parent? 11 Healing Things to Do Right Now
- Video: What is an Emotionally Healthy Childhood?
Parenting
- Video: What is an Emotionally Healthy Childhood?
- Resource List: Articles on How to Help Your Child Develop Social and Emotional Core Competencies
- Webpage: Social and Emotional Core Competencies for Children
- Video: Dr. Peter Breggin on Good Parenting and the Harms of Psychiatric Medication
- Webpate: Self-Compassion for Parents
- Webpage: Harvard Scientists Identify 5 Way Parents Can Raise “Good” Kids
- Webpage: Connecting with Challenging Kids by Leaning in to Discomfort
- Webpage: Anxiety and Disruptive Behavior in Children
- PDF: ADHD Parent Teacher Handout
- Video: Attachment Theory and Emotional Regulation
- Blog: ADHD Tips for Parents
- Webpage: How Parents Stifle Individuation
- PDF: Reflective Listening
- Webpage: Reflective Listening With PreSchoolers
- Webpage: The Harms of Over-Protective Parenting
- Blog: Parenting Tips Handout
- Webpage: Parenting After Tantrums
- Webpage: The Six Ways Good Parents Contribute to Anxiety in Children
- Webpage: 10 Psychological Studies on Good Parenting Habits
- Webpage: What Teens Need Most from Parents
- Video: Parenting after Experiencing Childhood Trauma
- Webpage: Infographic on The Effects of Helicopter Parenting
- Webpage: Getting Kids Unhooked from Tech
- Webpage: The Long-Lasting Effect of Parental Criticism on a Child’ Self-Worth
- Webpage: Sleep Tips for Children
- Webpage: Why Attachment Parenting is Not the Same Thing as Secure Attachment
- YouTube: Narcissists and Children
- Blog: How to Tell Your Children about Separation and Divorce
- Webpage: Five Ways to Help Teens Build Self-worth
- Webpage: In the Absence of the Village, Mothers Struggle Most
General Adult
- Conquering Anxiety
- Webpage: 10 Best Anxiety Management Tips
- Blog: How the Fight-or-Flight Response Affects Emotional Health
- Webpage: Effect of Sleep Deprivation on the Brain and Body
- Video: Criticism when you’ve had a bad childhood
- Free e-books on Trauma by Dr. Veronique Mead
Trauma
- Website: How to Rewire Your Traumatized Brain
- Website: Harvard University Center on the Developing Child: Childhood Trauma Resources
- Website: Books and Therapies for Healing Chronic Illness Caused by Trauma
- Website: Addiction Rooted in Childhood Trauma
Narcissistic/Other-Blamers
- Video: The Narcissist’s Family Cult
- Blog: Understanding How Narcissistic Traits Relate to Shame Intolerance
- Website: Why Does Your Narcissistic Partner Always Blame You?
- Website: The Loyalty Bind of the Narcissist’s Child
- Website: The Effects of Narcissists on Relationships
- Website: The Gray Rock Methods of Dealing with Narcissists
Relationships
- Blog: What to Expect in Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Video: The Challenge of Being Close
- Video: What is your Attachment Style?
- Webpage: Seven Reasons to Blame Your Partner (And Why None are Good)
- Webpage: Anger: When Adults Act Like Children — And Why
- Wbbpage: 10 Habits of People in Happy Relationships
- Webpage: How a Husband Accidentally Learned to Really Listen to his Wife
- Video: Love Sense: Sue Johnson and Edward Tronick Discuss Attachment Bonding in Relationships
- Webpage: Dev elop Emotional Fluency in Relationships
- PDF: Masters of Love Article (The Atlantic)
- Webpage: 10 Signs You Have Trust Issues
- Video: Attachment Theory and Emotional Regulation
- Video: Jon Allen, PhD, Interview on Trauma and Attachment Relationships
- Webpage: 5 Principles that Unleash Your Power of Communication
- Webpage: Why Emotional Safety is the Defining Feature of Good Sex
- Webpage: Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
- Webpage: I Can’t Stop Cheating on My Girlfriend
- Webpage: How Do I Leave My Lying, Cheating Boyfriend?
- Webpage: Identifying Covert Narcissists
- Webpage: How Your Parents Affect Your Relationships Through Attachment Patterns
- Webpate: Is Couple’s Therapy a Waste of Time?
- Video: What is an Emotionally Healthy Childhood? (And how does it affect your adult relationships?)
- Webpage: Compassionate Boundaries: How to Say No with Heart
Medication
- Webpage: In Recovery from Antidepressants (An excellent summary of psychiatric drug harms and good resource links.)
- Webpage: Study Finds ADHD Drugs Alter Developing Brain
- Webpages: Mind.org Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Information
- Chaya Grossberg’s website offers a free e-book and many resources on psychiatric drug withdrawal
- New York Times: Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Stop
- Webpage: 8 Years of Mental Health Research Distilled to 4 Infographics
- Webpage: Do You Need Antidepressant Medication?
- PDF: Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs Harm Reduction Guide
- Webpage: International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry URLs for weaning off psychiatric drugs.
- PDF: Unbiased Medication Information
- Webpage: The Harmful Effects of Antidepressants
- Webpage: Antidepressants: 10 Shocking Studies Everyone Should Know
- Webpage: The Harmful Effects of Benzodiazepines (Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, Valium, etc)
- Webpage: The Ashton Manual: How to Withdraw from Benzodiazepines
- Webpage: Infographic on Harms and Benefits of Bi-polar Drugs