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
• Webpage: 19 Critical Ways to Save You from Yourself
• Webpage: The Long-lasting Effect of Parental Criticism on Your Self-Worth
• Video: What is an Emotionally Healthy Childhood?

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

• 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: How Noticing Your Thoughts Leads to Healthier Habits of Mind

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
• Blog: The Rebellion of Over-Criticized Child, by Leon Seltzer

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
• Assertiveness Workbook

Trauma

• Video: How Childhood Trauma Affects Your Emotional and Physical Health Across a Lifetime
• 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 
• Free e-books on Trauma by Dr. Veronique Mead
• PDF: ACES Trauma Handout for Parents 

Narcissistic/Other-Blamers

• Raised by a Narcissistic Parent? 11 Healing Things to Do Right Now
• 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
• Website: 25 Signs of Covert Narcissism
• Website: Neuroscience: The shocking impact narcissistic abuse has on the brain

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: Develop 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
• Webpage: How Quick Are You to Take Offense? 10 Powerful Remedies

Medication

• Webpage: In Recovery from Antidepressants (An excellent summary of psychiatric drug harms and good resource links.)
• Website: Surviving Antidepressants (Forum with tapering strategies). 
• Website: International Antidepressant Withdrawal Project
• 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
• Blog: Lasting Damage from Prescribed Drugs
• The New Yorker: The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs
• Website and Forums: Benzo Buddies (for benzodiazepine information)