RESOURCES
Resources for Addiction and Mental Health
Helpful Websites
National Suicide Lifeline
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
800-273-8255
SAMHSA National Hotline (addiction)
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
800-622-HELP (4357)
National Problem Gambling Hotline
https://www.ncpgambling.org/
800-522-4700
The Trevor Project
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline
https://translifeline.org/
877-565-8860
Grab a good book and enjoy some leisurely self-care like Lupin!
Non-affiliated Services
Jim Toy Center
734-274-9551
Affirmations
248-398-7105
Ruth Ellis Center
313-252-1950
LACASA (DV Services)
https://lacasacenter.org/
866-522-2725
Intriguing Podcasts
Brené Brown: Unlocking Us
* Anatomy of Trust
*Partnerships, Patterns, and Paradoxical Relationships (with Ester Perel)
*Permission to Feel (with Dr. Marc Brackett)
The Gottmann Institute: Small Things Often
(4-5 minute Podcasts)
*Why You Should Stop Trying to Fix Your Partner’s Feelings
*The Importance of Taking Breaks
*Four Things That Make Up Successful Relationships
Woman Worriers
*How to Reprogram Your Mind to Heal Attachment Wounds
Helpful Books
ADDICTION/RECOVERY
If You Work It, It Works! The Science Behind 12 Step Recovery, by Joseph Nowinski, PhD
ANXIETY
Don’t Feed the Monkey Mind, by Jennifer Shannon, LMFT
COUPLES
Fair Play, by Eve Rodsky
What Makes Love Last, by John Gottmann and Nan Silver
DISORDERED EATING
Intuitive Eating, by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD and Elyse Resch, MS, RD, FADA, CEDRD
Life Without Ed, by Jenni Schaefer
LGBTQ+
God and the Gay Christian, by Matthew Vines
The Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professional Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens, by Stephanie Brill and Lisa Kenney
Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue, by Nicholas M. Teich
TRAUMA RECOVERY
Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin, by Anne Katherine, M.A.
The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
Miscellaneous
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, by Lori Gottlieb
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain
The Gift of Imperfection, by Brené Brown
Untamed, by Glennon Doyle
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