Resources
A collection of books, videos, podcasts, workbooks, groups, and other materials that clients may find helpful.
General
Where to Turn in Nashville: Middle TN’s Resource Directory
Attachment
Boundaries
10 Laws of Boundaries (based on Cloud & Townsend’s Boundaries)
The Set Boundaries Workbook by Nedra Glover Tawwab (from Set Boundaries)
Body Image & Eating
Emotion Regulation
Distress Tolerance Handouts (DBT skills)
Moody mood tracker and journal app
Window of Tolerance: explanation and practical strategies
Opposite Action (DBT skill)
Radical Acceptance (DBT skill & mindfulness practice)
Groups
Nashville Group Therapy Directory, updated by Dr. Erin Carney
Al-Anon Meeting Finder
ACA Meeting Finder (Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families)
AA Meeting Finder (Alcoholics Anonymous)
Chronic Illness Support Groups
Wildheart Meditation Center in East Nashville and their podcast
Habit-Forming
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
LGBTQIA+
“Medical Care for Transgender Youth with Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy” Podcast Episode
Middle Tennessee Transgender Alliance
Understanding Asexuality by the Trevor Project
Neurodiversity
ADHD Resources from ADDitude Magazine
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
Queerness + Christianity
Queerology: On Belief & Being podcast hosted by therapist Matthias Roberts
Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts
Love Makes Room: And Other Things I Learned When My Daughter Came Out by Staci Frenes
Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
Unnatural: Spiritual Resiliency in Queer Christian Women by Rachel Murr
Relationships
Gottman’s 4 Horsemen & Antidotes
Gottman’s Emotion Bank Account
Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection by Drs. John and Julie Gottman
Overview of the Gottmans’ Research
How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo
Fair Play card deck for dividing household physical and mental labor
Equality Wheel and Power & Control Wheel for identifying safe versus unsafe relationships
Where Should We Begin?: A Game of Stories card deck by Esther Perel
Sex & Intimacy
Come As You Are Workbook by Emily Nagoski (from Come As You Are)
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
Sex therapist Vanessa Marin’s Instagram and her book Sex Talks
Suicidality/Crisis
Crisis Text Line (chat or text)
988 Crisis Line (chat, call, text, and other resources)
LGBTQIA+ Crisis Line (chat, call, text, and other resources) by The Trevor Project
“Helping your friends who sometimes wanna die maybe not die” zine for supporting a suicidal loved one by Carly Boyce*
*This is a resource that has been helpful to some but is not direct therapeutic advice or an overt clinical recommendation from me.
Trauma
The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color by Natalie Gutiérrez
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
