Resources

I update this page routinely when I find new resources that may appeal to my current and prospective clients – so check back!

Current clients may find links here to books and podcasts that I reference in our sessions.

Basic Needs

Project Bread helps connect people to food resources. You can call or text their hotline at 1-800-645-8333 or visit their website for assistance: https://www.projectbread.org

American Consumer Credit Counseling is a non-profit organization that helps people get out of debt by providing budget advice and counseling, as well as negotiating with high-interest debtors to reduce interest rates. They help many people escape the cycle of high-interest debt. Learn more here: https://www.consumercredit.com/debt-programs/debt-management-program/

Books

What My Bones Know, by Stephanie Foo, addresses complex trauma through the eyes of a trauma survivor and investigative journalist, who explores her own trauma recovery process and engages the latest research and cutting-edge practices and experts.

No Bad Parts, by Richard Schwartz, presents the Internal Family Systems therapy model and framework with a comprehensive overview of the theory in accessible language that doesn’t assume the reader is a therapist. Dr. Schwartz shares the wisdom of this model as well as real examples of people who have experienced this powerful healing modality, and offers practical exercises that you can use independently, outside of therapy sessions.

The Wild Edge of Sorrow, by Francis Weller, is a beautiful book on how people grieve, and considers grief through a new and distinctive lens. Weller critiques how western society has effectively taught us to forget or numb our grief, rather than sharing in community rituals and connection, and allowing grief to run its course, even when it never fully resolves (which it often doesn’t). Weller considers many different kinds of grief, including conventional definitions of grief such as interpersonal loss, as well as subtler forms of grief, such as the collective grief of our changing planet, genocide, and the loss of community living.

Good Inside, by Becky Kennedy is the #1 parenting book I recommend to people at all stages of their parenting journey, including individuals without children who are in the process of re-parenting themselves. Dr. Becky is one of a few great minds re-thinking parenting advice – it’s not an instruction manual, it’s a journey into your relationship with yourself and an invitation to heal that in order to improve your capacity to self-regulate, and therefore offer co-regulation with your children. And once she’s got you bought-in to that, she gives you a few great tips. I’ve used this book in my own parenting journey, and at the risk of sounding corny, it has actually changed my life.