Mental Health Resources

Books

• Codependent No More
• Addiction Recovery Skills to Rewire the Brain
• Finding Your Best Self: Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both
• Letters to My People: Thoughts of a Recovering Addict
• Understanding Addiction: Know Science, No Stigma
• High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict’s Double Life
• Developing Drug Addiction Recovery Skills by Understanding Addiction and The Brain
• Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery
• Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change
• Sober On A Drunk Planet: Giving Up Alcohol
• The Little Green Book: (a guide to breaking up with marijuana)
• Addicted: Recovering from Marijuana Addiction

Articles

• Understanding Drug Use and Addiction DrugFacts
• Addiction as a brain disease revised: why it still matters, and the need for consilience
• The Fix

Podcasts

• Understanding & Treating Addiction | Dr. Anna Lembke
• Anna Lembke On The Neuroscience of Addiction: Our Dopamine Nation | Rich Roll Podcast
• Russell Brand FINALLY Opens Up: Escaping A Lifetime Of Anxiety, Addiction & Finding Love!

Apps & Websites

• I Am Sober
• WEconnect
• Quitzilla
• Nomo
• Recovery Path
• SMART Recovery
• About My Drinking Screening Tool

Community Groups

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Agnostic AA NYC
• Al-Anon
• Center For Online Addiction
• Crystal Meth Anonymous
• DrugRehab.com
• RehabNet.com

• Moderation Management

• Nar-Anon
• SAMHSA
• Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
• Smoking Cessation
• AA for LGBTQ NYC Community
• DrugRehab
• Drug Rehab Connections 
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Social Media

• @andrewmoses_coach
• @thesoberplug
• @hoperisingrehab

Books

• ADHD 2.0 
• Driven to Distraction
• A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD
• Your Brain’s Not Broken
• Rethinking Adult ADHD
• Divergent Mind

Articles

• ADHD Quick Facts
• Never Enough? Why ADHD Brains Crave Stimulation

Podcasts

• I Have ADHD
• ADDitude ADHD Expert Podcast
• All Things ADHD

Websites

• ADDitude
• Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Books

• Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
• The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
• Anxiety Relief for Teens

Websites

• Cope With School NYC
• Mindfulness For Teens
• Go Ask Alice

Social Media

• @selfcareisapriority

Mentoring & Social Media

• The New York Foundling
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
• Because I Love You, Parent and Youth Support Group
• Stand Up! Girls

Books

• Self-Therapy
• Living Like You Mean It
• It’s Not Always Depression
• The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You
• The Self-Compassion Skills Workbook
• How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking
• Pleasure Activism
• How to Be Yourself
• Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder
• An Unquiet Mind
• Bipolar II and the Black Woman
• The Concise Guide to Bipolar Disorder

Articles

• Answers to Questions About Panic Disorder
• Suicide, read this first

Podcasts

• Ten Percent Happier
• The Goop Podcast: Edith Edger Episode
• The Mental Illness Happy Hour
• The Bipolar Diaries

Apps & Social Media

• Calm Harm
• @selfcareisapriority

Websites

• The International Bipolar Foundation
• Support Groups
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Books

• Unmasking Autism
• We’re Not Broken
• Neuroqueer Heresies
• What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic
• Neurotribes

Articles

• Neurodiversity in the Real World
• Choosing a College When You’re Neurodiverse
• Neurodiversity in the workplace

Podcasts

• All Autism Talk
• Actually Autistic Podcast
• Autism & Neurodiversity Podcast

Websites

• My Soul Balm
• Musings of an Aspie

Community Support

• Project LETS
• Society For Neurodiversity
• Neurodiversity Network
• Autistic Adults NYC
• Autism Now
• Support group for parents of neurodiverse children

Books

• Eating in the Light of the Moon
• How to Eat
• The Body is Not an Apology
• More Than a Body
• Intuitive Eating

Podcasts

• Body Love Project
• Dr. Leaf Show: Healing body dysmorphia & ending self-blame + trauma recovery strategies
• Rebel Eaters Club Podcast
• Body Kindness

Websites

• Eathority
• Burnt Toast

Books

• Hold Me Tight
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
• Bring Yourself to Love
• Getting the Love You Want
• Mating in Captivity
• The 5 Love Languages
• Opening Up
• Polysecure
• Designer Relationships
• More Than Two
• The Ethical Slut
• Keeping the Love You Find
• All About Love
• The Journey from Abandonment to Healing

Podcasts & Videos

• Loving Without Boundaries
• Multiamory Podcast
• Therapist Uncensored
• Esther Perel: Infidelity
• Where Should We Begin?
• Sue Johnson: What is a Healthy Marriage?
• Brene Brown: Power of Vulnerability
• Brene Brown: Listening To Shame
• The gift and power of emotional courage – Susan David

Apps/Social Media

• Lasting
• @drlaurenfogelmersy

Websites

• Childhood Abandonment Issues
• 5 Love Languages Quiz

Books

• Cultural Humility
• My Grandmother’s Hands
• Decolonizing Therapy
• Decolonizing Trauma Work
• The Pain We Carry
• Rest is Resistance
• Where I Belong
• I Never Thought of it That Way
• Racial Trauma
• Owning Our Struggles
• Black and White Racial Identity

Podcasts

• From My Soul to Yours
• Latinx Therapy
• Asians Do Therapy

• Entre Tías y Amiguis

• The Melanated Social Work Podcast

Articles

• Why I Left My White Therapist

Websites

• Therapy For Black Girls

Social Media

• @asiansformentalhealth
• @firstgenfeeler

Books

• Life After Loss
• The Grief Recovery Handbook
• On Grief and Grieving
• Healing Into Life and Death
• The Year of Magical Thinking
• No Death, No Fear
• Bearing the Unbearable
• Grief is Love
• Grief Journal

Podcasts

• Good Grief with Cheryl Jones

Apps & Websites

• Actively Moving Forward
• Grief Yoga with Paul Denniston

Books

• Yes Means Yes
• When Someone You Love is Kinky
• Partners in Power
• The Loving Dominant
• The New Bottoming Book
• The New Topping Book
• Ultimate Guide to Bondage
• Sex, Sexuality, and Trans Identities
• Safe, Sane, and Consensual
• The Color of Kink
• Ultimate Guide of Kink
• Sinless Sex
• The Art of Receiving and Giving
• Anal Pleasure and Health
• The Erotic Mind
• Transforming Sexual Narratives
• Modern Sexuality

Articles

• A Guide to Tantric Masturbation

Podcasts

• Esther Perel: The Secret to Desire in a Long Term Relationship
• Sex Out Loud
• The Dildorks
• Come As You Are

Websites & Social Media

• Online Dating Guide
• Mojo Upgrade
• @drlaurenfogelmersy

Books

• Raising Good Humans
• The Whole-Brain Child
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
• Raising a Secure Child
• The First Relationship: Infant and Mother
• The Interpersonal World of the Infant
• The Scientist in the Crib
• Parenting From the Inside Out
• Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids
• Dear Parent
• Raising Securely Attached Kids
• All Feelings Welcome
• Talking Sex With Your Kids
• Giving the Love That Heals
• Parenting With Wisdom and Skill
• Playful Parenting
• Emotional Life of the Toddler
• Fatherhood Series
• Raising Resilient Children
• The Magic of Encouragement

Apps

• Dealing With Teen Depression

Websites

• Gay With Kids
• Men Having Babies
• Resources For Infant Educators

Books

• Psychedelic Medicine
• The Promise of Psychedelics
• The Ketamine Papers

Articles

• How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain?
• Effects of Marijuana on Mental Health: Anxiety
• Effects of Marijuana on Mental Health: Depression
• Cannabinoids and their therapeutic applications in mental disorders
• Psychedelics are outperforming trauma researchers’ expectations. But why?

Podcasts

• The Power and Promise of Psychedelics in Therapy
• Road to Resilience Podcast: The Therapeutic Promise of Psychedelics

Books

• Rethinking Narcissism 
• The OCD Workbook
• The Family Guide to Mental Health Care
• Surviving Schizophrenia 
• Stop Walking on Eggshells
• I Hate You – Don’t Leave Me
• Borderline Personality Disorder – a BPD Survival Guide
• Borderline Personality Disorder

Articles

• How to Support Someone With a Mental Health Problem
• Supporting a Family Member With a Serious Mental Illness
• Living Well With Serious Mental Illness
• What is Borderline Personality Disorder

Podcasts

• My Family, Mental Illness and Me
• When a Loved One Won’t Seek Mental Health Treatment
• The BPD Bunch

Apps

• Emoods Tracker
• Calm

Websites

• Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center
• Psych Central
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Support Groups

Books

• The Body Remembers
• The Complex PTSD Workbook
• Trauma and Recovery
• What My Bones Know
• Evicting the Perpetrator 

Articles

• How to Heal From Trauma
• Self Care While Healing From Emotional Trauma
• Releasing the Past
• Seven Tools for Managing Traumatic Stress
• Healing Trauma Requires Braving Vulnerability
• Questions About Memories From Child Abuse

Podcasts

• Childhood Trauma + Our Physical + Mental Health With Dr. Gabor Mate
• The Healing Trauma Podcast

Apps & Websites

• Headspace
• National Center for PTSD

• Brene Brown: Power of Vulnerability.
• Brene Brown: Listening To Shame.
• Finding Your Parts – Intro of IFS
• The gift and power of emotional courage – Susan David
• The Change Triangle