FOR COUPLES

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love | Dr. Sue Johnson

Through real-couple stories and easy to implement conversation starters, learn how to nurture your relationship, reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve attachment bonds with your partner.

Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships | Dr. Sue Johnson

New scientific evidence that covers the three stages of a relationship; the intelligence of emotions and the logic of love; the physical and psychological benefits of secure love; and more. Based on groundbreaking research, it will change the way you think about love.

Secure Love | Julie Menanno, LMFT

Create a healthy, securely attached relationship to last a lifetime.

An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples, 2nd Edition | Kallos-Lilly and Fitzgerald

Based on EFT, this workbook offers practical, helpful steps for couples who want to improve and enhance their emotional connection or overcome relationship distress.

ANXIETY & DEPRESSION

The Mindful Way Through Depression | Williams, Teasdale, Segal, Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help you break the cycle once and for all. Includes a CD of guided meditations.

HEALTHY BOUNDARIES & ATTACHMENT

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents | Lindsay C. Gibson

How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Set Boundaries, Find Peace | Nedra Glover Tawwab

End the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself.

The Power of Attachment | Diane Poole Heller

Dr. Heller, a pioneer in attachment theory and trauma resolution, shows how overwhelming experiences can disrupt our most important connections.

LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS & ALLIES

The Trevor Project | TheTrevorProject.org →

24/7 support from trained counselors and an online social networking for LGBTQ youth and allies

PFLAG | Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians and Gays →

National nonprofit organization with over 250,000 members and 500 chapters across the U.S.

Unashamed Love Collective | A community for LGBTQ+ People and Allies →

Support, education, community, stories – hosted by Amber Cantorna

Tyler Clementi Foundation | Resources for Faith Communities →

Anti-bullying organization raising awareness about the deadly effects of online harassment and cyberbullying

The Reformation Project | Advancing LGBT Inclusion in the Church →

Books, webinars, conferences, and support for parents

TRAUMA

What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing | Winfrey & Perry

Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road; this book provides powerful insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.

The Courage to Heal | Bass & Davis

A guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse

Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma | Ingrid Clayton

What if emotional abuse is so hidden, its effects remain unchallenged for decades, masquerading as personal failings?

My Grandmother’s Hands | Resmaa Menakem

Racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies

The Deepest Well | Nadine Burke Harris

Healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity

Getting Past Your Past | Francine Shapiro

Learn to take control of your life with self-help techniques from the expert who discovered EMDR therapy. For more information about EMDR, visit EMDRIA.org

When Religion Hurts You | Dr. Laura Anderson

Healing from religious trauma and the impact of high-control religion

DIVORCE

The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart | Dr. Constance Ahrons

For Better or For Worse:  Divorce Reconsidered | E. Mavis Hetherington

Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce | JoAnne Pedro-Carroll

PARENTING

Parenting from the Inside Out | Dan Siegel, MD and Mary Hartzell

How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive.

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain | Daniel J. Siegel, MD

Transform conflict into connection by reframing adolescence as an incredibly positive period of growth, change, and experimentation.

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind | Daniel J. Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson

Pioneering, practical book that includes age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles and cultivating healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.

Co-Parenting Works! Helping Your Children Thrive After Divorce | Tammy Daughtry

Daughtry is the founder of Co-Parenting International and a counselor and speaker with over ten years of personal experience in co-parenting.

PALS | Post adoption learning services →

Nonprofit offering resources for parents of children adopted internationally – Anna Caudell, Director

SPIRITUALITY

Anatomy of the Soul | Curt Thompson, MD

Surprising connections between neuroscience and spiritual practices that can transform your life and relationships.

Breathing Underwater | Richard Rohr

Spirituality and the Twelve Steps