EMDRIA (EMDR International Association)
For more information about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, visit their website at https://emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Visit website at https://nami.org for more mental illness information, support, education, and advocacy. NAMI Austin Office: 512-420-9810; NAMI Texas Office: 512-693-2000.
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Visit website at https://samhsa.gov for more information on alcohol, drug, or mental health education as well as facility locations and programs.
Crisis support via texting “HOME” to 741-741:
Connect with trained crisis counselors for help or if needing information. Available 24/7, free and confidential.
Brainspotting – David Grand, PhD (2013)
“What is Brainspotting?” – Interview with David Grand (2015); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm3Plvaf3UE (23:49)
Beyond the Self: Healing emotional trauma and Brainspotting – Mario C. Salvador (2017)
“Introduction to EMDR Therapy” – EMDR International Association; https://youtu.be/Pkfln-ZtWeY
“Anxiety is the Messenger” – Jennifer L. Fee/TEDx Talk (CSULB); www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoDe1Blxb8s (16:46)
Getting Past Your Past – Francine Shapiro, PhD (2012)
Polyvagal-Informed EMDR: A neural-informed approach to healing – Rebecca Kase (2023)
Mastering Your Emotions with Your Spouse and Others: Seven steps for transforming emotional reactivity – Jim Piekarski (2012)
Triggers: How we can stop reacting and start healing – David Richo (2019)
On Grief & Grieving: Finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. & David Kessler (1994, expanded 2014)
Recovering from Losses in Life – H. Norman Wright (2006)
The Grief Recovery Handbook – John W. James and Russell Friedman (2009)
A Matter of Death and Life – Irvin D. Yalom and Marilyn Yalom (2021)
Resilient Grieving: How to find your way through devastating loss – Lucy Hone, PhD (2024)
Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes – William Bridges, PhD (2004)
The Five Things We Cannot Change…and the happiness we find by embracing them – David Richo (2005)
Falling Upward: A spirituality for the two halves of life – Richard Rohr (2011)
Atomic Habits: An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones – James Clear (2018)
Life is in the Transitions: Mastering change at any age – Bruce Feiler (2020)
Tiny Habits: The small changes that change everything – B.J. Fogg, PhD (2020)
Boundaries – Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend (1995, 2017); [Other books in Boundaries series: in marriage, in dating, w/teens, and w/kids.]
How to Be an Adult in Relationships – David Richo (2002)
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman, PhD and Nan Silver (2015)
Fight Right: How successful couples turn conflict into connection – Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD and John Gottman, PhD (2024)
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – Peter Levine (1997)
Healing Trauma: attachment, mind, body, and brain – Edited by Marion F. Solomon and Daniel J. Siegel (2003)
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma – Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD (2014)
Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems Therapy – Frank G. Anderson, MD (Foreword by Richard C. Schwartz, PhD), (2021)