Books, Websites, Podcasts & Other Resources

Favorite Mental Health Podcasts

• Terrible, Thanks for asking

• We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle

• Maintenance Phase
  This podcast by Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes examines many of the incorrect messages around health & wellness.

• The Mortified Podcast
  A podcast that dispels childhood shame by reading childhood journals in front of an audience of strangers. 

• Where shall we begin?

• Savage Love Podcast

• Finding Our Way Podcast 

• Tara Brach’s guided meditations
   

Healing from Sexual Abuse

• “The Sexual Healing Journey” by Wendy Maltz

• “The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse” by Ellen Bass and Lauren Davis

• “The Body Keeps the Score”
  by Bessel Van Der Kolk

• “The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms” by Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula

• Adult Survivors of Child Abuses (ASCA)

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Help with Creative Blocks

• The Artist’s Way

• The Gift

• The War of Art

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Healing Movement Practices

• Gaga movement

• Five Rhythms

• Ecstatic Dance Los Angeles

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Grief & Loss

• The Dinner Party - helping to grieve the loss of a parent

• Our House Grief Support Group

• Actively Moving Forward Grief Group

• Modern Loss - a community supporting grief

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Sexuality 

• LA Gay & Lesbian Center

• Our Whole Lives - progressive lifespan education for children

• The Trevor Project - 24/7 counseling and support for LGBTQ young people

• Dipsea - sexy, audio stories

• Decriminalize Sex Work Now

• West Hollywood LBGT Services

• Sexual Health Edu in LA Area - tweens, teens, families

• Accepts medi-cal 

• TGIJP (Transgender, Gender-Variant and Intersex Justice Project)  

• Transgender Law Center

• Asexuality

• Kink Clinician Guidelines

• National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 

• Coping with Erectile Dysfunction

• Yes, No, Maybe So - A Sexual Inventory

• Come As You Are

• The Body is not an Apology

• Love by Bell Hooks

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Addiction

• The National Harm Reduction Coalition

• Tempest
  Not a 12-step, but support for women who want to stopping drinking

• AA

• Al Anon LA

• Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous

• Naltrexone
  NCBI study on Naltrexone, a medication that can stop cravings for alcohol.

 

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