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Resources

General Mental Health

Books

  • The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT by Russ Harris

  • No Bad Parts by Richard Shwartz, Ph.D.

  • Rewire Your Anxious Brain by Catherine M. Pittman and Elizabeth M. Karle

  • Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab 

Podcasts

  • Huberman Lab by Dr. Andrew Huberman

  • Healing Circles Podcast by Kobe Campbell

  • The Allender Center Podcast by Dr. Dan Allender

  • The Place We Find Ourselves by Adam Young, LCSW/MDiv

Relationships

​Books

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

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – And Keep – Love by Amir Levine, M.D. and Rachel S.F. Heller, M.A.

  • The Relationship Cure by John M. Gottman, Ph.D.

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman, Ph.D. and Nan Silver

  • Boundaries in Marriage by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

  • Boundaries in Dating by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

  • Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents by Jane Isay

  • Created for Connection by Dr. Sue Johnson

  • The New Codependency: Help and Guidance for Today’s Generation by Melanie Beattie

Parenting

Books

  • The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

  • No Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

  • The Explosive Child by Ross Green 

  • Freeing Your Child from Anxiety by Tamar E. Chansky 

  • Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clark-Fields 

  • How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber 

  • The Teenage Brain:  Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Adults by Frances E. Jensen and Amy Ellis Nutt

  • Raising Worry-Free Girls by Sissy Goff

  • Braver, Stronger, Smarter: A Girl’s Guide to Overcoming Worry and Anxiety by Sissy Goff

  • Helping your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way by M. Gary Neuman 

  • Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD by Eli R Lebowitz 

  • Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber 

  • Are My Kids on Track? The 12 Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Milestones Your Child Needs to Reach by Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan

  • Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James and David Thomas

  • Raising Emotionally Strong Boys by David Thomas 

  • Intentional Parenting by Sissy Goff and Melissa Trevathan

  • The Back Door to Your Teen’s Heart: Learning What They Need and Helping Them Find It by Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff

 

Podcasts

  • Raising Boys and Girls by Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan

  • One Day You’ll Thank Me by Dr.Egan 

  • Parenting After Trauma with Robyn Gobbel 

For Children

Books​

  • ​The Invisible String by Patrice Karst (Grief and Death) 

  • Let's Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors by Jayneen Sanders and Sarah Jennings

  • A Little SPOT of Feelings by  Diane Alber

  • My Mouth Is a Volcano by Julia Cook 

  • Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein 

  • The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Cool Bean, The Smart Cookie by Jory John and Pete Oswald 

  • The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld

Trauma

​Books

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

  • Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.

  • Getting Past Your Past by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. 

  • It Didn't Start With You by Mark Wolynn

  • Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma by Janina Fisher, Ph.D.

  • Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore, Ph.D.

Spiritual Hurt

​Books

  • Redeeming Power Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church by Diane Langberg

  • The Spiritual Impact of Sexual Abuse by Diane Langberg

  •  A Curious Faith: The Questions God Asks, We Ask and We Wish Someone Would Ask Us. 

  • Handle With Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch in Life and Ministry by Lore Ferguson Wilbert 

  • The Scars that Have Shaped Me by Vaneetha Rendall Risner

  • Seasons of Waiting by Bethany Childs Howard 

  • A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

  • Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop and Joni Eareckson Tada

  • Held by Abbey Wedgewood and guest authors. 

For emergency mental health care:

- Dial 911

- Dial 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

- Contact the Mobile Crisis Line (Matrix) (704-566-3410) 

- Visit your nearest emergency room

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