resources & recommendations
bookshelf (includes websites and podcasts!)
by Carl Rogers
Patch Adams and the Gesunheit! Institute
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
by Judith Lewis Herman
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
Jessica Fern
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Sabrina Strings
Emily Nagoski
Intersection of Intensity: Exploring Giftedness and Trauma
Patty L. Gently, MSMHC, PhD
Anton Fulmen
We Can Do Hard Things (podcast)
Aubrey Gordon
https://www.yourfatfriend.com/ (Aubrey's website)
“What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat” (book)
Ori Alon-Ray
Center for Supportive Bureaucracy (Empowering Clerks Network)
Marlene Winell
https://marlenewinell.net/ (Marlene's website)
Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell Foundation (website)
Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (Full Series)
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson
recommendations
Low-Cost Therapy (Canada)
I have not accessed these services myself as a client, but I have spent a few hours looking into what they do and how they do it and that led me to feel comfortable recommending them here:
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Provides free short-term and affordable long-term counselling options to underserved communities across Canada via in-person, telephone, and online platforms
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Provides a visible and accessible directory of therapists who offer low cost and sliding scale rates
Crisis Services
Canada
Call or text 9-8-8 from anywhere in Canada to immediately connect with a responder and get help without judgment
Multilingual Distress Lines (open Monday to Friday 10am-10pm)
廣東話 (Cantonese), 中文 Mandarin), Português (Portuguese), Español (Spanish), हिंदी (Hindi), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi), اردو (Urdu)
Free Counselling for Deaf and hard of hearing individuals
Call: 833-456-4566
Text: 45645
Sexual Assault Centres, Crisis Lines, And Support Services (across Canada)
Call: 1-800-668-6868
Text: Text CONNECT to 686868
Chat in a web browser:
Gerstein Centre Crisis Support Line
(Support in over 180 languages through the RIO Network)
Call: (416) 929-5200
24/7 Help Line (Greater Toronto Area)
Toronto Rape Crisis Line (24/7)
International
Help for children and youth in crisis
Global Suicide Hotline Resources
List of suicide hotlines by country
Provides confidential support to people in emotional crisis or support, or those close to them (support in 90 countries, in 94 languages)
Searchable database of international helplines, emergency numbers, issue-based resources (addiction, abuse, LGBTQ, veterans, etc.)
International Mental Health Resources (US, UK and Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan)