podcasts
ShrinkChicks Podcast (hosted by our co-founders!)
Unlocking Us – Brene Brown
Where Should We Begin – Esther Perel
Undistracted – Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Code Switch - NPR
Be AntiRacist - Ibram X. Kendi
mental health lines
American Foundation For Suicide Prevention: Are you in a crisis? Call 800-273-8255 or text TALK to 741741.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255
Love Is Respect - 1-866-331-9474
The Trevor Project for LGBTQAI + Support - 866-488-7386
Eating Disorder Hotline - 1-800-931-2237
Sexual Assault Hotline - 1-800-656-4673
Chester County
Chester County Crisis Services ( CHIMES) - (610) 280-3270
Philadelphia County
Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Services - 215-686-4420
books
for relationships
Attached - Amir Levine, MD and Rachel Heller, M.A.
Mating in Captivity & The State of Affairs - Esther Perel
Why Won’t You Apologize – Harriet Lerner
Passionate Marriage – David Schnarch
Hold Me Tight – Dr. Sue Johnson
The New Rules of Marriage – Terry Real
Getting the Love You Want – Harville Hendrix Ph.D. and Helen LaKelly Hunt Ph.D.
for personal growth
The Gift of Imperfection – Brene Brown
Burnout – Emily Nagowski & Amelia Nagowski
Women Who Think Too Much – Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
I don't want to Talk About it: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression – Terrence Real
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path – Jack Kornfield
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents – Lindsay C. Gibson
No Bad Parts – Richard C. Schwartz
Toxic Positivity – Whitney Goodman
For Trauma
It Didn't Start with You – Mark Wolynn
The Body Keeps The Score – Bessel Van der Kolk, M.D.
Waking The Tiger – Peter A. Levine
Getting Past your past – Francine Shapiro, PhD
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing – Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
Trauma and Recovery – Judith Lewis Herman MD
for parenting
The Whole-Brain Child – Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind – Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson, et al.
Postpartum Depression Workbook – Abby Burd, LCSW
Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage into Motherhood – Molly Caro May
Expecting Better – Emily Oster
How to Talk so Kids will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Sex Positive Talks to Have with your Kids – Melissa Pintor Carnagey LBSW
for sexuality
Come As You Are – Emily Nagowksi
Girls & Sex and Boys & Sex – Peggy Ornstein
The Ethical Slut – Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton
for Anti-racism
Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in The Cafeteria? and other conversations on race – Beverly Daniel Tatum
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame, Resilience, and the Black Experience – Tarana Burke and Brene Brown
Me and White Supremecy – Layla F. Saad
Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
body image + haes
Anti Diet – Christy Harrison
Body Kindness – Rebecca Scritchfield
The Body is Not An Apology – Sonya Renee Taylor
More Than a Body – Lexie Kite, Lindsay Kite
The Body Image Workbook – Thomas F. Cash
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti Blackness – Da’Shaun L. Harrison