TREAD DEEP COUNSELING RESOURCES

These are books and and other resources that I have  read, used, or heard from clients that were helpful in their healing journey and wanted to be part of the collective sharing.

Consider these as “give aways” for you about the many aspects of your healing journey.

These are NOT to replace therapy; these are here as resources to help support you in the therapeutic process from the collective of people in the healing space.

If you are having a mental health crisis, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. These resources are not intended to replace therapy with a licensed professional.

Mecklenburg County Mobile Crisis: 704-566-3410 (option #1)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988

Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233

Veteran Crisis Hotline: 988, then press 1 for direct hotline

RESOURCES

  • I Love You But I Don’t Trust You: The Complete Guide to Restoring Trust in Your Relationship by Mira Kirshenbaum

    State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel

    Forgiving What You Can’t Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again by Lysa TerKeurst

    Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness by Dr. Fred Luskins

    Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski
    Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life by Vanessa Marin
    “The New Rules of Marriage” Terry Real, LCSW,
    Why Does He Do That by Lundy Bancroft
    5 love languages, Gary Chapman

    Forgiveness: How the Right Communication Repairs Relationships | Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • The Body keeps score, Bassel Van der Kolk MD
    Garbage Bag Suitcase Shenandoah Chefalo
    Life After Suicide, Jennifer Ashton M.D.
    The Body is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor
    Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Day, Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz
    The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
    The Bridge, by Edwin Friedman
    Good Morning Monster, Catherine Gildiner, Deborah Burgess, et al.
    The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog Bruce D. Perry
    Man’s Search for meaning Viktor Frankl
    4 Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz
    Where ever you go there you are, Jon Kabat Zin
    Tuesday With Morrie, Mitch Albom
    The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
    The subtle art of not giving a F***, Mark Manson, Roger Wayne, et al.
    Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki
    Ikigai, Hector Garcia Francesco miralles
    The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
    The Happiest man on earth, eddie jaku
    Its On me- The melennial therapist
    Einstein and the Rabbi, Naomi Levy
    Atomic habits, James Clear
    Returning to the Lakota Way: Old values to save the modern world, Joseph Marshall III
    War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
    The happiness project: Gretchen Rubin
    Choosing Simplicity: real people finding peace, Linda Breen Pierce
    Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourish, Andy Crouch
    People Making: Virginia Satir and Barry Ives
    Once a warrior always a warrior, Navigating the transition, Charles Hoge
    Courage after Fire: Coping strategies from troops returning from Iraq, Keith Armstrong, Dr. Suzanne Best
    Slowing Down to the speed of life: Richard Carlson
    Authentic Happiness: Martin EP Seligman
    Learned Optimism: Martin Seligman
    No Mud, No lotus: the art of transforming suffering, Thich Nhat Hanh
    Peace in every step: the path of mindfulness in everyday life, Thich Nhat, Hanh
    Radical Candor, Kim Scott
    When bad things happen to good people, Harold S. Kushner

  • Happier: with Gretchen Rubin
    The Happiness Lab
    The hilarious world of depression
    Where should we begin
    We can do hard things
    On Purpose
    UnF*ck your Brain
    In the Circle (recovery based)
    Think Again
    How to talk to people
    Ten Percent Happier
    Nothing Much Happens (stories for sleep)
    Get Sleepy
    These Fukken Feelings Podcast
    The Subtle Art of Not giving a F*ck (author podcast)
    Am I doing it wrong?
    Finding Mastery
    The science of happiness
    Unlocking Us with Brene Brown
    Sober Awkward

  • https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/forgiveness-therapy
    Fair Play Card deck
    The Mindful self compassion workbook
    {The And} cards
    The Set Boundaries Workbook by Nedra Tawwab
    Breaking Free by Pia Mellody
    The Hold Me Tight Workbook by Dr. Sue Johnson
    Thoughfulls: daily pop up motivation inspiration cards

  • This Naked Mind for alcohol addiction.
    The heart of addiction by Lance Dodes
    Chasing the Scream by Johan Hari
    Recovery by Russell Brand
    The sober Truth by Lance Dodes and Zachary Dodes
    Mindfulness and the 12 steps
    Recovery 2.0, Tommy Rosen
    A man’s way through the 12 steps
    Staying Sober, Terence Gorski
    12 smart things to do when the booze and drugs are gone: Allen Berger
    12 stupid things that mess up recovery, allen berger
    Wellbriety Movement
    Meditation with Native American Elders: the four seasons, 4 directions mediations, the red road workbooks, The red road to wellbriety book, 365 days walking the red road.
    Group Locations nation wide (in person and virtual)
    Alcoholics Anonymous (aa.org)
    Big Book, 24 hours a day
    NAWS : Find a meeting (Narcotics Anonymous meetings and resources)
    NA workbook through the steps, NA Basic Steps, daily reflections
    SMART Recovery (meetings/groups finder, great worksheets and workbooks) SMART Recovery is based on the practices of REBT/CBT and is not spiritually based.