Resources
Here are some of my top recommended resources for clients
Crisis Resources:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 anytime
Inform Florida (free confidential mental health support and community resource navigation)
Call 211
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
The Trevor Project for LGBT youth, friends, and family members
1-866-488-7386
Trans Lifeline
877-565-8860
ADHD Resources:
Accommodations and Advocacy:
Job Accommodation Network: JAN
Anxiety Resources:
What Is the Fight or Flight Response?
What Does Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn Mean?
Ellen Hendriksen's website (great for social anxiety and the inner critic)
Autism Resources:
Autism Essentials (free course on Autism)
Autism Education Articles by Matt Lowry, LPP
Depression Resources:
Depression as Part of the Stress Response
PTSD and trauma Resources:
PTSD and C-PTSD Similarities and Differences
Coping Skills Resources:
18 Grounding Techniques to Help with Anxiety
Insight Timer (free meditation app)
How to Regulate Your Nervous System (neurodivergent insights)
Understanding Our Nervous System:
Deb Dana's website Rhythm of Regulation
The Autistic and ADHD Nervous System
Books:
(It was so hard to narrow down this list as there are so many wonderful books out there. If you want any other recommendations just ask!)
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
Set Boundaries Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris
How to Be Yourself by Ellen Hendricksen
It’s Okay That You're Not Okay by Megan Devine
What Happened to You? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Complex PTSD From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker
Driven to Distraction by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
Your Brain's Not Broken by Tamara Rosier
How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
Is This Autism? By Donna Henderson and Sarah Wayland, with Jamell White
The Autistic Burnout Workbook Dr. Megan Anna Neff