Resources
Between sessions.
Crisis numbers if you need help right now, books I recommend, and a few simple tools to use between sessions.
If you're in crisis
This practice isn't an emergency service. If you're in danger or thinking about harming yourself, please reach out right now, help is available, free and confidential.
Call or text 988
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline · 24/7
Text HOME to 741741
Crisis Text Line · 24/7
1-888-NYC-WELL
NYC Well · counselors, any time
Reading
Books I recommend.
Couples and intimacy
Mating in Captivity
Esther Perel
The State of Affairs
Esther Perel
Us
Terry Real
Fight Right
Julie and John Gottman
So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex
Ian Kerner
Attached
Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
Come As You Are
Emily Nagoski
Come Together
Emily Nagoski
Boundaries and self-worth
Set Boundaries, Find Peace
Nedra Glover Tawwab
Daring Greatly
Brené Brown
It's Not You
Dr. Ramani Durvasula
Family of origin and trauma
It Didn't Start With You
Mark Wolynn
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
If you have been thinking about it
You don’t have to be in crisis.
For couples. Most couples believe therapy is for emergencies, and that they are not bad enough yet. What the first sessions are for, and how I work.
Read this first →Handling it isn’t the same as being fine.
For individuals. If you are used to solving things yourself, asking for help can feel like failing at something you are supposed to be good at.
Read this first →