Resources
In addition to our work together, I encourage you to explore these free and low-cost resources that can support your journey towards healing and growth. These include insightful articles, engaging podcasts, and helpful books on relationships, mental health, personal development, and more. Additionally, there are several apps designed to improve well-being through mindfulness, meditation, and self-reflection exercises.
These resources can complement our work together, offering you tools and perspectives to deepen your understanding and enhance your progress outside of our sessions.
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Disclaimer: The resources and information on this site are for educational purposes only and are not medical or mental health advice. Always consult a licensed professional for personal guidance or treatment.
Relationship Resources
Below you'll find a compilation of books, podcasts, blogs, and apps to enhance your relationship and deepen your bond with your partner.
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Book: Wired for Love
by Stan Tatkin
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Book: Your Brain on Love
by Stan Tatkin
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Podcast: Small Things Often
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Book: 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work
by John Gottman and Nan Silver
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App: Card Decks
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App: Appreciation Jar
Anxiety Resources
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YouTube: Breathing Exercises
YouTube is a great resource for guided breathing exercises to quickly calm anxiety.
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​​The “Free Stuff” page at ACT Mindfully offers a collection of complimentary resources—such as e-books, worksheets, handouts, audio, videos, articles, and papers using ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) principles.
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App: Calm
Calm is a meditation and wellness app that offers guided meditations, sleep stories, breathing exercises, and music to reduce stress and improve sleep.
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App: Mindshift CBT
MindShift CBT is a free, evidence-based app that uses cognitive behavioral therapy tools and strategies to help people manage anxiety, stress, and worry.
Depression Resources
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Book: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
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This classic self-help book introduces cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques to identify and challenge negative thought patterns, aiming to alleviate depression and anxiety.
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Offered by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Los Angeles, this free online workbook introduces CBT concepts and exercises to help individuals address depression, anxiety, and other psychological challenges.
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A free, online game designed to help young people with mild to moderate depression, stress, or anxiety, based on cognitive behavioral therapy principles.
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Book: The ACT Workbook for Depression and Shame
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​Utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this workbook offers exercises to help individuals confront feelings of defectiveness and build emotional resilience.
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Book: The Happiness Trap
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Based on ACT principles, this book teaches readers how to break free from the pursuit of constant happiness by embracing life's challenges and living a meaningful life.
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App: Virtual Hope Box
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This free mobile app provides tools for coping, relaxation, and positive thinking, designed to assist individuals in managing stress and emotional distress.
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Mindfulness Resources
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App: UCLA Mindful
With this free easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime. Meditations available in English, Spanish, Armenian, Cantonese, Farsi, Filipino, and French.
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App: Calm
Calm is a paid app that offers daily meditations, as well as topical meditations, sleep meditations, sleep stories, music, and more.
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Program: Mindfulness Daily
This 40-day free mindfulness program is led by respected mindfulness experts Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.
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MBSR is the gold standard for mindfulness programs. This online MBSR training course is 100% free, created by a fully certified MBSR instructor, and is based on the program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Self-Care Resources
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App: Finch
Self-care app that combines habit tracking with a virtual pet, encouraging users to engage in wellness activities like journaling, mood tracking, and mindfulness exercises to promote mental well-being.
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Book: Self-Compassion
In Self-Compassion, Dr. Kristin Neff explores the importance of treating oneself with kindness and understanding during times of suffering, offering research-backed strategies to reduce self-criticism and enhance emotional resilience.
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App: Reframe
Neuroscience-based app designed to help individuals reduce alcohol consumption and build healthier drinking habits through evidence-based programs, tools, and community support.
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Podcast: Radio Headspace
Radio Headspace is a daily podcast from Headspace Studios that provides short, thoughtful episodes to help listeners pause, reflect, and cultivate mindfulness in their everyday lives.
Christian Resources
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Book: How We Love
How We Love explores how early life experiences shape our "intimacy imprints," influencing our behaviors and expectations in relationships, and offers practical tools to break free from unhealthy patterns.
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App: Hallow
The Hallow podcast offers daily guided meditations, prayers, and reflections to help listeners cultivate a deeper relationship with God and find peace in their daily lives.
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Book: The Wisdom of Your Body
In The Wisdom of Your Body, Hillary McBride delves into the ways many of us inherit a broken and unhealthy understanding of our bodies and offers a more compassionate, healthy, and holistic perspective on embodied living.
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Book: Breathing Underwater
Breathing Under Water explores the connections between Christian principles and the 12-step program, drawing on talks given to people in recovery, to help individuals understand and overcome addiction.
Low-fee Therapy
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​Open Path is a nonprofit network offering affordable therapy sessions, accessible both online and in-person, with a one-time membership fee to access their network.
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Sentio offers online therapy with a sliding scale starting at $30 per session, available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, focusing on accessibility for underserved communities.
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New Perspectives provides sliding-scale therapy services based on income and accepts Medi-Cal with no co-payment.
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Marina Counseling provides sliding-scale therapy services, with fees determined based on financial situation, and offers both in-person and virtual sessions throughout California.
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