Resources For Therapists and Other Professionals

Online Resources:

American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists:(AASECT)https://www.aasect.org/

Ask for What You Want/Erotic Handbook and Consent Education (With Marcia B.)

Alanon Family Groups: www.al-anon.org

FeMani Wellness, Oasis of Intimate Health:https: //femaniwellness.com/

Love/Serve/Remember Foundation: https://www.ramdass.org/

Recovery Dharma: https://recoverydharma.org/online-meetings

Self Help Online Community: helpguide.org 

Refuge Recovery: https://refugerecovery.org/

Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) https://www.smartrecovery.org/

Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH): http://www.sash.net/      

Sexual Abuse Survivors: helpingsurvivors.org/long-term-effects-child-sexual-abuse-molestation/

Guided Meditations

Dr. Kristin Neff: Self Compassion/Guided Meditations

James Baraz Mindfullness Meditation

Some Good Reading

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times - Pema Chodron

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self - Alice Miller

Man's Search For Meaning - Viktor Frankl

Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior: Rethinking Sex Addiction - Braun-Harvey & Vigorito

Translating the Out of Control Sexual Behavior Treatment Model for Work with Cisgender Women -Jess Levith (Me)

The New Monogamy: Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity - Tammy Nelson

Mating In Captivity - Esther Perel

Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life - Justin J. Lehmiller

The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of it - Kelly McGonigal

Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self - Allan Schore

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - B. Van der Kolk

Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski

Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma - Staci Haines

Sensate Focus in Sex Therapy - Weiner & Avery-Clark

What Fresh Hell is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You- Heather Corinna