ONLINE RESOURCES AND BOOKS

ANXIETY & STRESS

• NHS audios: breathing and stress relief- https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/stress/breathing-and-relaxation-exercises-for-stress#audio-breathing-and-relaxation-playlist
• Therapy in A Nutshell YouTube channel- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SkJdKsiCyyM
• Meditation on Insight Timer app: ‘De-stress & letting go of worries’ meditation- Felix New-https://insighttimer.com/felixnew

ANGER

• Video: Window of tolerance-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vYab1q5N9-U&ucbcb=1
• Guided meditation for anger- meditation 39-https://www.meditationoasis.com/podcast
• Women’s anger- book ‘Healing Rage’ by Ruth King
• Worksheets: DBT Anger Worksheets | Therapist Aid​

ATTACHMENT HISTORY & RELATIONSHIP

• Diane Poole Heller-https://dianepooleheller.com/video-kind-eyes-exercise-with-diane/
• ‘Attachment style’ quiz -https://www.attachmentproject.com/attachment-style-quiz/
• Book: ‘They F*** You Up’ by Oliver James
• Book: 'Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents' by Lindsay Gibson
• Website: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language 
• Website (or podcast) Ester Perel https://www.estherperel.com

BURNOUT

• Video: 'The Real Reason why we are tired'  Saundra Dalton-Smith: The real reason why we are tired and what to do about it | TED Talk
• Website: Burnout Prevention Burnout Prevention and Treatment - HelpGuide.org

CHANGE & SELF DISCOVERY

• https://www.sarahblondin.com/podcast
• Book: 'The Middle Passage' by James Hollis
• Podcast: ‘We can do hard things’ with Glennon Doyle​

CRISIS & CHALLENGING TIMES

• *please contact Samaritans 116 123 in a crisis - reach out for support.*
• Sarah Blondin - ‘Practising Gentle Kindness’- https://insighttimer.com/sarahblondin/guided-meditations/practicing-gentle-kindness-toward-ourself
• Website: Safety Planning - Every Life Matters (every-life-matters.org.uk)

DEPRESSION & SELF COMPASSION

• Book: ‘Hardwiring Happiness’ by RickHanson
• Website: https://self-compassion.org/category/exercises/
• Book: ‘Radical Acceptance’ by Tara Brach
• Organic intelligence- Loving kindness meditation https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LJo5Pkd2nac

GRIEF

• Book: ‘The courage to grieve’ by Judy Tatelbaum
• Website: https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-help/five-stages-of-grief
• Book: ‘A grief observed’ by CS Lewis
• Book: 'On Death and Dying' by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

MIND AND BODY HEALTH

• Book: ‘Optimum Nutrition for the Mind' by Patrick Holford
• Podcast: Dhru Purohit The Broken Brain 
• Website: NHS Live Well https://www.nhs.uk/live-well

RELAXATION MEDITATIONS

• Meditation Oasis- https://www.meditationoasis.com/podcast
• Meditation - https://davidji.com/deep-relaxation-gm/
• Meditation Podcast: https://insighttimer.com/groundedmind/guided-meditations/good-morning-ground-and-meditate

SEXUAL OR DOMESTIC ABUSE RECOVERY

• Book: The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis (women)
• Website: Survivors' Stories - (mankind.org.uk)
• Helpline: Rape Crisis Scotland 08088 010302
• Book: 'Quest for Respect: A Healing Guide for Survivors of Rape' by Linda Braswell

SEXUAL AND GENDER WELLNESS

• Book - Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski
• Book - Your Brain on Porn, Gary Wilson
• Podcast: Foreplay Radio Couples and Sex Therapy
• Book - The Erotic Mind, Jack Morin
• Book - How to have feminist sex, by Flo Perry
• Website: Trans Support Links – Rainbow Therapy in Scotland (rainbowtherapyscotland.org.uk)
• Website: Transgender Support (lgbthealth.org.uk)

SHAME

• Website: Brene Brown-https://brenebrown.com/blog/2013/01/14/shame-v-guilt/
• Book - Unshame, by Carolyn Spring
• Book- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

TRAUMA

• Sukie Baxter YouTube channel- vagus nerve reset- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eFV0FfMc_uo&ucbcb=1
• Therapy in a Nutshell- turn off the fear response-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0DpDywOxEWc
• Organic intelligence -Orientation exercise-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dOm6OMSvzog&ucbcb=1
• Peter Levine - 2 ways to help to feel safe- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G7zAseaIyFA&ucbcb=1
• Book: Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
• Book: The PTSD Workbook, Mary Beth Williams
• Book: 8 keys to Safe Trauma Recovery, Babette Rothschild