Book Recommendations

  • Disordered eating, body image, etc.

    The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

    8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb

    The Mindful Eating Workbook: Simple Mindfulness Practices to Nurture a Healthy Relationship with Food by Vincci Tsui

    Trauma and general mental health

    Learning to Thrive: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workbook by Giulia Suro

    Essential Art Therapy Exercises: Effective Techniques to Manage Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD by Leah Guzman

    The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships by Annie Chen

    The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley

    The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away by Cathryn L. Taylor

    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Relationship OCD by Sheva Rajaee

    The OCD Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness and CBT Skills to Help You Overcome Unwanted Thoughts and Compulsions by Jon Herschfield

    The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Jon Herschfield

    Substance Use Disorders

    Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love by Amanda E. White

  • Disordered eating, body image, etc.

    Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

    Trauma

    In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

    Know My Name by Chanel Miller

    Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

    Substance Use

    The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

  • The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

Low-Fee Therapy Resources

While I am not currently able to offer new low-fee therapy spaces, I understand the barriers to access to affordable therapy that exist in a broken healthcare system. Here are a few resources to be aware of that may suit your needs.

  • Open Path Collective — Low-fee therapy directory. One-time membership fee of $65 gives you lifetime access to work with these therapists. Fees range between $40-70 or $30 for student therapists. I personally used open path when I was unable to afford full fee therapy or find a therapist in-network with my insurance that met my needs and highly recommend it!

  • Local graduate schools — Is there a counseling graduate program near you? If so, I would encourage you to inquire about sessions with a student therapist (if this service is offered at that particular school.) These early career therapists receive excellent support, supervision, and consultation by fully licensed clinicians and can provide quality care for lower fees (or sometimes even free of charge.)