Forgot your homework?
Your therapist recommended a great book or short video that would be really helpful for you, but you forgot to write it down! Or, perhaps you’re just eager to expand your knowledge on mindfulness, self-care, neural pathways, or creating a budget. Here are some resources that we might typically recommend to you.
Books
Boundaries
Henry Cloud & John Townsend
Boundaries is the book that's helped over 4 million people learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of their lives.
Wild at Heart
John Eldredge
In this provocative book, Eldredge provides a look inside the true heart of a man and gives men permission to be what God designed them to be—dangerous, passionate, alive, and free.
What Makes Love Last?
John Gottman
A world-renowned relationship expert shares his research about love and what it takes to develop a trustful, intimate, and emotionally fulfilling bond.
The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman
Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today.
Freedom From Anxious Thoughts & Feelings
Scott Symington
You’ve probably heard about mindfulness, and how effective it can be in easing anxiety and worry—but how do you do it, exactly?
Living Beyond Pain
Linda Mintle & James Kribs
In Living Beyond Pain, a physician and a therapist offer a whole-person approach to pain management, addressing the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of pain and providing alternative strategies that don't rely on opioids.
Videos
Certain negative communication styles are so lethal to a relationship that Dr. John Gottman calls them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They predict relationship failure with over 90% accuracy if the behavior isn't changed. So, what can you do?
It can be surprisingly difficult for us to accept that a major cause of much of our mental distress may be nothing so dramatic as a lack of sleep. Getting better requires us to take our need for sleep seriously.
What is Autism? | Written by an Autistic Person. This video goes over what is included in autism and what are its major types.
Movies
*Touch of Healing does not promote any explicit content, nor condones exposing children to explicit content. These are simply on-screen examples of psychotherapy and mental health disorders to be viewed for the purpose of education and awareness of mental health issues and how to cope with them. Please consult the IMDb Parent’s Guide listed with a link at the bottom of each film description.
Good Will Hunting
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell made this Pennsylvania-set masterpiece about two healing hot messes who fall for each other as something of a gift for his son, who has bipolar disorder and OCD.
Ordinary People
A turning point for the portrayal of psychotherapy in film, Robert Redford‘s drama about an affluent Chicago family reeling from the accidental death of their son tackles tough topics like PTSD and survivor’s guilt.