The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information. Please also check the additional links provided for physical health for a more comprehensive understanding of your over-all well-being. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of the content of the sites.
IFS
- Video Overview of Internal Family Systems
- IFS Resources and Podcasts
- Guided IFS Meditation
- Audible Book with Guided Practices Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts
Somatic Experiencing
- Ergos Institute of Somatic Education
- Somatic Experiencing International
- Somatic Meditation for Chronic Pain
- Therapist Uncensored: What is Somatic Experiencing with Guest Abi Blakeslee
Anxiety, Depression, & Mood
- How to Defeat Negative Thinking: An Animation
- ACT Companion: The Happiness Trap App
- To Write Love On Her Arms
- Bipolar Disorder News – Pendulum.org
- Depression and How Therapy Can Help
- Depression Screening
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
- Care for Your Mind
- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
- International OCD Foundation
- The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
Trauma & Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Trauma and the Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective
- Polyvagal Theory Explained
- National Center for PTSD
- Give an Hour— for veterans and their families
- The Gift From Within
- Sidran Institute
- Complex Trauma
- Terrible, Thanks for Asking Podcast
- The Trauma Therapist Podcast
- RAINN
- Trauma Survivors Network
Eating Disorders
- National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
- Eating Disorder Peer Support Groups (General support groups, and specific groups for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, teens, older adults, pregnant and parenting, and people in larger bodies)
- Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders (F.E.A.S.T.) (an international nonprofit organization of and for parents and caregivers to help loved ones recover from eating disorders)
- Intuitive Eating Principles
- Eating Recovery Resource Center – How to Support a Loved One
- Monti Nedo – Supporting vs. Enabling: Do’s and Don’ts for Families and Supporters of People in Eating Disorder Recovery
- Recovery Warriors
- The Renfrew Center Resources
Self-Compassion
- Kristin Neff Resources
- Guided Self-Compassion Practices
- Tara Brach’s Radical Compassion Institute
- Ann Saffi Biasetti’s Embodied Self-Compassion Resources & Meditations
- Self Compassion Break for Teenagers:
Body Image and Anti-Diet Culture
- Food Psych Podcast by Christy Harrison
- The Body Is Not An Apology
- Health At Every Size Community (HAES)
- An Embodied Life
- The Fat Body (In)Visible
- The Body Positive
- Anti-Diet Resources by Heather Caplan, Registered Dietitian
- Health At Every Size Resources for Health & Wellness Professionals
- Bad Body Day Toolkit
- Advocating for Yourself within the Healthcare System
Grief and Loss
- Grief Support for Suicide Loss Survivors
- Grief Support Using Meditation, Yoga and Journaling
- Resources and Guidance for Coping with Grief
- Candid Conversations About Grief
- Loss in Pregnancy
- The American Association of Suicidology
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors
- https://good-grief.org/resources/
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Video & Body Practices
- Tiya Caniel on YouTube and her Sacred Self-Love Society
- Amber Karnes’ Body Positive Yoga on YouTube and her website (membership, chair yoga program, trainings & more)
- Accessible Yoga Podcast hosted by Jivana Heyman & Amber Karnes
- Off the Mat (nonprofit organization with trainings, workshops and more focused on yoga for social change)
- Yoga with Adriene (YouTube yoga channel with practices of all levels)
- Octavia Raheem’s Starshine & Clay membership (for Black women and women of color)
- LifeForce Yoga (Yoga movement, breath, and meditation practices for regulating mood and anxiety, and healing from trauma)
LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC Behavioral Health Resources
- Center of Excellence (COE) on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity
- Human Rights Campaign
- GLSEN (GLSEN is a national network of educators, students, and local chapters working to improve the experience of LGBTQ students through policies, curriculum, and educator training)
- National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) (healing justice organization committed to transforming mental health for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC)
- Trans Lifeline (a trans-led organizations that connects trans people to community, support, and resources)
- The Trevor Project (Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ people as well as educational and additional resources)
- National Center for Transgender Equality (Resources for transgender people, and advocates the need for policy change to advance transgender equality)
- An Ally’s Guide to Terminology (Overview of essential vocabulary, terms to avoid, and a few key messages for talking about various issues)
- Talking About LGBT Issues (Set of research-based resources gathered by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) which are designed to help shape discussions and deepen understanding of key issues of importance to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people)
- Gender Spectrum(Exploration of affirming and non-affirming parenting behaviors for parents with LGBTQ+ children)
- Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack I: White Privilege (Raises consciousness of the socially constructed perquisites of being deemed White in American society and offers a partial list of such perquisites as a starting point for reflection, conversation, and action)
- Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack II: Straight and Cisgender Privilege (Draws attention to the socially constructed perquisites of being deemed straight and/or cisgender in American society and offers a partial list of such perquisites as a starting point for reflection, conversation, and action)