RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FROM YOUR CINCINNATI ANXIETY THERAPISTS
Free therapy resources, curated just for you
Even the small steps count when it comes to caring for your mental health.
That's why we put together this go-to list of supportive tools from helpful apps to insightful Instagram accounts, podcasts to ground you, and books to dive deeper into the topics that matter most to you.
These resources are loved by our clients and vetted by our therapists, so consider them a free part of your mental health toolkit. Turn to them whenever you need some extra support—you can even share them with your loved ones!
Download the Out-of-Network Mental Health Insurance Benefits Guide
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Crisis Hotline
988 Lifeline
If you or a loved one is in crisis, you can call or text 988. A person will guide you on what next steps to take.
Self Care and Mindfulness Resources
Incorporating daily self-care practices is important for continued mental wellness. Check out our favorite apps and websites.
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Insight Timer is a (free!) app with hundreds of guided or timer-led meditations, lectures, stories, sleep soundscapes, and more.
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Finch is an app that “gamifies” your self-care goals while you take care of an adorable bird!
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The Sleep Foundation has great tips for improving sleep. When we improve our sleep, we improve our well-being!
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If you’re interested in incorporating mindfulness into your life, Mindful has helpful tips. These tips + Insight Timer can be wonderfully beneficial.
Understanding Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
What Happened to You? by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté
It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn
Parenting
Books on Parenting
Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family by Karyn Purvis, David Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine
Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges by Mona Delahooke
Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Mona Delahooke
Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work by Robyn Gobbel
(PREORDER) The Guided Journal for Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Game-Changing Exercises and Tools to Transform Your Parenting by Robyn Gobbel
Raising Human Beings by Ross Greene
Media on Parenting
PODCAST: Baffling Behavior Show
Mindfulness app for kids: Breathe, Think, and Do by Sesame Street
Type 1 Diabetes
Support Group Directory for T1D
Beyond Type 1: Loads of resources for those with Type 1 Diabetes
Children with Diabetes: Provides education and support for families
Facebook Groups for Type 1 Diabetes
Play Therapy
Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan
Health and Nutrition
Adults
Health at Every Size by Lindo Bacon
Intuitive Eating by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole
IG: @happilyfed
IG: @theantidietplan
Children
Helping Your Child When Mealtimes Are Hard by Dr. Katja Rowell
Love Me, Feed Me: The Foster and Adoptive Parent's Guide to Responsive Feeding by Dr. Katja Rowell
Memoirs
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Educated by Tara Westover
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
