Resources

Crisis Numbers:

Suicide Prevention Hotline (Call or Text) : 988

Trevor Project LGBTQ youth Hotline (ages 13-24): 866-488-7386

NC Peer Support Warmline: 1-855-733-7762

Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

Crisis Text Line: Text “Hello” to 741-741

THRIVE Lifeline (Ages 18+, 24/7): Text THRIVE to 313-662-8209

BlackLine, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ peer support: 1-800-604-5841

Books:

Autism

  • Unmasking Autism – Devon Price

  • Self-Care for Autistic People - Megan Anna Neff

  • Divergent Mind – Jenara Nerenberg

  • Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder – Sarah Hendrickx

  • Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults - Finn V. Gratton

ADHD

  • ADHD 2.0 – Edward Hallowell & John Ratey

  • Driven to Distraction – Edward Hallowell & John Ratey

  • How to ADHD - Jessica McCabe

  • Self-Care for People with ADHD - Sasha Hamdani

Trauma

  • The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk

  • What My Bones Know – Stephanie Foo

  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving – Pete Walker

  • The Myth of Normal – Gabor Maté

  • Try Softer – Aundi Kolber

  • Waking the Tiger – Peter Levine

  • It Didn’t Start With You – Mark Wolynn

LGBTQ+

  • The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook – Anneliese Singh

  • Gender Magic – Rae McDaniel

  • Redefining Realness – Janet Mock

  • Beyond the Gender Binary – Alok Vaid-Menon

  • Trans Bodies, Trans Selves – Edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth

  • The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care – Edited by Zena Sharman

Identity, Self-Compassion

  • Untamed – Glennon Doyle

  • The Gifts of Imperfection – Brené Brown

  • Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach

  • The Art of Coming Home to Yourself – Megan Logan

  • Self-Compassion – Kristin Neff

  • The Deepest Well – Nadine Burke Harris