In addition to therapy, supportive counselling, and experiential interventions, a lot of our clients benefit from self-directed learning and education about trauma and mental health issues. Our therapists often recommend books, websites, and other resources to clients in an effort continue to foster reflection and promote knowledge about mental health. The resource list below is a sample of the sources we commonly suggest to clients who are interested learning more.

BOOKS
  • ​Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy by Francine Shapiro, PhD.
  • Childhood Disrupted. How Biography Becomes Your Biology and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
  • Surviving the Shadows. A Journey of Hope into Post-Traumatic Stress by Bob Delaney and Dave Scheiber
  • It Didn’t Start With You. How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are. How To End The Cycle by Mark Wolynn
  • ​8 Keys To Safe Trauma Recovery. Take Charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing by Babette Rothschild
  • Waking The Tiger Healing Trauma by Peter Levine, PhD
  • Trauma and Memory. Brain and Body In A Search For The Living Past. A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory by Peter Levine, PhD
  • Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement . A Guide for Officers and Their Families by Kevin M.Gilmartin, Ph.D​
  • ​​Walk The Talk First Responder Peer Support. A Boots –on-the-Ground Peer and Trauma Support Systems Guide by Brad McKay & Sylvio (Syd) A. Gravel, M.O.M.
  • Save-My-Life-School A first responder’s mental health journey by Natalie Harris
  • ​The Mindful Way Through Depression; Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness by J Mark G Williams & John Teasdale
  • Calming the Emotional Storm: Using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills to Manage Your Emotions an Balance Your Life by Sheri Van Dijk, MSW​
  • ​Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Rick Hanson, PhD.
  • ​Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson, PhD.
  • ​Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing The Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger, PhD. & Christine A. Padesky, PhD.
  • ​Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Mate, MD
  • ​The Assertiveness Workbook by Randy J. Patterson
  • The Mindful Way Workbook by John D. Teasdale Ph.D & J. Mark Williams, D.Phil
  • The PTSD Workbook by Mary Beth Williams & Soili Poijula
​WEBSITES For a more tailored list of resources, individuals should talk to their therapist.