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
• Another Chance by Sharon Cruse
  
• It Will Never Happen to Me by Claudia Black
  
• Loving An Addict, Loving Yourself by Candace Plattor (this one has a workbook that can be purchased along with the book)
  
• Co-dependent No More – Melodie Beattie
  
  
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WEBSITES

• ​Mental Health Services Help and Support In Your community: PTSD 
• ​Mood Disorders Society of Canada
• Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada 
• Badge of Life Peer Support for Police and Corrections 
• Transitions to Communities for Veterans English and   French
• Cedar Centre
• SMART Recovery:Self Management and Recovery Training for Addiction Recovery 
• Alcohol and Drug Addiction Assessment and Treatment - York Region 
• Bounce Back Program to help adults overcome depression, low mood, and stress, with or without anxiety 
• Center for Inner Freedom Mindfulness Based Stress Recovery  
• NeuroNova Centre Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management  
• Jack.org A national network of young leaders changing the way we think about mental health
• ​ Teen Mental Health 
• Children's Mental Health Ontario 
• Conscious Uncoupling 
• The New Family
• Why We Get Depressed At The Holidays, And How to Deal 
• Living with a "Black Dog": an animated guide for caregivers 
• How to talk about mental illness - Free Guide
• How Stress Affects the Brain- Video
• Mindfulness is Self-Directed Neuroplasticity 
• The One Thing No One Ever Says About Grieving 
• Why Our Mental Health Takes a Village 
• Science Says Silence is Much More Important to Our Brains Than We Think

For a more tailored list of resources, individuals should talk to their therapist.