Therapeutic resources

It is important to have resources to help you learn about your mental health and what to do with emotions that arise. Most of what is incorporated on these pages are things featured on our mental health forum or social media. Here they're accessible in one place and into organised categories. If you need any support or want to know more please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Resource list;
Books, Documentaries, Apps, Podcasts, Grounding tools and techniques, quotes, websites.

Book Recommendations

Unmasked - Ellie Middleton - https://www.weareunmasked.com/ellie
Please yourself - Emma Reed Turell - https://emmareedturrell.com/please-yourself.html
Why has nobody told me this before - Dr Julie Smith - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454841/why-has-nobody-told-me-this-before-by-smith-dr-julie/9780241529713
Unmasking Autism - Dr Devon Price. - https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/unmasking-autism
Atlas of the Heart - Brene Brown - https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/
Self Compassion - Kristin Neff - https://self-compassion.org/#
What a Muddle - Jess Van Der Hooch and Renee Potgieter Marks - https://thetherapistsbookshelf.com/2019/05/20/what-a-muddle-review/
The boy who was raised as a dog - Bruce Perry - https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-23623-000
Born for love - Bruce Perry - https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/born-for-love-why-empathy-is-essentialand-endangered-bruce-perry?variant=39327589007438
Raising a happier mother - Anna Marthur - https://www.waterstones.com/book/raising-a-happier-mother/anna-mathur/9780241559833
The body keeps the score - Bessell van de Kolk - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score
The knowledge - Dr Nighat Aria - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157501375-the-knowledge
What am I missing - Emma Reed Turell - https://emmareedturrell.com/books.html
I haven't been entirely honest with you - Miranda Hart - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215102839-i-haven-t-been-entirely-honest-with-you

Documentary Recommendations

Christine Mcguiness; Unmasking my Autism - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k31t
Davina Mcall The Pill revolution - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/davina-mccalls-pill-revolution
Chris Packham Inside our autistic minds - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bbnh47

App Recommendations

Happy place app - https://www.happyplaceofficial.co.uk/app/
BBC Soundscapes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/pilots/soundscape-explorer
Calm Harm - https://calmharm.co.uk/

Podcast Recommendations

Best friend therapy - https://www.spreaker.com/show/best-friend-therapy
Happy Place - https://www.happyplaceofficial.co.uk/podcast/
Brene Brown Unlocking us - https://brenebrown.com/podcast-show/unlocking-us/
How to Fail - https://www.elizabethday.org/podcasts

Grounding Tools & Techniques

Sleep aid - https://featheranddown.com/
loop earplugs - https://www.loopearplugs.com/
loop accessories - https://purpleheartdesign.shop/
Yoga for stress and anxiety - https://www.youtube.com/@sarahbethyoga/playlists
Nee- Doh Nice cube - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Schylling-Nice-Cube-Stress-Ball/dp/B0BQZFVJTB
Example ice packs - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07W2X4D19/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&th=1

Helpful Quotes

Ted Talks, Websites & Other Resource Recommendations

Therapy tool kit

- The sparkle Jar - Catherine's self esteem resource recommendation