Resources
I have gathered some of my favorite resources for you to explore. These resources may help you understand what to expect in therapy and what questions to ask your therapist.
Nancy McWilliams on Mental Health
Here, Dr. Nancy McWilliams, a psychologist and psychoanalyst, describes what she sees as mental health vital signs or indicators of thriving and fulfillment in life.
How Does Therapy Work
In this article from NewYork-Presbyterian Health Matters, a psychologist explains the ins and outs of therapy, from what to expect during sessions to how to choose the right therapist.
Why Does Therapy Work?
Episode #11 of the Why In the World Podcast with Bryan Nixon. In this episode, Bryan discusses the following ideas:
We are relational beings.
We have an unconscious.
We repeat the past in the present.
What does all of this have to do with therapy?
Why Your Brain Creates Trauma
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett challenges the popular notion that trauma resides solely in the body.
What My Bones Know
Stephanie Foo’s memoir of healing from complex trauma is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body, and examines one woman's ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.
Schopenhauer’s Porcupines
A classic compilation of psychological case studies by master clinician and lyrical writer Deborah Luepnitz. Intimate, original, and triumphantly funny, Schopenhauer’s Porcupines goes further than any other book in illuminating “how talking helps.”