Crisis Numbers

• Crisis Text Line

  • Text HELP to 741-741

• The Trevor Project, LGBTQ+ hotline

  • Text START to 678-678

  • Call 1-866-488-7386

• Austin Emergency Mental Health

  • Call 512-472-HELP

• SAFE Austin Domestic Abuse Shelter

  • Call 512-267-7233

Books for Individuals

• The Female Brain by Louanne Brizendine, M.D.

• The Male Brain by Louanne Brizendine, M.D.

• The Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel

• Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

• The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

• Health at Ever Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon

• Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky

• For The Love of Men: A New Vision For Mindful Masculinity by Liz Plank

• Touching Our Strength: The Erotic as Power and The Love of God by Carter Heyward

Books for Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents

• Will I Ever Be Good Enough: Healing The Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride, Ph.D.

• Why Does He Do That? Inside The Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

• Letting Go by David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.

• The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

ADHD Resources

• Natural Relief For Adult ADHD by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis

• ADHD 2.0 by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D.

• Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg

• Focused Forward by James M. Ochoa

Books for Trauma Survivors

• In an Unspoken Voice by Dr. Peter Levine

• Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve by Stalney Rosenberg

• The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild

• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

Books for Parents

• How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

• How to Talk so Teens Will Listen & Listen so Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

• Trauma Through a Child's Eyes by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline

• Becoming Attached by Robert Karen

• The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel

• No Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel

• Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel J. Siegel

• Trauma Proofing Your Kids by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline

• So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids by Diane E. Levin, Ph.D. and Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D.

Anti-Racism and Liberation Resources

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

• Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Olou

• How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Renni Eddo-Lodge

• Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

• Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper

• When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrice Khan-Cullors

• Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy Degruy

• Fearing The Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

• The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism: A Call To Action by Carter Heyward

LGBTQ+ Resources

• He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar

• Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

• Sissy: A Coming of Gender Story by Jacob Tobia

• Radical Belonging by Lindo Bacon, Ph.D.

• The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli

• The Conscious Parent’s Guide to Gender Identity by Darlene Tando

• I Promised Not to Tell: Raising a Transgender Child by Cheryl B. Evans

• Unconditional: A Guide to Supporting Your LGBT Child by Telaina Eriksen

• Queer: A Graphic History by Dr. Meg-John Barker

• Trans Bodies Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth

• Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance and Being You by Kathryn Gonzalez and Karen Rayne