Resources

Things I recommend

This page lists resources that can help you on your healing journey.
*Disclaimer: These are my personal favourites and are not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship.

CRISIS LINES YOU MAY CALL WHEN IN DISTRESS:

When you need someone to talk to.

Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape:

(416) 597-8808

Distress Centres of Greater Toronto:

(416) 408-4357

Central Intake:

(416) 338-4766

Assaulted Women’s Helpline:

(416) 863-0511

Trans Lifeline:

1-(877)-330-6366

If you are struggling with suicidal thinking, please call:

Distress Centres of Greater Toronto:

(416) 408-4357

Canada Suicide Prevention Services:

833-456-4566

LOW-COST/SLIDING SCALE THERAPY OPTIONS:

More options to help you.

Affordable Therapy Network

Gestalt Student Clinic

Hard Feelings

BOOKS I RECOMMEND:

Books to help you understand trauma better.

When Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

Gabor Mate

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

Bruce D. Perry

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation

Janina Fisher

Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies

Renee Linklater

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

Pete Walker

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

Peter Levine

BOOKS I RECOMMEND:

Books to keep you company when you are sad and lonely.

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Time Regained

Marcel Proust

The Birth of Tragedy

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Fortress

Mesa Selimovic

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Francis Weller

Early Sorrows: For Children and Sensitive Readers

Danilo Kis

BOOKS I RECOMMEND:

Books to help you appreciate your body.

Health at Every Size: the Surprising Truth About Your Weight

Linda Bacon

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Roxane Gay

Queering Fat Embodiment

Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-love

Sonya Renee Taylor

BOOKS I RECOMMEND:

Books to help you enjoy sex and relationships more.

Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

Mating In Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

Esther Perel

More than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory

Franklin Veaux

Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

Tristan Taormino

BOOKS I RECOMMEND:

Books to help you support communities better.

Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity

Jose Esteban Munos

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Adrienne maree brown

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

Gregory Boyle

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

Robyn Maynard

On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life

Sarah Ahmed

The Darker Side Of Western Modernity: Global Futures, Decolonial Options

Walter D. Mignolo

PODCAST I RECOMMEND:

Podcasts for insights and inspiration.

Tara Brach Talks

Tara Brach

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Finding Our Way

Prentis Hemphill

Your Diagnonsense

Todd Baratz

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.
~ Aberjhani