Resources

Things I recommend

Explore mental health resources in Toronto and beyond, including crisis support, affordable therapy options, books and podcasts.
*Disclaimer: These are Ivana’s 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-wide Suicide Crisis Helpline:

988

LOW-COST/SLIDING SCALE THERAPY OPTIONS:

More options to help you.

Affordable Therapy Network

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Gestalt Student Clinic

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Hard Feelings

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BOOKS

About trauma

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

For Grief, Sadness and Loneliness.

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

About Body Image and Self-Acceptance

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

Books about Sex and Relationships

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

About Social Justice

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

ZENTANGLE:

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