Resources · Support and Reading
Resources
If you or someone you know needs support right now, please start with the emergency resources below. Further down are the referral organizations I trust and the books I recommend most often to clients.
If you need help now
Emergency and Crisis Resources
These lines are free, confidential, and available 24 hours a day. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Free, confidential support for anyone in emotional distress or thinking about suicide, whether for yourself or for someone you are worried about.
NYC 988 and Mobile Crisis Teams
New York City's own crisis line, formerly NYC Well. Counselors can talk with you, connect you to care, and send a mobile crisis team when needed.
Crisis Text Line
If talking feels like too much, you can text with a trained counselor instead.
Text HOME to 741741 · crisistextline.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Support and safety planning for anyone experiencing abuse in a relationship.
1-800-799-7233 · Text START to 88788 · thehotline.org
Other places to find care
Additional Referral Resources
If we are not the right fit, or you are looking for something my practice does not offer, these are two organizations I trust.
- Bridges Mental Health - the group practice I co-founded, with therapists across many specialties and identities. bridgesmentalhealthnyc@gmail.com
- Open Path Collective - affordable, sliding-scale therapy across the country. 1-800-268-2833
Reading
Books I Often Recommend
These are the books I find myself suggesting again and again. Read at your own pace - a chapter that resonates is worth more than finishing the whole thing. If something stirs up more than you expected, bring it to a session.
Codependency and People-Pleasing
A clear map of where codependency comes from and how it shows up in adult relationships. I recommend it when someone is ready to look at the roots of people-pleasing, not just the habits.
A short, powerful book about children who learn early to take care of everyone else's feelings. Many of the capable, overfunctioning adults I work with see themselves in it.
Family and Growing Up
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
For anyone who felt lonely in their own family, even when things looked fine from the outside. Gibson helps you understand what your parents could and could not give, so you can stop waiting for it and start meeting your own needs.
Trauma and the Body
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
Walker describes emotional flashbacks and the fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses in plain language. For many people it is the first time their reactions make sense instead of feeling like a personal failing.
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Levine explains how trauma lives in the body, not only in memory. It pairs naturally with EMDR and sandplay, which both work with what words alone cannot reach.
A readable and often funny look at the science of stress, and why our bodies stay on alert long after the danger has passed. A good fit if you like to understand the why behind your reactions.
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When You Are Ready to Talk
Books and articles can be a helpful companion to therapy, but they are not a replacement for care. If you are in crisis, please use the emergency resources at the top of this page. When you are ready, book a free 15-minute consult and let's see if we're a fit.