Mental Health Resources

Between sessions and need some additional support? Interested in learning more about yourself and your experiences? Here is a list of some of Laura’s favourite books and podcasts. If none of these are for you, please feel free to ask for other suggestions.

Laura's Library

Trauma

The Body Keeps Score – Bessel A. Van Kolk
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents –Lindsay C. Gibson
Origins of You – Vienna Pharaon
It Didn’t Start With You – Mark Wolynn
Emotional Inheritance – Galit Atlas
The Myth of Normal – Dr. Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté
What My Bones Know – Stephanie Foo
Was it Even Abuse? – Emma Rose Byham

Perinatal Mental Health and Parenthood

Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be – Becky Kennedy
Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book – Caitlin Slavens and Chelsea Bodie
Matrescence – Lucy Jones
Beyond the Blues – Shoshana S. Bennett and Pec Indman
Impossible Parenting: Creating a New Culture of Mental Health for Parents – Olivia Scobie
Raising a Secure Child – Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Ben Powell

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General Mental Health

Set Boundaries, Find Peace – Nedra Glover Tawwab
Drama Free – Nedra Glover Tawwab
Untamed – Glennon Doyle
Atlas of Emotions – Brene Brown
Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown

Podcasts

We Can Do Hard Things – Glennon Doyle
MomWell – Erica Djossa
Calling Home – Whitney Goodman
This Keeps Happening – Vienna Pharaon

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If you are in crisis, please use the supports below

Victim Services of Waterloo Region

Provides immediate crisis intervention, emotional support and referrals to individuals affected by crime and tragic circumstances.

During Business Hours: (519) 585-2363
After Hours: (519) 570-5143

Here 24/7

Here 24/7 is the local crisis telephone hotline and mobile crisis service.

Call: 1-844-437-3247

Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region

Provides immediate crisis support and intervention for all genders who have experienced sexual violence as a child or adult.

Call: 519-741-8633

988

High-quality, evidence-based, equitable suicide prevention and crisis support for everyone in Canada. Available 24/7 for calls and texts in English and French.

Call: 988

Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre – St. Mary’s Hospital

Accessed through the Emergency Department of St. Mary’s Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario or Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Ontario.