Resources
Relationships
- Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch
- Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
- 10 Lessons to Transform Your Marriage by John Gottman
- Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist by Margalis Fjelstad
- The Rough Patch: Midlife and the Art of Living Together by Daphne de Marneffe
Gender Identity
- Just Add Hormones by Matt Kailey (memoir)
- Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (fiction)
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (fiction)
- Trans Bodies, Trans Selves edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth
Family Relationships
- Leaving Home by David P. Celani
- Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
- The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
- Psychoanalytic Diagnosis by Nancy McWilliams
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Nancy McWilliams
Mindfulness
- Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron
- The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Making Changes
- Motivational Interviewing by William R. Miller & Stephen Rollnick
Depression & Self-Esteem
- Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay & Patrick Fanning
- Anorexia Workbook by Michelle Heffner & Georg H. Eifert
For a comprehensive list of resources related to gender transition, please contact therapist directly.
- Fresh Air interview with Laura Jane Grace
- On Being interview with Joy Ladin
- Therapists Uncensored Podcast
- Two Guys on Your Head
- Invisibilia
- Dan Savage’s Savage Lovecast
- Great Ideas in Psychology and The Story of Psychology
- This American Life – Testosterone
- To the Best of Our Knowledge – Transgender Identity
- Ted Radio Hour – Nudge
- Art of Manliness: How to Get Better at Taking Feedback
- Art of Manliness: How to Coach People
- Fresh Air Interview with Hospice Chaplain
All are low cost or free and LGBTQ friendly unless otherwise noted.
Mental Health and Psychiatric Emergencies
Psychiatric Emergency Services
- 512-472-HELP
- 911 – Ask for a Mental Health Officer – they have special training in assessing mental health conditions and can help connect you to appropriate services.
- Shoal Creek Hospital
- Austin Lakes Hospital
- Austin State Hospital (ASH) – a resource if you do not have health insurance
- Trevor Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline for young people – 866-488-7386
Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation-Related Resources
- Central Texas Transgender Health Coalition
- Out Youth
- Gender and Sexuality Center at UT
- The GSA Network
- Austin Child Guidance Center
- Gender Spectrum
- Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT)
- The World Professional Association for Transgender Health
- “About a Boy” by Margaret Talbot in The New Yorker Magazine, March 18, 2013.