Analogy, Metaphor & Stories for Healing
- Acorn/Oak Tree
- Airplane Oxygen Mask
- Autobiography in 5 Short Chapters by Portia Nelson
- Big Rocks of Life by Stephen Covey
- CEO
- Egg Hatching
- Flight Instrument Panel
- Learning to Ski by Dana Sturtevant
- Loving Your Pet
- Pitcher and Cups
- Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino
- Two Wolves (old Cherokee tale)
Articles & Audio Clips
- Adele Hite: “The Real Paleo Challenge Redux”
- Amanda Salis: “The Science of ‘Hangry,’ or Why Some People Get Grumpy When They’re Hungry” and “Why Diets Fail”
- Beauty Redefined: “Body Shame on You” and “Really Want to Feel Better about Your Body? Here’s Your 5-Step Game Plan”
- Bessel van der Kolk: “Restoring the Body: Yoga, EMDR, and Treating Trauma” interview from On Being
- BuzzFeed: “This Is What the Ideal Body Has Looked Like Over the Last 100 Years”
- Carlin Flora: “Challenging Success via Failure” in Psychology Today
- Carrie Gotlieb: “Disordered Eating or Eating Disorder: What’s the Difference?” in Psychology Today
- Christopher Germer: mindful self-compassion articles
- Daniel Siegel: “The Amazing Tumultuous Wild Wonderful Teenage Brain”
- Emily Troscianko: “A Hunger Artist: Learning to Let Go of Disordered Eating”
- Eve Ensler: “The Body after Cancer” interview from On Being
- Harriet Lerner (author of The Dance of Anger): Psychology Today “Dance of Connection” blog and Huffington Post blog
- Institute for the Psychology of Eating: “Post Traumatic Stress and Digestion: What’s the Connection?”
- Jane Ellen Stevens: “The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study – the largest and most important public health study you never heard of – began in an obesity clinic”
- Jennifer Granneman: “Why Introverts and Extroverts are Different: the Science”
- Jody Allard: “When Healthy Isn’t an Option: How I Learned to Love My Chronically Ill Body”
- Jordyn Dalton: “Health Consequences of an Eating Disorder”
- Joyce Marter: “Free Yourself by Being Direct”
- Karen Barber: “Anosognosia (Blind Starvation): The First Eating Disorder Word to Understand”
- Lauren Fowler: “Why Self-Trust is the Key to Listening to Your Body”
- Linda Bacon: “Message for People Who Have Diseases Blamed on Their Weight”
- Linda Bacon & Judy Matz: “Intuitive Eating: Enjoy Your Food, Respect Your Body” in Diabetes Self-Management
- Linda Bacon & Lucy Aphramor: “Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift” in Nutritional Journal
- Melanie Klein: “My Body Image, My Self: Weighty Stories of Self-Acceptance” in Yoga Journal
- Pamela Brill: “Intuitive Eating Part 1” and “Intuitive Eating Part 2” from Huffington Post
- Pamela Weintraub: “The Voice of Reason” in Psychology Today
- Patricia Fennell: “The Four Stages of Chronic Illness” and Understanding the Different Phases of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- “Psychotherapies for PTSD: What Do They Have in Common?”
- Rachel Yehuda: “How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations” interview from On Being
- Robert Scaer: The Neurophysiology of Traumatic Memory
- Roberto Ferdman: “Why the Most Popular Rule of Weight Loss Is Completely Wrong” in The Washington Post
- Sarah Brotsky: “Understanding Stages of Change in the Recovery Process” from Eating Disorders Recovery Today
- Sophia Kercher: “When Cancer Triggers (or Hides) an Eating Disorder” in The New York Times
- Tara Parker-Pope: “The Fat Trap” in The New York Times Magazine
- Toni Bernhard (author of How to Be Sick): Psychology Today blog and KevinMD articles; “What It’s Like to Take a Vacation While Chronically Ill”
- Tori DeAngelis: “A New Look at Self-Injury” published by The American Psychological Association
- Your Eatopia: “Extreme Hunger: What Is It?”
- “How to Overcome Insecurity”
- “Social Baseline Theory: The Role of Social Proximity in Emotion and Economy of Action” in the Social and Personality Psychology Compass
- “Starvation Study Shows that Recovery from Anorexia is Possible Only by Regaining Weight” from Psychology Today
- “The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss” from the Journal of Obesity
Emotions
- Jessica Tracy (author of Take Pride): “The Power of Pride” (audio); “Take Pride” (video); “Getting Yourself to Do Stuff by Appealing to Your Own Sense of Pride” (article); “
- Karla McLaren (author of The Language of Emotions) articles: “Is it a Feeling or an Emotion?”; “Emotions are Action-Requiring Neurological Programs”; “Understanding Multiple Emotions”; and “The Difference between Deep Empathy and Niceness”
- Karla McLaren videos: Emotional Flow; Embracing Emotions; Change and Stasis
- Karla McLaren’s Empathic Skills for working with emotions (videos): Getting Grounded; Defining Boundaries; Burning Contracts; Conscious Complaining; Ethical Empathic Gossip; Rejuvenation
- Karla McLaren on individual emotions (videos): Anger; Anxiety; Apathy and Boredom; Confusion; Contentment; Depression; Envy; Fear; Grief; Happiness; Hate; Jealousy; Joy; Panic; Sadness; Shame; and the Suicidal Urge
- Karla McLaren on individual emotions (articles): Understanding and Befriending Anger; Welcoming the Gifts of Anxiety; The Genius of Apathy and Boredom; The Ingenuity of Confusion; The Gifts of Contentment; Ingenious Stagnation: Understanding Depression; Fear: Intuition, Instincts, and Awareness; Grief: The Deep River of the Soul; The Gifts of Happiness; The Twisted Love Inside Hatred; The Social Genius of Jealousy and Envy; The Gifts of Joy; The Lifesaving Ingenuity of Panic and Terror; Welcoming the Gifts of Sadness; Shame: the Excruciating, Exquisite, and Indispensable Emotion; and Let’s Talk about Suicide
- Karla McLaren’s Empathy Academy (where you can take on-line courses to learn her approach to working with emotions more in-depth)
- Sebastian Junger (author of Tribe) on Loneliness: “Loyalty, Belonging, and the Quest for Meaning”; “Our Lonely Society Makes it Hard to Come Home from War”
Groups & Treatment Centers local to Oregon and the West Coast
- Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)
- Alano Club of Portland: Meeting Resources
- Al-Anon/Alateen
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- Art of Grief: An Experiential Group for Those Grieving the Loss of a Loved One
- Autism Society Portland Metro Area Support Groups
- Avalon Hills Eating Disorder Program
- Baby Blues Connection
- Be Nourished
- Brave Space (for transgendered folks)
- Cedar Hills Inpatient Treatment for Substance Abuse
- Cedar Hills Outpatient Treatment for Substance Abuse
- Center at Heron Hill
- Center for Hope (higher level of care in Nevada for people with eating disorders who also have diabetes, are vegan, or have co-occurring substance abuse issues)
- CODA Treatment Centers
- Codependents Anonymous (CODA)
- Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)
- Debtors Anonymous (DA)
- Del Amo Trauma Recovery (inpatient and partial hospitalization program for trauma recovery in California)
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Desert Hope (a treatment program that specifically serves the LBGT community in Nevada)
- Dougy Center: the National Center for Grieving Children and Families
- Hazeleden Addiction Treatment
- Imani Center (provides culturally specific and responsive Afrocentric approaches to mental health and addictions treatment, peer support and case management)
- Intuitive Eating Group: Stop the Obsession
- KLEAN Treatment Centers
- Las Vegas Recovery Center (treatment program in Nevada for people addicted to drugs who have co-occurring chronic pain issues)
- Marijuana Anonymous (MA)
- Marissa Mission (encourages young people’s development through improvisational tribal style belly dance, yogic practice, expressive art, community and empowering life skills)
- Monte Nido Eating Disorder Center of Portland (EDCP)
- Monte Nido Rain Rock Residential Eating Disorder Treatment
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in Oregon
- Opal: Food + Body Wisdom (located in Seattle, the only Partial Hospitalization Program/Intensive Outpatient Program for eating disorders in the nation that has been founded on Health at Every Size principles)
- Pacific Psychology Clinic Groups for Adults with ADHD
- Pacific Ridge Residential Alcohol and Drug Treatment
- Portland DBT Institute: Eating Disorder Track
- Portland DBT Institute: Substance Abuse Track
- Portland DBT Institute: Trauma Track
- Providence St. Vincent Eating Disorder Outpatient Program for Adolescents
- Providence St. Vincent Eating Disorder Outpatient Program for Adults
- Providence St. Vincent Psychiatric Outpatient Partial Hospitalization Program
- Refuge Recovery Meetings
- Rooted Recovery (for eating disorders)
- Self Enhancement Inc (provides underserved youth with support, guidance, and opportunities to achieve personal and academic success)
- Serenity Lane Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Addiction
- Sex Addiction & Co-Addiction
- Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC)
- SMART Recovery Meetings
- Survivors of Incest Anonymous (SIA)
- Swindells Resource Center (for families of children with special needs)
- Warrior Camp (a FREE program for active military and veterans of all eras located out of state)
- Western Psychological: Autism Program
- Western Psychological: Chemical Dependency Program
- Western Psychological: Chemical Dependency and Mental Health Groups
- Women for Sobriety
Meditation
- Carolin Myss: “Guided Morning Meditation“
- Carolyn McManus: “Progressive Relaxation,” “Mindfulness Meditation,” “Relaxation Body Scan,” and “Loving Kindness Meditation”
- Cloud Mountain Meditation Retreat
- Dan Siegel “Wheel of Awareness” Meditation
- Emmett Miller: “Letting Go of Stress” (audio sample, CD, and MP3 download)
- Francine Shapiro (as performed by Michael Patterson): “Guided Lightstream Technique” (you can also purchase it here)
- Happify: “Meditation 101: A Beginner’s Guide Animation”
- Meditation for PTSD and Trauma Survivors
- Mindful Compassion Meditations
- Portland Insight Meditation Community
- Portland Mindfulness Therapy
- Portland Shambhala Retreat Center
- Portland Transcendental Meditation Center
- Ron Siegel: downloadable meditations (including Loving Kindness)
- Simply Being downloadable guided meditations for iTunes and Android
- Stephen Levine (as performed by Aleeze Moss): “Guided Soft Belly Meditation” (you can also purchase it here)
- Tara Brach: Letting Go of Judgement
- Thich Nhat Hanh: “Ten Mindful Movements“
- Vipassana Meditation Retreat
- Yellow Brick Cinema: sound meditations (a variety of instrumental and nature sounds)
Online Resources
- Am I Hungry: Free Resources
- Anxieties.com: Free Help
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA): Understanding the Facts
- Center for Mindful Eating
- Columbia River Eating Disorder Network (CREDN): Resources
- Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH): Resources
- Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA): Resources
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation: Resources
- Center for Complicated Grief
- EMDRIA
- Empowering Parents: Expert Articles
- Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders (F.E.A.S.T.)
- Fat Acceptance Diabetes Support List
- Freedom from Fear
- GLBT National Help Center
- GLBT Near Me
- GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project
- Help Guide
- Musings of an Aspie: Self-Tests
- MyBodyScreening.org
- National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI): Mental Health Conditions
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA): Learn
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Mental Health Information
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Nourishing Connections: Resources to Help You Re-Learn Intuitive Eating
- Operation Beautiful
- Personality Self-Portrait
- Psych Alive: Sections
- Self-Compassion (Dr. Kristin Neff): Resources
- Stanton Peele Addiction Website
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Issues, Conditions, and Disorders
- SuperBetter: About
- Trans Folx Fighting Eating Disorders (T-FFED): Resources
- Trans Lifeline
- Trauma and the Twelve Steps: Excerpts & Articles
Videos & Visual Aids
- 20/20: “EMDR Therapy”
- Amy Cuddy: “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are”
- Amy Poehler: “Bodies”
- Andrew Solomon: “Depression: the Secret We Share”
- Association for Size Diversity and Health: “Poodle Science”
- Be Nourished: “Imagine”
- Brène Brown: “The Power of Vulnerability”, “Listening to Shame”, “The Power of Empathy” and “Daring Greatly”
- Boggle the Owl on Suicidal Thoughts
- Cameron Russell: “Looks Aren’t Everything”
- Carol Dweck: “The Power of Believing That You Can Improve”
- Caroline Rothstein: “Fat is Not a Feeling”
- Courtney Stephens: “A Brief History of Melancholy”
- Craig Malkin: “How to Protect Yourself from Narcissists”
- Daniel Siegel: Brain-Hand Model (mindfulness), Brain-Hand Model (flipping your lid), and Brain-Hand Model (relationships, the mind, and the brain). If you like the brain-hand model, you can view more of Dan’s work here
- Daysha Edewi: “What If I Knew I Was Beautiful?”
- “Dieting vs Mindful Eating” graphic
- Dove: “One Beautiful Thought” and “Real Beauty Sketches”
- EMDRIA: Healing Trauma (patients share their stories)
- Fight, Flight, Freeze
- Francine Shapiro: “EMDR” (interview with Joany Spierings) and “The Past is Present”
- Gabor Mate: “What is Addiction?”
- “Introverts vs Extroverts” graphic
- Introvert vs Extrovert test
- Isabel Foxen Duke: “Stop Fighting Food”
- “Is That Not Worth Exploring?” graphic
- Jane McGonigal: “Gaming Can Make a Better World” and “The Game That Can Give You 10 Extra Years of Life“
- Jean Campbell: “Psychodrama: Voices Together”
- Jeremy Rifkin: “The Empathic Civilization”
- Jennifer Siebel Newsom: “The Mask You Live In”
- Jill Bolte Taylor: “My Stroke of Insight”
- Johann Hari: Everything You Think You Know about Addiction Is Wrong
- Kelly McGonigal: “How to Make Stress Your Friend”
- Kevin Hines: “I Jumped Off the Golden Gate Bridge”
- Kristen Neff: “The Space between Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion”
- Lily Myers: “Shrinking Women”
- Nadine Burke Harris: “How Childhood Trauma Affects Health across a Lifetime”
- Pema Chödrön: interview
- Peter Attia: “Is the Obesity Crisis Hiding a Larger Problem?”
- Peter Levine: “Nature’s Lessons in Healing Trauma”
- Richard Schwartz: “About Internal Family Systems“
- Sharon Horesh Bergquist: “How Stress Affects Your Body”
- “Strange Like Me” graphic
- “How the Body Responds to Stress“
- “How Stress Affects Your Body and Mind“
- Susan Cain: “The Power of Introverts
- “This is Your Body on Anxiety” Infograph
- “This is Your Body without Sleep” Infograph
- “This is Your Brain on Exercise” Infograph
- Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE)
- Yoni Freedhoff: “Rebranding Exercise: Why Exercise Is the World’s Best Drug, Just Not a Weight Loss Drug”
- Zefrank: “Why Trust is Worth It” and “If You are In a Shell”
Worksheets
OTHER PROFESSIONALS AROUND TOWN:
Acupuncturists Chiropractors- Free and Low-Cost Counseling in Portland
- Abri Radically Open DBT Clinic
- Acorn to Oak Insight (specializes in elder-care and offers in-home counseling)
- Among Friends Social-Sexual Support Services
- Avel Gordly Center for Healing (a program in the Department of Psychiatry of OHSU designed to meet the mental health needs of the African American community)
- Bloom Integrative Care (in Forest Grove)
- Brian Farr, LPC (specializes in financial therapy)
- Children’s Program
- Counseling Services of Portland
- Columbia River Eating Disorder Netwwork (CREDN) list of Eating Disorder Therapists
- DBT Clinic
- EMDR Therapists in Oregon
- Evergreen Clinical (for the uninsured or under-insured)
- Gottman Institute List of Couples Therapists
- Health at Every Size (HAES) list of Therapists
- Integrative Trauma Treatment Center
- LifeSTAR Oregon
- Men’s Resource Center
- Motheroots Counseling
- NW Anxiety Institute
- Nuria Gomez (chronic health/pain issues specialty)
- Owl’s Nest North Therapy Joint (counseling through a social justice and anti-oppression lens)
- Pacific Psychology Clinic
- Portland Autism Center
- Portland Elder Counseling (offers in-home counseling)
- Portland Relationship Center
- Portland Somatic Therapy
- Practical Parenting
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Therapists in Oregon
- Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC)
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioners in Portland
- Transitions Professional Center (serves adults with serious, life-limiting medical illness, life-threatening illness, caregivers and those who are bereaved)
- Western Psychological
- Wise Counsel and Comfort
- Begin Pilates (Kacie Dart)
- Body Home Fat Dance
- Cindy Lewis
- Curvy Yoga
- Daya Foundation (Sarahjoy Marsh)
- Fawn Williams
- Feldenkrais Method Practitioners in Portland
- Flexible Fitness (Lily-Righ Glen)
- Gem Studio (Susanne)
- Molly Boeder Harris
- People’s Yoga
- Reinvent
- Revocycle (Lacy Davis)
- The Art of Balance (Rebecca Macy)
- Unfold Studios
- Watsu Aquatics (Mary Seamster)
- Yoga for Bigger Bodies (Julie Westlin-Naigus)
- Center for Human Holistics
- Cyndy Rutto, PMHNP
- Jane Payne, MD
- Maggie Alexander, PMHNP
- Mind Matters Child & Family Psychiatry
- Northwest Family Mental Health Services
- Pacific Premier Group (Katy Powell)
- Pdx Mental Health Resources
- Sakura Recovery and Wellness
- Vicki Paulus, ARNP
- Wildwood Psychiatric Resource Center
- Willamette Health & Wellness