Care goes beyond the session...
Below you’ll find a curated list of trusted resources to support your
mental health and day-to-day well-being.
Trusted External Providers
We’ve begun building a list of carefully vetted providers and programs, including psychiatric medication management. Over time, this section will grow to include referrals for substance use treatment centers, inpatient mental health programs, and other specialized services.
Recommended Apps
These apps are selected to help you build coping skills, manage stress, and support daily functioning. Each recommendation is based on clinical insight and user feedback.
Useful Links
This section includes links to reputable organizations that offer mental health education, advocacy, support groups, and community resources. These sites can be helpful for individuals seeking connection, information, or guidance beyond the therapy space.
Book Recommendations
A growing list of thoughtful, therapist-approved reads to deepen your understanding of mental health, healing, and personal growth.
This page is updated regularly—check back often for new additions!
Trusted
External
Providers
Continue to check back as we will update this list!
Adams Mental Health proudly endorses Jennifer Anderson, PMHNP, for those seeking psychiatric medication support. Jennifer brings both warmth and expertise to her practice offering Psychiatric Evaluations, TMS, Computerized ADHD testing and medication management. Jennifer’s practice, We Thrive Psychiatry, accepts Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, United Healthcare/Optum, and offers both in-person and telehealth appointments.
Helpful Apps
Each recommendation is based on clinical insight and/or user feedback.
Virtual Hope Box
Provides coping tools, positive distractions, and motivational resources to help individuals manage emotional distress and improve mental well-being.
Mindfulness Coach
Teaches mindfulness techniques that can help with stress reduction and emotional regulation, which are beneficial for PTSD.
Habitica
The more consistent you are with your tasks, the stronger your avatar becomes. A game, rewarding you with items, achievements, and new features as you complete your habits.
Insight Timer
A meditation app with a wide variety of free guided meditations, music, and soundscapes to help you relax and manage stress.
Forest
Stay focused by growing a virtual tree. The longer you stay focused and off your phone, the bigger your tree grows. It gamifies focus and for continued success.
Habit Bull
Tracker that gamifies building habits by rewarding you with badges for consistency. It offers visual progress charts and reminders to help you stay motivated.
Days Since
These apps (versions in Google Play and App Store listed below are different) are both designed to help you keep track of you success with stepping away from destructive behaviors/substance use/alcohol abuse.
Finch: Self Care
A wellness companion to promote mental and emotional well-being. It uses a virtual bird, to guide users through self-care activities like journaling, goal-setting, mindfulness exercises, and mood tracking.
Gottman Card Deck
A free relationship-building app from The Gottman Institute, featuring virtual card decks with questions, prompts, and tips to help couples strengthen communication, increase intimacy, and deepen connection.
Useful Links
Explore trusted organizations for mental health education, advocacy, support, and community connection beyond the therapy room.
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Education, support groups, and advocacy for individuals and families.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Meeting finder, local resources, and newcomer support.
UMOM New Day Centers
Emergency shelter and transitional housing for families and women.
one•n•ten
LGBTQ+ youth programs, housing support, wellness groups, and drop-in centers.
PFLAG
Family and ally support for LGBTQ+ individuals.
Text Support
Free, confidential help is just a text away. These services connect you with trained counselors who can offer support, resources, and a listening ear—anytime, anywhere.
Crisis & Suicide Prevention
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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Free, 24/7 support for anyone in emotional distress or suicidal crisis. Call or text 988.
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Crisis Text Line – Text “HOME” to 741741 to connect with a trained crisis counselor via text.
Domestic Violence & Abuse Support
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National Domestic Violence Hotline- Call 800-799-SAFE (7233) or text “START” to 88788 for confidential help.
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RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) – 24/7 sexual assault support: 800-656-4673.
LGBTQ+ Support
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The Trevor Project – 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth. Call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678.
Valuable
Reads
by Jane Isay - is a guide for adult children of narcissistic parents. The book provides insights into recognizing the emotional manipulation and control that often defines these relationships, offering practical advice for healing and setting healthy boundaries. Schreiber blends personal stories with actionable tools to help individuals reclaim their emotional well-being.
by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk explores how trauma impacts the body and mind, illustrating the lasting effects of traumatic experiences on both physical and psychological health. Drawing on decades of research, Dr. van der Kolk explains how trauma can disrupt brain function, impair emotional regulation, and manifest in physical ailments. The book emphasizes the importance of innovative therapies, such as mindfulness, yoga, and neurofeedback, in healing trauma and restoring a sense of well-being.
by Richard C. Schwartz explores the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, which views the mind as composed of various parts that can develop in response to trauma. The book helps readers understand and heal these parts to achieve greater emotional integration and self-acceptance. Schwartz offers a compassionate approach to understanding the complexity of the self and provides tools for healing and personal growth.
by Sonya Renee Taylor is a powerful call to action, encouraging individuals to embrace radical self-love and body acceptance. The book explores how societal norms around body image, race, and gender lead to self-rejection and offers tools for dismantling those harmful beliefs. Through personal stories and transformative exercises, Taylor empowers readers to cultivate compassion for themselves and others, challenging the culture of shame and fostering collective healing.
by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch promotes a healthy relationship with food by rejecting traditional dieting and encouraging listeners to trust their body's natural hunger cues. The book outlines 10 principles that focus on rejecting the diet mentality, honoring hunger, making peace with food, and respecting one's body. It aims to help individuals rediscover the joy of eating and heal from disordered eating habits by fostering mindfulness and self-compassion.
by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline explores how trauma, when properly understood and processed, can lead to profound personal growth and transformation. The authors, drawing on Levine’s expertise in somatic experiencing, offer tools and techniques for healing trauma and discovering its hidden gifts. The book emphasizes the importance of reconnecting with the body to release trauma and find emotional resilience.
by Charles L. Whitfield focuses on helping adult children of dysfunctional or abusive families heal emotional wounds from their childhood. Whitfield explores how unresolved childhood trauma affects adult relationships and well-being, offering practical strategies for reconnecting with and nurturing the "inner child." The book provides a compassionate approach to recovery, encouraging readers to embrace self-love and emotional healing.
by Pete Walker is a comprehensive guide for individuals recovering from Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), which results from prolonged exposure to trauma, often in childhood or abusive relationships. Walker offers practical strategies and tools for understanding the symptoms, emotional patterns, and healing processes associated with C- PTSD. Drawing from his own experiences and clinical knowledge, he provides readers with actionable steps toward recovery and personal growth.
by Brené Brown explores the complexity of human emotions and how they shape our lives and relationships. Through a detailed mapping of over 87 emotions, Brown helps readers understand and articulate their feelings, offering insight into how vulnerability, courage, and connection are integral to emotional well-being. The book combines research with personal storytelling, guiding readers toward greater emotional clarity and empathy.