Care goes beyond the session...

Holistic Approach (noun) method or perspective that considers the whole person or system, rather than just individual parts. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects, aiming to address all facets of a person's well-being or a system's functionality.

Below you will find apps to designed to help increase coping skills and manage day-to-day life as well as book recommendations.

Check back often as recommendations are updated regularly!

Free Helpful Apps

Use the Google Play Store & App Store Buttons below each app description to download and give it a try!

Virtual Hope Box

Provides coping tools, positive distractions, and motivational resources to help
individuals manage emotional distress and improve mental well-being.

MoodTools

Designed to help with depression and anxiety, it offers tools like mood tracking,
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, and guided self-help exercises.

Insight Timer

A meditation app with a wide variety of free guided meditations, music, and
soundscapes to help you relax and manage stress.

PTSD Coach

Provides tools for managing symptoms of PTSD, including self-assessments,
relaxation techniques, and resources for finding support.

Mindfulness Coach

Teaches mindfulness techniques that can help with stress reduction and emotional
regulation, which are beneficial for PTSD.

MindShift CBT

A self-help app for anxiety and stress, using CBT techniques to help users shift their thoughts and manage feelings of anxiety.

Trello

A visual organization tool that allows you to create boards, lists, and cards tomanage tasks and projects. Trello can help with organizing thoughts, trackingprogress, and maintaining focus.

Forest

Stay focused by growing a virtual tree. The longer you stay focused and off yourphone, the bigger your tree grows. It gamifies focus by allowing you to earnrewards and unlock new tree species for continued success.

Habitica

Stay on track by leveling up. The more consistent you are with your tasks, the stronger your avatar becomes. Turns productivity into a game, rewarding you with items, achievements, and new features as you complete your habits. Stay motivated & have fun!

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 personal wellness companion designed to promote mental and emotional well-being. It uses a virtual bird, named Finch, to guide users through self-care activities like journaling, goal-setting, mindfulness exercises, and mood tracking.

Gottman Card Deck

Allows you to set tasks that reward you with points when completed, encouraging you to check off your to-do list. As you earn points, you level up and unlock new features.

Living in a female body, a Black body, an aging body, a fat body, a body with mental illness is to awaken daily to a planet that expects a certain set of apologies to already live on our tongues. There is a level of “not enough” or “too much” sewn into these strands of difference.

— Sonya Renee Taylor, Your Body is Not an Apology

Valuable
Reads

Walking On Eggshells

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.

The Body Keeps the Score

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.

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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.

Your Body Is Not an Apology

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.

Intuitive Eating

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.

The Gifts of Trauma

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.

Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families

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.

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

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.

Atlas of the Heart

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.