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• What My Bones Know — Stephanie Foo A journalist's account of living with and treating complex PTSD. The one most likely to make someone feel less alone. Memoir
• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving — Pete Walker Emotional flashbacks and the four trauma responses, in language people actually use afterward. Book
• Trauma and Recovery — Judith Herman The three-stage model of recovery, and why safety comes before anything else. Book
• In an Unspoken Voice — Peter Levine How the body completes and carries survival responses. Background to Somatic Experiencing. Book
• ISSTD — International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation Research, clinician directory, and public education on trauma and dissociation. Organization
• Sidran Institute Trauma education and survivor-facing resources. Organization

• Unmasking Autism — Devon Price Written by an autistic psychologist. The title most often named by the autistic community itself. Book
• The Neurodivergence Skills Workbook for Autism and ADHD — Jennifer Kemp and Monique Mitchelson Both authors are autistic psychologists. Practical rather than explanatory. Workbook
• How to Keep House While Drowning — KC Davis Care tasks as morally neutral. Short enough to finish on a low day. Book
• Is This Autism? — Donna Henderson and Sarah Wayland For people mid-research-spiral who aren't sure yet. Book
• Divergent Mind — Jenara Nerenberg Late identification, focused on women's experiences. Book
• Self-Care for Autistic People — Megan Anna Neff From the clinician behind Neurodivergent Insights. Book
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network — ASAN Policy and advocacy run by autistic people. Nothing about us without us. Organization
• Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network — AWN Community, writing, and advocacy. Organization
• CHADD ADHD education, research summaries, and support groups. Organization
• ADDA — Attention Deficit Disorder Association ADHD support specifically for adults. Organization

• My Grandmother's Hands — Resmaa Menakem Racialized trauma as something carried in the body, with practices for working with it. Book
• The Racial Healing Handbook — Anneliese Singh Structured exercises on racial identity, internalized racism, and repair. Workbook
• Decolonizing Therapy — Jennifer Mullan Mental health as inseparable from colonial and political history. Book
• Black Fatigue — Mary-Frances Winters The cumulative physical and emotional cost of sustained racism. Book
• The Body Is Not an Apology — Sonya Renee Taylor Radical self-love where race, size, and disability meet. Book
• BEAM — Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective Training, resources, and peer support. Organization
• Therapy for Black Girls Find a therapist, plus a long-running podcast. Directory
• Latinx Therapy Directory and bilingual mental health education. Directory
• Asian Mental Health Collective Directory and community resources. Organization
• National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network — NQTTCN Therapist directory and a mental health fund. Directory
• Inclusive Therapists Search by identity, access needs, and modality. Directory

• The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook — Anneliese Singh Exercises on minority stress, identity, and building resilience. Workbook
• Trans Bodies, Trans Selves — edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth Broad, community-authored reference across medical, legal, and social ground. Reference
• You and Your Gender Identity — Dara Hoffman-Fox A structured self-exploration process, no conclusion required. Workbook
• Gender Queer — Maia Kobabe Graphic memoir of working out gender and asexuality. Memoir
• Trans Lifeline Peer support staffed by trans people, with a policy of not calling emergency services without consent. Helpline
• The Trevor Project Crisis support for LGBTQ+ young people up to 25. Helpline
• PFLAG Chapters, family resources, and local support groups. Organization
• WPATH — World Professional Association for Transgender Health Publishes the Standards of Care used by most providers. Organization

• Polysecure — Jessica Fern Attachment theory applied to consensual non-monogamy. The most therapy-adjacent title here. Book
• Playing Well with Others — Lee Harrington and Mollena Williams Community, negotiation, and consent culture in practice. Book
• The New Topping Book and The New Bottoming Book — Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy Long-standing pair on roles, negotiation, and aftercare. Book
• The Ethical Slut — Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy The foundational text on non-monogamy, jealousy, and agreements. Book
• Come As You Are — Emily Nagoski The science of desire and arousal, and why context matters more than technique. Book
• NCSF — National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Runs the Kink Aware Professionals directory and the Consent Counts project. Organization
• TASHRA — The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance Research and provider education on kink-involved clients. Organization
• AASECT Find a certified sex therapist or counselor. Directory

• When Religion Hurts You — Laura E. Anderson Written by a clinician who left. Currently the standard text. Book
• Leaving the Fold — Marlene Winell The book that named religious trauma syndrome. Book
• Terror, Love and Brainwashing — Alexandra Stein Attachment applied to cults and totalitarian systems. Explains why leaving is so hard. Book
• Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse — Gillie Jenkinson A structured, phase-based recovery model you can work through. Book
• Traumatic Narcissism — Daniel Shaw The dynamics of charismatic leaders and the people around them. Book
• Combating Cult Mind Control — Steven Hassan The BITE model of undue influence. Widely read, including by families. Book
• Pure — Linda Kay Klein Purity culture and its long aftermath, through interviews. Book
• International Cultic Studies Association — ICSA Conferences, support groups, and a referral network of experienced clinicians. Organization
• Recovering from Religion Peer support and a hotline for people questioning or leaving. Organization
• Journey Free Support groups and retreats for religious recovery. Organization
• #iGotOut Survivor-led storytelling and advocacy around high-control environments. Organization

Education and integration only. Nothing listed here provides, sources, recommends, or doses any substance, and none of it should be read as guidance on obtaining one. See our approach to preparation and integration work above.

• Consciousness Medicine — Françoise Bourzat A framework for preparation, the experience itself, and integration afterward. Book
• Psychedelic Integration — Marc Aixalà Written for practitioners. Covers difficult and extended experiences. Book
• Sacred Knowledge — William Richards Decades of clinical research on mystical experience, from Johns Hopkins. Book
• How to Change Your Mind — Michael Pollan The mainstream introduction. Most people arrive having read this one. Book
• Psychedelic Justice — edited by Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar Reciprocity, appropriation, and ethics, from the Chacruna Institute. Anthology
• Chacruna Institute Education on Indigenous reciprocity, ethics, and psychedelic justice. Organization
• Fireside Project Free peer support by phone or text during and after psychedelic experiences. Helpline
• Psymposia Independent nonprofit journalism on psychedelics — research integrity, ethics, and harm in clinical and underground settings. Critical rather than promotional. Journalism

• The Invisible Kingdom — Meghan O'Rourke Chronic illness and the experience of not being believed by doctors. Book
• The Long COVID Survival Guide — edited by Fiona Lowenstein Patient-authored and practical, on symptoms, work, and advocacy. Book
• How to Be Sick — Toni Bernhard Buddhist-informed. A counterweight to books that assume recovery. Book
• Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice — Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Disability justice, collective care, and crip wisdom. Book
• Disability Visibility — edited by Alice Wong Short first-person essays. Easy to read in fragments on a low day. Anthology
• Rest Is Resistance — Tricia Hersey Rest as something owed to you, not earned. Book
• #MEAction Advocacy and pacing resources for ME/CFS and Long COVID. Organization
• Solve M.E. Research funding, patient resources, and disability documentation guidance. Organization
• Bateman Horne Center Salt Lake City clinic and research centre for ME/CFS, Long COVID, and fibromyalgia. Organization
• Dysautonomia International POTS and related conditions — education, research, and physician lists. Organization
• Patient-Led Research Collaborative Patient-run research on Long COVID, including pacing guidance. Directory