Resources

ADHD

• ADHD 2.0 — By Edward Hallowell, MD & John Ratey, MD.
  A revolutionary look at ADHD from a strength-based perspective. It outlines actionable strategy shifts for managing distraction, optimizing focus, and restructuring daily environments.

• A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD — By Sari Solden, MS & Michelle Frank, PsyD.
  Explores the emotional and practical challenges women with ADHD may experience, including shame, self-criticism, relationships, and the process of developing greater self-understanding.

Anxiety

• The Anxiety and Worry Workbook — By David A. Clark, PhD & Aaron T. Beck, MD.
  A practical toolkit based on standard Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It features cognitive strategies designed to interrupt chronic worry, catastrophizing, and panic responses.

Bipolar & Mood Disorders

• Bipolar, Not So Much — By Chris Aiken, MD & James Phelps, MD.
  A practical guide to understanding the spectrum between depression and bipolar disorders, with particular attention to bipolar II, mood patterns, lifestyle, and treatment options.

• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness — By Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD.
  A personal memoir about living with bipolar disorder, exploring its effects on relationships, work, and self-understanding, along with the challenges of accepting treatment and finding stability.

Depression

• Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety — By David D. Burns, MD.
  A practical guide using cognitive behavioral techniques to explore the thoughts and beliefs that contribute to depression and anxiety. Through examples and exercises, it offers tools for challenging self-criticism, understanding difficult emotions, and building a more compassionate perspective.

LGBTQ+ Mental Health

• Untamed — By Glennon Doyle.
  A personal memoir exploring identity, relationships, and the expectations that shape our lives. It invites readers to reflect on people-pleasing, reconnect with their own needs and values, and consider what living more authentically might mean for them.

• The LGBTQ+ Mental Health Workbook — By Kiki Fehling, PhD.
  An affirming, practical workbook using dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to help LGBTQ+ readers navigate difficult emotions, strengthen relationships, and build self-acceptance. It offers tools for coping with stigma and negative self-talk while cultivating connection, resilience, and queer joy.

• ¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons — By John Paul Brammer.
  A humorous and heartfelt memoir-in-essays exploring identity, belonging, relationships, and self-acceptance. Drawing on his experiences growing up queer and biracial, Brammer reflects on making sense of the past and finding your own way forward.