The following article links, books and exercises are recommended by Dr. Kelly’s Corner to provide you with additional resources and online mental health care, counseling, coaching and wellness information to support you in your journey.
Abuse
- The Claimant [Book]
Addiction
ADHD/ADD
- Healing the 7 Types of ADD [Book]
- The ADHD Effect on Marriage [Book]
- Smart but Scattered for Adults [Book]
- ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction- from Childhood Through Adulthood [Book]
- The Disintegrating Student: Struggling but Smart, Falling Apart, and how to turn it around [Book]
Adoption
Affair Recovery
Aging Issues
- The 36 Hour Day [Book]
Anger & Aggression
- Anger & Aggression Fact Sheet [Article]
- Anger Management for Everyone: Seven Proven Ways to Control Anger & Live a Happier Life [Book]
- Overcoming Passive-Aggression: How To Stop Hidden Anger from Spoiling Your Relationships, Career and Happiness [Book]
- The Surprising Purpose of Anger: Beyond Anger Management: Finding the Gift (Nonviolent Communication Guides) [Book]
- Mental Health Therapy: The DBT Anger Management Workbook: A Complete Dialectical Behavior Therapy Action Plan for Mastering Your Emotions & Finding, Your Inner Zen Practical DBT Skills For Men & Women [Workbook]
Anxiety
- 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques: Understanding how your Brain Makes You Anxious & What You can Do To Change It [Book]
- Overcoming Anxiety, Worry and Peace:Practical Ways to Find Peace [Book]
- On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety [Book]
- Anxiety Tracking Form [Assessment]
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) (2 in 1): How CBT, DBT & ACT Techniques Can Help You to Overcome Anxiety, Depression, OCD & Intrusive Thoughts
[Book] - DBT Workbook for Adults: Develop Emotional Wellbeing with Practical Exercises for Managing Fear, Stress, Worry, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Intrusive Thoughts [Workbook]
- DBT Workbook for Anxiety: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Strategies for Managing Stress, Worry, and Fear [Workbook]
- The Anxiety and Depression Workbook: Simple, Effective CBT Techniques to Manage Moods and Feel Better Now [Workbook]
Autism/ASD
Attachment
Blended Families / Divorce
- The Smart Step Family: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family [Book]
- The Smart Stepfamily Marriage: Keys to Success in the Blended Family [Book]
- Becoming a Step Family: Patterns of Development in Remarried Families [Book]
- All About Families: The Second Time Around : A Book for Boys and Girls and Their Parents and Their Stepparents [Book]
- Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships [Book]
- Divorce & New Beginnings: A Complete Guide to Recovery, Solo Parenting, Co-Parenting, and Stepfamilies [Book]
- Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce [Book]
- Divorce: The Art of Screwing Up Your Children [Book]
- Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making two home for your child [Book]
Boundary and Goal Setting
- Boundaries: Where you End and I Begin [Book]
- Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No, to Take Control of your Life [Book]
- Goal Exploration [Website]
- Setting Boundaries [Activity]
- Identifying Triggers [Activity]
- Interpersonal Effectiveness [Activity]
- Build Better Relationship Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs [Book]
- Set Boundaries, Find Peace [Book]
- Boundary Quiz from Set Boundaries, Find Peace [Activity]
- Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself [Book]
Bullying
Cancer
Chronic Pain
- Panel cites need for individualized, patient-centered approach to treat and monitor chronic pain [Article]
- Mindfulness meditation alleviates fibromyalgia symptoms in women: results of a randomized clinical trial [Article]
- Risk factors of chronic daily headache or chronic migraine [Article]
- Reiki for the Management of Neuropathic Pain (Reiki4Pain) [Article]
Co-Dependency
- Co-Dependency: The New Addiction [Article]
- Co-Dependent No More [Book]
- The New Co-Dependency: Help & Guidance for Today’s Generation [Book]
- Women Who Love Too Much [Book]
- Beyond Co-Dependency & Getting Better All The Time [Book]
- The Art of Letting Go [Book]
- One-Way Relationships Workbook: The 12-Week, Step-By-Step, Interactive for Recovery from Codependent Relationships [Workbook]
- The Codependency Workbook: Simple Practices for Developing and Maintaining Your Independence [Workbook]
- Couple Therapy Workbook: A Step-by-step Guide to Cure Codependency and Healing From (Master the Art of Conflict Resolution and Deal With Toxic Insecurity) [Workbook]
- Adult children of emotionally immature parents [Book]
COVID-19
- Government Resources [Website]
- Public Health Updates [Website]
- Stress and Coping Tips From CDC [Website]
- Science-Based Coping Strategies [Website]
- How Teenagers Can Protect Their Mental Health [Website]
- Clinical Psychologists Guide on How to Manage Mental Health [Website]
- Information and Resource Guide – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [Website]
- How to Protect Yourself Financially [Website]
- 125 Things To Do With Your Kids [Website]
- 100 Things To Do Inside [Website]
- How to Support Healthcare Workers [Website]
- How to Stand Behind Frontline Workers [Website]
- Coping With Isolation [Website]
- Coping With Loneliness [Website]
- Pregnancy and Breastfeeding [Website]
- Information for Older Adults [Website]
- Grief and Fear After a Death [Website]
- Coping With Grief During a Lockdown [Website]
- Funerals and Alternatives [Website]
- Understanding the Quarantine, Isolation, and Distancing [Website]
- COVID-19 Projections [Website]
- Intimacy during The Pandemic [Website]
- Sex and the Corona Virus [Website]
- Safe Sex Practices during Pandemic [Website]
- Senior Guide to Mental Health [Website]
Depression
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy [Book]
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression [Book]
- Depression Tracking Form [Assessment]
- Why Some People Are More Prone to Depression [Article]
- The Chemistry of Depression – Neurotransmitters and More [Article]
- Rhodiola Rosea for Depression – Verywell Mind [Article]
Eating Disorders
- Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift [Article]
- The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss [Article]
- 19 of my Favorite Tips to help your Eating Disorder Recovery [Article]
- 11 Do’s and Dont’s for Recovering From Eating Disorders [Article]
- Tips for Anorexia Recovery [Article]
- Overcoming Disordered Eating [Activity]
- Change Process Balance Sheet [Activity]
- Tackling Avoided Foods [Activity]
- Self-Monitoring Form [Activity]
- Eating Disorders- A Guide to Medical Care [Guide]
- Eating Disorder Information & Community Service Guide [Guide]
- 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience (8 Keys to Mental Health) [Book]
- More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament [Book]
- What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat [Book]
- Health at Every Size (The Surprising Truth About Your Weight) [Book]
- Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight [Book]
- 10 Actions for clinicians, caregivers and individuals [Flyer]
- Support Groups in Atlanta, GA [Support Group]
- Help Your Child Eat with Trust, not Logic: the Bungee Jump (Anorexia & Other Eating Disorders) [Video]
- How Should Parents Understand Eating Disorders? [Video]
- How Can Parents Best Support Their Child Through the Recovery Process? [Video]
- What are the Stages of Change or Recovery, and What Can Helpers do to Facilitate Change? [Video]
- Recovery Warriors [App]
- Recovery Records [App]
- National Eating Disorder Helpline (Toll Free Number): 1-800-931-2237
- Overcoming Binge Eating, Second Edition: The Proven Program to Learn Why you Binge and How you Can Stop [Book]
- How To STOP, END, and CURE Compulsive, Emotional, and Binge Eating [Book]
- The DBT Solution for Emotional Eating: A Proven Program to Break the Cycle of Bingeing and Out-Of-Control Eating [Book]
- The Beginner’s Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery [Book]
- The Hunger Fix: The Three-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction
[Book] - The Fix for Cravings: One(s) That Didn’t Work, and Now One Which Works [Book]
Empowerment
- 70 Affirmations to Help You Stay Positive, Focused and Motivated [Article]
- 5 Secrets to Manifesting Your Own Destiny [Article]
- Authentic Happiness [Book]
- Learned Optimism [Book]
- The Power of NOW: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment [Book]
- The Art of Creating the Life You Want [Book]
- How to Live in the Now: Achieve Awareness, Growth and Inner Piece In Your Life [Book]
- Social Support [Website]
- Assertive Communication [Website]
- Personal Values Card Sort [Website]
- Positive Experiences [Website]
Feelings
- How Do You Feel Today [Exercise]
- Changing Your Emotional Blue Print [Article]
- Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment [Book]
- Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life [Book]
- Gratitude Exercises [Website]
- Feeling Wheel [Exercise]
- Gratitude Journal [Website]
- Positive Journal [Website]
Forgiveness
Grief & Loss
- The Art of Listening in a Healing Way [Book]
- Companioning You!: A Soulful Guide to Caring for Yourself While You Care for the Dying and the Bereaved [Book]
- The Understanding Your Grief Journal: Exploring the 10 Essential Touchstones [Book]
- Healing Your Grieving Soul: 100 Spiritual Practices for Mourners [Book]
- The Handbook for Companioning the Mourner: Eleven Essential Principles [Book]
- Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communication of the Dying [Book]
- Talking with Children About Loss [Book]
- Helping Children Cope with Death [Book]
- The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends [Book]
- Nobody’s Child: How Older Women Say Goodbye to Their Mothers [Book]
- Griefnet.org [Website]
- Symptoms of Grief [Article]
- Grief Wheel [Article]
- Grief After Suicide [Article]
- Window to Window: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life [Book]
- Grief Emotions Aren’t Good or Bad, They Just Are [Article]
- Normal Grief Responses [Article]
- Guidelines for Grief Support Group [Article]
- The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses [Book]
- On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss [Book]
- Bereavement Camps for Children and Adolescents [Book]
- Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss [Book]
- Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief [Book]
- Courses, Semincars, Videos, and Workshops to Help Deal With Grief [Website]
- On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- It’s Okay that You’re Not Okay by Megan Devine
- Finding Meaning by David Kessler
- Collateral Beauty by Alan Loeb
- It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand [Book]
- Death, Dying, and Bereavement: African American Grief [Book]
- Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions: African American Grief [Book]
- Resources for Biblical Living: Grief: Learning to Live with Loss [Book]
- Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief [Book]
- Hope for the Heart: Grief: Living at Peace with Loss [Book]
Identity
- My Mother/Myself: The Daughters Search for Identity [Book]
- Wheel of Life [Activity]
- Identity Mind Map [Activity]
- Core Beliefs [Website]
Illness
- The Alchemy of Illness [Book]
- Love, Medicine, and Miracles [Book]
- How to Live Between Offices Visits: A Guide to Life, Love, and Health [Book]
- Peace, Love, & Healing: Bodymind Communication and the Path to Self-Healing [Book]
- The Art of Healing: Uncovering Your Inner-Wisdom and Your Path to Self-Healing [Book]
- No Endings, Only Beginnings: A Doctor’s Notes on Living, Loving, and Learning Who You Are [Book]
Laws & Restrictions, Regarding Therapy & Therapeutic Care
LGBTQ+
Meditation
Mindfulness
- Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life [Book]
- Wherever You Go, There You Are [Book]
- Mindfulness for Dummies [Book]
- The Mindful Way Through Stress: The Proven 8-Week Path to Health, Happiness, and Well-Being [Book]
- The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life [Book]
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment [Book]
- Relaxation Techniques [Website]
- Mindfulness Exercise [Website]
Narcissism
- Web of Lies – My Life with a Narcissist [Book]
- NARCISSISTIC ABUSE RECOVERY: How to heal from emotional abuse and survive abusive relationships [Book]
- Counseling Victims of Violence: A Handbook fro Helping Professionals [Book]
- Cutting Loose: An Adult’s Guide to Coming to Terms with Your Parents [Book]
- Why Is It Always About You?: The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism [Book]
- The Narcissist in Your Life: Recognizing the Patterns and Learning to Break Free [Book]
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond [Book]
- Coping with BPD: DBT and CBT Skills to Soothe the Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder [Book]
- Narcissistic Mothers: Deal with Toxic Parents’ Abuse & Borderline Personality Disorder using Emotional Intelligence, Social Relationship Skills, CBT, NLP for Adult Daughters & Highly Sensitive Empaths [Book]
- Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your Bpd and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance [Book]
- Personality Disorders: A Short History of Narcissistic, Borderline, Antisocial, and Other Types [Book]
- Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders [Book]
Naturopathic Care
- Ulta Lab Tests [Assessment]
- Pure Caps Pro: Vitamins, Dietary & Health Supplements [Products]
- Blood Work– Definition of Terms [Article]
- Heal Yourself With Food [Article]
- Essential Oils to Help Ease Stress [Article]
- 10 Ways to Neutralize Body Acids [Article]
- How to Reduce Tension with Progressive Muscle Relaxation [Article]
- Nutritional Resources: Flower Remedies [Products]
- 6 Foods That Reduce Anxiety [Article]
- 10 Evidence Based Health Benefits of Tumeric [Article]
Pain
Parenting
- Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life [Book]
- The Best Parental Control Apps for Your Phone [Article]
- Don’t Alienate the Kids!: Raising Resilient Children While Avoiding High-Conflict Divorce [Book]
- CBT Toolbox for Depressed, Anxious & Suicidal Children and Adolescents: Over 220 Worksheets and Therapist Tips to Manage Moods, Build Positive Coping Skills & Develop Resiliency [Book]
- DBT for Kids: Effective Dialectical Behavior Therapy Tips and Strategy for parenting a child with emotional distress, aggressive behavior and building better relationships [Book]
- Anxiety, Depression & Anger Toolbox for Teens: 150 Powerful Mindfulness, CBT & Positive Psychology Activities to Manage Emotions [Book]
- Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents 1st [Book]
- Raising Resilience: 25 Tips for Parenting your Child with Anxiety and OCD [Video]
- Young Caregivers [Article]
- Self-Centered Parents and Their Role-Reversed Children {Article]
- Gregory J. Jurkovic’s Filial Responsibility Research [Articles]
- Great Ways to Sabotage a Good Conversation [Book]
Pregnancy, Fertility & Postpartum Depression
- This Isn’t What I Expected [2nd Edition]: Overcoming Postpartum Depression [Book]
- Postpartum Depression: How to Overcome Postpartum Depression and Be a Happy Mom [Book]
- Postpartum Depression Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Overcoming the most Common Complication after Childbirth [Book]
- Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health [Book]
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People [Book]
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Racial Stressors
- Anti-Racism for Kids 101 [Article]
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism [Book]
- Asian American Support [Hotline]
Relationship Change in Love
- Communication that Makes a Difference [Article]
- The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love the Lasts [Book]
- The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate [Book]
- Calling in “The One”: 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life [Book] Clients Choice
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert [Book]
- Getting the Love You Want, 20th Anniversary Edition: A Guide for Couples [Book]
- Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide [Book]
- Making Marriage Simple: Ten Relationship-Saving Truths [Book]
- Making Marriage Simple: Ten Truths for Changing the Relationship You Have into the One You Want [Book]
- Giving The Love That Heals [Book]
- Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved [Book]
- Relationship Map [Activity]
- Conversation Starters for Couples [Activity]
- Speaker Listener Activity [Activity]
- Couples Strengths Exploration [Activity]
- Couples Gratitude Journal [Activity]
- Relationship Growth Activity [Activity]
- Conversation Transformation: Recognize and Overcome the 6 Most Destructive Communication Patterns [Book]
- Difficult Conversation: How to Discuss What Matters Most [Book]
- Grown-Up Marriage: What We Know, Wish We Had Known, and Still Need to Know About Being Married [Book]
- Why Marriages Succeed or Fail [Book]
- The Relationship Cure [Book]
- I Love You, Don’t Leave Me [Book]
- Stop Walking on Eggshells [Book]
- The emotionally Unavailable Man [Book]
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship [Book]
- Love Me, Don’t Leave Me: Overcoming Fear of Abandonment and Building Lasting, Loving Relationships [Book]
- DBT for Couples: Effective ways to manage distress, regulate emotional outbursts and improve your marriage with Dialectical Behavior Therapy [Book]
- Couples Therapy Workbook: 30 Guided Conversations to Re-Connect Relationships [Workbook]
- Couples Therapy Workbook for Healing: Emotionally Focused Therapy Techniques to Restore Your Relationship [Workbook]
- Hold Me Tight [Book]
- The Lost of Art Listening [Book]
Self-Esteem
- Personal Inventory (Negative)[Assessment]
- Personal Inventory (Positive) [Assessment]
- Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child [Book]
- Positive Traits [Activity]
- My Strengths and Qualities [Activity]
- Challenging Negative Thoughts [Activity]
Sexual Addiction
Sexual Development & Behavior in Children
Stalking Challenges
Stress
Suicide Prevention
Teen Issues
- The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents & Young Adults [Book]
- Parenting Teenagers: A Guide to Solving Problems, Building Relationship, and Creating Harmony in the Family [Book]
- Stuff that Sucks: A Teen’s Guide to Accepting What You Can’t Change and Committing to What You Can [Book]
- Talking Back to OCD: The Program that Helps Kids and Teens Say “No Way” — and Parents Say “Way to Go” [Book]
- Stuff That’s Loud: A Teen’s Guide to Unspiraling When OCD Gets Noisy [Book]
Therapy Basics
Trauma, Violence & Abuse
- Trauma & Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence–From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror [Book]
- Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child [Book]
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma [Book]
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma [Book]
- Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy [Book] Clients Choice
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship [Book]
- Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A guide to recovering from childhood trauma [Book]
- 13 Steps for Managing Flashbacks [Article/PDF]
Women’s Issues
- Women’s Who Love Too Much: When you Keep Wishing and Hoping He’ll Change [Book]
- Lioness Arising: Wake Up and Change Your World [Book]
- Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits To Make You Happier, Healthier & More Resilient [Book]
- Happy Women Live Better [Book]
- What’s Really Holding You Back?: Closing the Gap Between Where You Are and Where You Want To Be [Book]
- Where Will You Go From Here? Moving Forward When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned [Book]
Workplace Change
- Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work & in Your Life [Book]
- The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For? [Book]
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People [Book]
- Get Unstuck: Be Unstoppable [Book]
- What Are the Different Types of Resume Formats? [Article]
- Smarter Faster Better: Work Smarter, Not Harder and Be Productive in Life and Business (Productivity Hacks for Financial Freedom) [Book] Clients Choice
- Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity [Book] Clients Choice
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance [Book]
- What Color is Your Parachute [Book]