Clients often ask us what resources we recommend. This page includes our tried and true favorites. Ask your therapist what they recommend for you specifically.
Betrayal Trauma
Podcasts
A sex podcast FOREPLAY RADIO – Couples & Sex Therapy helps couples keep it HOT!! Our podcast features nationally-acclaimed sex therapist, author, and blogger, co-host Laurie Watson, PhD, LMFT talking with co-host George Faller, LMFT, global leader in couples therapy, author, and supervisor & trainer in Emotionally Focused Therapy about the vital topics of sexuality, eroticism, marriage and committed partnership.
Emotion is like our north star. Emotion gets us where we want to be. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Kelly Bourque. Kelly is a founder of Red Therapy Group, a group practice in the Nashville area. Together they discuss this theoretical orientation being emotionally focused, understanding protective patterns, attachment systems, and the disowned part of self.
Books
Hold Me Tight Online
If you aren't ready for couples therapy but would like something a little more than reading a book - this virtual program would be excellent.
YouTube
Kelly Bourque gives an overview of the process of EFT for couples. Red Therapy Group therapists utilize this process with each of their couples, using the steps and stages of EFT to know exactly where they are in the healing process at all times.
Taming the Cycle: a lighthearted introduction to one of the key elements of Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Kelly gives an overview of what to expect in couples counseling (booking, paperwork, first session, etc.).
Two experts in bonding look at key responses in love relationships.
Dr. Sue Johnson: http://www.drsuejohnson.com
Dr. Edward Tronick: https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/edward_tronick
Getting close to another human isn’t the trouble free process we might imagine. It’s worth understanding just how frightening closeness can be.
A simple explanation of the goal of EFT from Helene Igwebuike, EFT Trainer in London.
Support
Sober is better together.
If you have found yourself relying on alcohol for coping and are worried about your use, please consider joining The Luckiest Club. This group is non-shaming and all about connection. There’s a monthly fee (with a free trial run). It’s well worth it for the community and support in trying to get through without the extra burden of alcohol managing/coping.
Community for LGBTQ+ Youth in TN
Just Us is a collection of programs at Oasis Center dedicated to helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth to achieve their full potential. Specifically, Just Us provides LGBTQ+ youth with a liberating space where they can be authentic and celebrate the fluidity of identity.
Crisis
If you feel at risk of harming yourself or others or you do not feel safe from interpersonal violence, please take it seriously. Reach out to one of these wonderful free resources:
Local:
The Tennessee Mental Health Crisis Hotline: 855.274.7471
Mobile Crisis: 615.244.7444
Davidson County Crisis Team: 615.726.0125
National:
Suicide Hotline: 800.273.TALK (8255) (suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
For deaf/hard of hearing - TTY 800.799.4889
Crisis Textline - text HOME to 741741 anytime (crisistextline.org)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: afsp.org
Substance Abuse Hotline: 800.662.4357
Interpersonal Violence Resource: ncadv.org