Links & Resources
Below are free links & resources about counselling, psychotherapy, self-help, meditation, mindfulness, nutrition & inspiring talks & organisations. I draw from my training with, learning from and writings of the following relationship experts:
Ellyn Bader & Peter Pearson, Terry Real, Esther Perel, Susan Johnson, Leslie Greenberg, Stan Tatkin, John Gottman & Julie Gottman, Dan Wile, Marty Klein, Tammy Nelson, Janis Abrahms Spring, Joe Kort, Douglas Braun-Harvey, Susan Heitler, Michele Weiner-Davis, Gary Chapman, Harville Hendrix, David Schnarch, Dan Siegel, William Doherty, Pat Love, Shirley Glass, Bettina Arndt, Helen Fisher & John Norcross. There are more I haven’t named but to whom I owe much gratitude for their inspiration & astute pointers on how to keep improving my work.
Counselling, Psychotherapy & Self-Help
Addiction self-help: Smartrecovery.org
Loving an Addict-Top 10 Survival Tips: Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself
Anxiety resources: Wired to Worry
Anxiety About Health: Helping Health Anxiety
Assert Yourself: Improve Your Assertiveness
Authentic Happiness Questionaires: Authentic Happiness.com
Bipolar Disorder: Keeping Your Balance
Control Your Drinking Online: Australian Centre for Addiction Research
Coping with Depression – Back From the Bluez
Depression video by World Health Organisation I Had a Black Dog
Depression & anxiety Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg
Depression & anxiety Wehrenberg online Candeo course
Depression, free online cognitive behavioural programme for preventing depression: Moodgym.com
Depression: 24/7 Beyond Blue Institute , online & telephone 1300 22 4636
Depression: Black Dog Institute
Depression: Depressionnet.org.au
Eating Disorders: Overcoming Disordered Eating – Part A , Overcoming Disordered Eating – Part B
Facing Your Feelings: Overcoming Distress Intolerance
Lifeline: 24/7 Suicide Prevention Services. Telephone – 13 11 14
Man Therapy: Man Therapy – 1300 22 2638
Men’s Group East Sydney – East Sydney Men’s Group
Men’s Issues: Dad’s Uni
Men’s Line Australia: MensLine 24/7 Professional online & telephone support – 1300 78 99 78
Panic Attacks: Coping with Panic Attacks
Parenting Resources – Patti Wiffler’s site Hand in Hand
Perfectionism: Overcoming Perfectionism
Procrastination: Put Off Procrastination
Self-Esteem: Improving Self-Esteem
Shyness/Social Anxiety: Coping with Social Anxiety
Sleep Hygiene Centre for Clinical Interventions
Suicide Call Back Service: 24/7 Suicide Call Back Service – 1300 659 437
What works in Therapy? Scott Miller Psychotherapy Effectiveness
Why are we happy? Dan Gilbert, Harvard psychologist
Withdrawal from Addiction: Withdrawal.org
Worrying: Mastering Your Worries
Youth Beyond Blue Help: Youth Beyond Blue
Youth Reach Out: Under 25’s Reach Out
Online Dating Help
Annie Gleason Dating Coaching for Midlife Singles Get a Love Life
Bettina Arndt Online Dating Coaching
Meditation, Relaxation and Yoga
5 Ways of Basic Mindfulness Shinzen Young
Meditation – culturally neutral, non-religious: Natural Meditation.org
Guided Meditations – free videos integrating Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices with Western science to advance the study of the mind: B. Alan Wallace
Free guided meditations by Kristin Neff on self-compassion – central to Buddhist psychology
Yoga: Find Yoga.com
Free Guided Meditation audios from Brain Sync: Brain Sync.com
Pain – Understanding it in under 5 minutes : 5 minute video
Nutrition and Fat Loss
Fitness Calculator from Norwegian University : Fitness Calculator VO2max
Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution : Dr.Gundry.com
Dr. Michael Mosley’s The 5:2 Fast Diet
Dr. Michael Mosley’s Fast Exercise programme
Dr. John Buckley – standing 3 hours per day 5 days per week = running 10 marathons per year
Inspiring Organisations
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg Get the Facts Straight on the Environment
Holacracy Holacracy.org
The Fetzer Institute Fetzer.org
Ideas Worth Spreading TED talks
Integral Institute Integral Institute.org
Spiral Dynamics Spiral Dynamics.net
State of the World Forum Worldforum.org
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