Counseling Resources

• Psychology Today - Find a Therapist; nationwide database of mental health practitioners
• Capital Area Psychological Association Doctor Finder - information about local psychologists
• Austin Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) - find a couples counselor who has specialized training in EFT
• YWCA Counseling and Referral Clinic - short-term counseling (10 sessions) provided to women and couples on a sliding scale basis
• Capital Area Mental Health Clinic (CAMHC) - long-term counseling provided on a sliding scale basis
• Texas Dept of State Health Services - Community Mental Health - mental health services provided by the state of Texas

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Self-help resources - books

             For dealing with difficult feelings

• Thoughts and Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life by McKay, Davis and Fanning
• The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by McKay, Wood and Brantley
• Feeling Good by David Burns  (focuses on depression specifically)
• The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns (has information on depression, anxiety and other issues)
• Mind Over Mood - 2nd Edition by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky
• ​Five Good Minutes in the Evening by Jeffrey Brantley and Wendy Millstine (I've found all of the "five good minutes" books to be a great resource, but this one seems to be particularly useful for reducing stress and anxiety)

 
​              For couples and relationships

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
• Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson 
• Come As You Are:  The surprising new science that will transform your sex life by Emily Nagoski
• An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples: The Two of Us  by Kallos-Lilly and Fitzgerald

​              For parents

• Becoming the Parent You Want to Be  by Davis and Keyser (for parents of children birth - 5 years old)
• I was a really good mom before I had kids by Ashworth and Nobile 
• And Baby Makes Three by John and Julie Gottman

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Self-help resources - apps
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• Calm - exercises to help with relaxation, meditation and sleep
• My Life - another relaxation/meditation app similar to Calm but seems to have more resources available for free
• Gottman card decks - relationship app that has 14 different exercises to help deepen relationships
• Quirk -  quick and easy CBT exercise to help catch and change negative thoughts are triggering uncomfortable feelings

​Crisis resources
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• Crisis hotline - 512-472-HELP (4357) - 24 hour hotline and 24 hour walk-in Psychiatric Emergency Services Clinic
• Lifeline Chat -  offers emotional support using online, text-based communication 
• Shoal Creek Hospital - 512-324-2000 - Inpatient services for emotional crisis, depression and drug/alcohol dependence
• SafePlace -512-267-SAFE (7233) - 24 hour hotline for sexual assault and domestic violence