Therapy resources
Book recommendations
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![Book cover titled 'What My Bones Know' by Stephanie Foo. It features an artistic arrangement of flowers, leaves, and bones against a dark background.]()
What My Bones Know
by Stephanie Foo
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![Book cover for 'Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle' by Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, with quotes and endorsments.]()
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Code
by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
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![Maybe You Should Talk To Someone book cover]()
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
by Lori Gottlieb
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![Book cover of 'Baffled by Love' by Laurie Kahn, featuring a woman with dark hair looking down, with a somber expression, against a dark background.]()
Baffled by Love: Stores of the Lasting Impact of Childhood Trauma Inflicted by Loved Ones
by Laurie Kahn
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![Book cover titled "The Wisdom of Your Body" with silhouettes of people and abstract shapes in blue tones, and the subtitle "Finding healing, wholeness, and connection through embodied living" by Hillary McBride, PhD.]()
The Wisdom of Your Body
by Hillary McBride
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![Book cover titled 'When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times' by Pema Chödrön, featuring a background of autumn trees and fallen leaves.]()
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön
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![Book cover of "Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living" by Krista Tippett, with a yellow circle indicating it is a New York Times bestseller.]()
Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
by Krista Tippett
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![Book cover titled 'De-colonizing Therapy' by Jennifer Mullan, PsyD. The cover features an image of a tree root system forming a heart shape, with the top of the roots resembling a tree trunk. The background has warm yellow and orange tones at the top, transitioning to black at the bottom.]()
Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice
by Jennifer Mullan
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![Cover of the book 'Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up' by Abigail Shrier, featuring a girl sitting cross-legged inside a glass dome against a yellow background.]()
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
by Abigail Shrier
Organizations
Howard Brown Health
Rooted in LGBTQ+ liberation, Howard Brown Health provides affirming healthcare and mobilizes for social justice. They are agents of change for individual wellbeing and community empowerment.
The Lilac Tree
Helping individuals navigate and overcome the challenges of separation and divorce by providing access to legal information, support networks and professional resources.
Lurie’s Gender Clinic
Gender development services at Lurie Children's are outpatient services aimed at supporting the physical, mental and social health of patients and their families as youth progress through gender identity development.
Chicago Abortion Fund
Chicago Abortion Fund provides financial, logistical, and emotional support to people seeking abortion care in Chicago, in Illinois, and the Midwest.
Resilience
Founded in 1974, Resilience (formerly Rape Victim Advocates) has been on the front lines of working with survivors of sexual violence.
National Immigrant Justice Center
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) defends the rights of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Palenque LSNA
Palenque LSNA is a catalyst for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Immigrant communities and allies to take care of one another and take strategic action for systemic change and a just, resilient, and joyful future.
The EPIC Foundation
The EPIC Foundation is a 501C3 non-profit organization that provides support, advocacy, and tools to those affected by chronic illnesses.
Latinx Resource Center
The mission of the Latinx Resource Center (LRC) is to create an inclusive and supportive environment where every student feels valued, empowered, and connected.
Podcasts
Where Should We Begin?
Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. From breakups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, it’s a place to hear our own stories reflected in the lives of others. So…where should we begin?
We Can Do Hard Things
Come do life with Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle. With more than half a billion plays, We Can Do Hard Things is a hilarious, raw, comforting “support system for braving the everyday.” The Pod Squad goes hard ($56 Million raised in global aid) and stays soft: meet here on Tuesdays to laugh, talk, and cry our way through the pain and magic of being human.
From Root to Bone
From Root To Bone is the podcast for people who are parched, poised and primed to rehydrate our souls and do some unlearning. A place where Dr. Jenn unlocks the gates and has real ass conversations with elders, teachers and her intellectual crushes, folks doing the real ass work towards reclaiming the juiciest parts of our ancestry, history, collective health and liberation. Dr. Jenn, The Rage Doctor, and Founder of Decolonizing Therapy continues to shift the mental health paradigm on its head with her realness, vulnerability and 25 + years of experience as a clinical psychologist, community
Can We Talk?
Kelsie, a licensed therapist, and Andres, a longtime friend and commercial pilot, come together each week to explore the real, relatable side of mental health. With Kelsie’s grounded therapeutic insight and Andres’s curious, compassionate perspective from thousands of feet in the air, they blend clinical wisdom with everyday life in a way that feels both comforting and refreshingly human.