Emotions, Body Image, and Self-Esteem
Emotions
- Emotions Are Value Neutral
- Meditation: Cool Communication when Feelings are Hot, video 1 & video 2
- Moving Your Body
Body Image
- 3 Positive Body Image Activities & Worksheets
- 15 Body Positivity Activities: Love Your Body Unconditionally
- Body Image (pdf)
- No Body's Perfect (pdf)
Self-Esteem
Low Self-Esteem
Use the following in conjunction with the workbook here.
- How It Begins (pdf)
- How It's Maintained (pdf)
- Positive Qualities (pdf)
- Positive 'You' Journal (pdf)
- Adjusting Negative Core Beliefs (pdf)
- Thought Diary for Biased Expectations (pdf)
- Experimenting with Biased Expectations (pdf)
- Thought Diary for Negative Self-Evaluations (pdf)
- Adjusting The Rules (pdf)
- Healthy Self-Esteem (pdf)
Additional Self-Esteem Worksheets
- Building Self-Esteem: A Self-Help Guide (pdf)
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Esteem Worksheets
- Self-Esteem and Self-Criticism Worksheets & Exercises
- 7 Essential Self Esteem Therapy Worksheets
- The Relationship Between Self-Esteem & Assertive Communication
- The Relationship Between Self Talk and Self Esteem
- How Keeping a Self-Esteem Journal Can Help Create and Sustain Well-Being
- Recommended Self Esteem Worksheets
Boundaries
Therapy
- What to Expect When Starting Therapy
- What No One Tells You About Therapy (But Should!)
- Red Flags to Watch for When Interviewing for a New Therapist
- Talking with a Friend vs. Therapy: Key Differences You Should Know
- What is Sex Therapy?
- Role of Therapy in Anti-Racism Work
- White Supremacy Has No Place In Mental Health: Collective Response to “Vilifying Karens” Article on Psychology Today by Dr. Plante
- Psychoanalysis and Social Justice
- Benefits of Therapy: Healing and Growth
- Ways to Pay for Therapy If Money Is a Barrier
- What These Mental Health Titles Mean: Psychologist Psychiatrist LMFT LPC LCSW
- How to Maximize Mental Health Benefits
- If Your Goal In Therapy Is To ‘be Happy,’ You Might Want To Rethink That. Here’s Why.
Race
- How to Find a Therapist For Racial Trauma Healing In a White Centered Mental Health Field
- The Social Justice Myth and Why Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, LGBTQ+ Folks and Other Marginalized Groups Are Fearful of Therapy
- 13 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Cope
- 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country
- Association of Black Psychologists Directory
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
- LGBTQ Psychotherapists of Color Directory
- Mental Health Resources for and By People of Color
- National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Self Care For People of Color After Psychological Trauma
- Strategies for Practicing Self-Care from Racial Battle Fatigue
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Therapy for Black Men
Immigration
LGBTQ+
Decolonizing Mental Health
- Decolonize and Destigmatize Mental Health Care and Therapy
- Decolonizing Mental Health Care, the Power of Ancestral Stories and Kinship
- Decolonizing Mental Health: Confronting the Ruins
- Decolonize Mental Health: Debunking the "Civilized" Myth
- Decolonize Mental Health: Examine 10 Assumptions of Eurocentric/North American Psychology
- Decolonizing Mental Health: Reexamine "Cultural Stigma"
- Decolonize The Process to Increase Minority Identified Therapists for BIPOCs and LGBTQ+ Community
- We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health, edited by L D Green and Kelechi Ubozoh
Resources
Therapy
- How to Find a Culturally Sensitive Therapist
- How to Find A Therapist (pdf)
- The Mental Health Impact of Delays to Gender-Affirming Surgery
Reaching Out to a Therapist Template from the Asian Mental Health Project
Subject: Seeking Consultation
Hello -
I am [INSERT YOUR NAME HERE]. I am seeking mental health support. I am struggling with [XXX]. Are you accepting new patients? If so, what are your payment options?
(If you have insurance, insert: Do you accept [INSERT INSURANCE PLAN NAME]?)
(OPTIONAL: Are you equipped to provide culturally competent care, unpacking racial trauma?)
Thank you,
[INSERT NAME AND YOUR CONTACT INFO HERE]
Finding Therapists
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- Asians for Mental Health
- Association of Black Psychologists Directory
- Ayana Therapy
- Bay Area Muslim Therapist
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
- Black Men Heal directory
- Black Mental Health Alliance directory
- Black Virtual Wellness Directory
- Boris L Henson Foundation directory
- Contigo Therapists
- Deaf Counseling Center
- Hurdle Health
- Included Health
- Inclusive Therapists
- Indigenous Circle of Wellness
- Innopsych
- Institute for Muslim Mental Health directory
- Latinx Therapists & Speakers
- LGBTQ Psychotherapists of Color Directory
- Melanin and Mental Health directory
- Mental Health Resources for and By People of Color
- Mental Health Therapists Specializing in Disability or Chronic Illness
- Muslim Association for Psychological Services
- National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Open Path Collective
- Pride Counseling
- Self Care For People of Color After Psychological Trauma
- South Asian Therapists
- Strategies for Practicing Self-Care from Racial Battle Fatigue
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Therapy for Black Men
- Therapy for Latinx
- Unmute
- Zencare
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