RESOURCES & LINKS


CALIFORNIA KINK AWARE PSYCHOTHERAPISTS:


SAN DIEGO:

John McConnell, Ph.D.
johnmcconnellphd.com

 

SAN FRANCISCO:

Dossie Easton, LMFT
dossieeaston.com

 

READING LIST


RELATIONSHIPS:


        ALTERNATIVE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS

Opening Up”
by Tristan Taormino

“The Ethical Slut”
by Dossie Easton

“The New Bottoming Book”
by Dossie Easton

“The New Topping Book”
by Dossie Easton

        MONOGAMY

“The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert”
by John Gottman & Nan Silver (2000)

“Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage: America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship”
by John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, & Joan Declaire (2007)

 

TRAUMA:

“The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment”
by Babette Rothschild

“The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease”
Second edition by Robert C. Scaer MD PhD

“Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society”
by Bessel A. van der Kolk, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth


SOMATIC EXPERIENCING:

“Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences”
by Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick

“Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body”
by Peter A. Levine

 

ART THERAPY:

“Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul”
by Shaun McNiff

“The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself”
by Lucia Capacchione

“The Artist’s Way”
by Julia Cameron

“Celebrating Family Milestones”
By Debra Greenspoon Linesch

“Family Art Psychotherapy: A Clinical Guide And Casebook”
by Helen B Landgarten

 

 

LINKS & PODCASTS

SEX & RELATIONSHIPS:

"Savage Love" by Dan Savage
savagelove

"Sex Out Loud" by Tristan Taormino
sexoutloud

"Polyamory Weekly" by Cunning Minx
polyweekly.com

"Sex Nerd Sandra" by Sandra Daugherty
sexnerdsandra.com

"Masocast"
masocast.com


TRAUMA:

Trauma Resource Institute:
traumaresourceinstitute.com

Trauma Information Pages:
trauma-pages.com


PSYCHODYNAMIC ART THERAPY:

American Art Therapy Association:
arttherapy.org

The Art Therapy Blog:
arttherapyblog.com

The Artist’s Way:
theartistsway.com


SOMATIC EXPERIENCING:

Somatic Experiencing:
somaticexperiencing.com