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Recommended Reading

Here are some of the books I often recommend to my clients as sources of psychoeducation in addition to therapy.

Sexuality
Come As You Are

by Emily Nagoski

Come Together

by Emily Nagoski

Magnificent Sex

by P. J. Kleinplatz and A. D. Ménard

Better Sex Through Mindfulness

by Lori Brotto

Want

by Jillian Anderson

The Myth of Normal

by Gabor Mate

Scattered Minds

by Gabor Mate

No Bad Parts

by Richard Schwartz

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

by Lindsay Gibson

Human Development
Relationships
Fight Right

by Julie and John Gottman

Attached

by A. Levine and R.S.F. Heller

Hold Me Tight

by Sue Johnson

Polysecure

by Jessica Fern

Stress and Boundaries
Burnout

by Emily Nagoski

Set Boundaries, Find Peace

by Nedra Glover Tawwab

When The Body Says No

by Gabor Mate

The Undervalued Self

by Elaine Aron

Memoirs
What My Bones Know

by Stephanie Foo

Know My Name

by Chanel Miller

Man's Search of Meaning

by Viktor Frankl

How to Do the Work

by Nicole Leperra

Other
Easy Way to Quit Smoking/Vaping

by Allen Carr

The Body Is Not an Apology

by Sonya Renee Taylor

Trauma and Recovery

by Judith Herman

On Grief and Grieving

by E. Kubler-Ross and D. Kessler

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Territory Acknowledgement

As a first-generation settler from Belarus, I am privileged to live and practice on the traditional,

ancestral, and unceded territories of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), and Stó:lō (Sto:lo) Peoples.

I am grateful for their continued care for these lands, waters, skies, and all that is above and below. 

As a mental health care professional, I recognize the impact of systemic racism within institutions

and that counsellors have the responsibility and power to create culturally safe and appropriate environments of care

I commit to continued learning about the devastating colonial practices in psychotherapy and healthcare

and doing my part in decolonizing the field.

Learn about the traditional territory you live on here.

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