Resources

Books

• The Relationship Cure - John Gottman, PhD - Gottman offers essential tools to help your relationships flourish. In "The Relationship Cure," Dr. Gottman highlights the key elements of healthy relationships, focusing on the vital role of emotional connection. He introduces the innovative concept of the emotional "bid," which serves as the fundamental unit of this connection. With empowering strategies, you'll learn how to enhance your emotional bids and effectively respond to those from others.

• Secure Love by Julie Menanno - I highly recommend this book to everyone! Learn about attachment styles and how they present in relationships. Julie gives practical skills to help with effective communication and build a secure attachment in your relationships. 

• Out of The Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction- Patrick Carnes, PhD - Dr. Carnes discusses the danger signs, explains the dynamics, and describes the consequences of sexual addiction and dependency as well as the path to recovery.

• Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love - Pia Mellody - Pia Mellody unravels the intricate dynamics of unhealthy love relationships and shows you how to let go of toxic love.

• Come as you are - Emily Nagoski - Based on research and science, learn more about your sexuality and how to improve intimacy with yourself and your partner.

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12 Step Support Groups​ -

These groups are free and open to anyone wanting additional support in their recovery from addiction and/or unhealthy behaviors. Support groups help you connect to others with similar struggles and can provide added support in between therapy sessions.  Addiction is a disease of isolation. Recovery requires connection and community.  *Definitions of the groups have been taken from their respective websites.

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) St. Louis - "Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experiences strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism."

• Narcotics Anonymous (NA) St. Louis - "NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean."

• Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) - "Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. The only qualification for S.L.A.A. membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction."

• Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA) - "is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other where they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from sexual compulsion."

• Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families (ACA) St. Louis -

       Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition          program of people who grew up in dysfunctional homes. We meet to share our                     experience of growing up in an environment where abuse, neglect and trauma                    infected us. "

• ​Celebrate Recovery - Christ center 12 step program to help individuals heal from hurts, habits and hang ups. 

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Crisis Resources

​If you are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis please reach

out to the 24/7 resources below: 

 

1. 988: Suicide and Crisis Lifeline available 24/7 via call or text

 

2. Behavioral Health Response for adults or youth: call 314-469-6644 or 314-819-8802 or Text BHEARD to 31658  

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3. Nearest emergency room

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