SUGGESTED RESOURCES BY TOPIC:
Getting Reconnected
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Dr. John M. Gottman
- Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson
- Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships By Dr. Sue Johnson
- Wired for Love: How Understanding your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship By Stan Tatkin
- After the Honeymoon: How Conflict Can Improve Your Relationship By Daniel Wile
Affair Recovery
- Not Just Friends: Rebuilding Your Trust and Recovering Your Sanity after Infidelity By Shirley Glass
- After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding the Trust When a Partner has Been Unfaithful By Janis Spring
Sexual Health
- Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life By Emily Nagoski
- Girlsex 101 By Allison Moon
- Ultimate Guide To Kink, BDSM, Role Play, and the Erotic Edge By Tristan Taormino
- Sexual Intimacy for Women: A Guide for Same-Sex Couples By Glenda Corwin
- The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us By Felice Newman
- Sex for One: The Joy of Self Loving By Betty Dodson
- Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire By Lorri Brotto
- Love Between Men: Enhancing Intimacy and Resolving Conflicts in Gay Relationships By Rik Isensee
- AutoStraddle- 8 Self Help books about Lesbian Relationships
- ACE: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Monogamy, and the Meaning Of Sex By Angela Chen
- Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters and How to Get it By Laurie Mintz
LGBTQIA+
- UNC Urology Services for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals
- Prismatic Speech Services
- LGBT Center of Raleigh Resource Page
- The Trevor Project– Free 24 hour Crisis support for LGBTQ youth
- Gender Spectrum– An online resource for Youth, families, educators, medical, and mental health professionals for Gender Diverse individuals
- Celebrating and Deconstructing the Gender Spectrum Ted Talk Playlist
- Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource By and For Transgender Communities
- Bi Any Other Name By Lani Ka’ahumanu
- The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality By Julie Sondra Decker
- Dear John, I Love Jane– Essays written by Women who have come out later in life
- Trans Love: An Anthology of Transgender and Non-Binary Voices
- Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression By Iris Gottlieb
Ethical Non-Monogamy
- Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy By Jessica Fern
- The Smart Girl’s Guide to Polyamory: Everything You need to know about Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Alternative Love By Dedeker Winston
- Multiamory Podcast
- The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships By Kathy Labriola
If it Doesn’t Work Out
- Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After by Katherine Woodward Thomas