Recommended Resources

Helpful Information

Professional Organizations

 

Crisis or Emergency Resources

If you or another person is in a crisis or danger, these resources may provide immediate assistance:

 

Emergency: 911

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (800-273-8255)

National Hopeline Network: 1-800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433)

Crisis Text Line: Text "DESERVE" TO 741-741

Lifeline Crisis Chat - Online live messaging

Self-Harm Hotline: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288)

Essential local and community services: 211

Planned Parenthood Hotline: 1-800-230-PLAN (7526) 

American Association of Poison Control Centers: 1-800-222-1222

National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Hope Line: 1-800-622-2255

National Crisis Line - Anorexia and Bulimia: 1-800-233-4357

GLBT Hotline: 1-888-843-4564

TREVOR Crisis Hotline: 1-866-488-7386

AIDS Crisis Line: 1-800-221-7044

Veterans Crisis Line - Call 1-800-273-8255 + Press 1 / Text 838255 / Chat online

TransLifeline - 1-877-565-8860

Suicide Prevention Wiki

State Boards and Psychological Associations

 

Recommended Readings

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Women’s Sexuality

Read My Lips
A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva

Because It Feels Good
A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction

Sex Made Easy: Your Awkward Questions Answered For Better, Smarter, Amazing Sex

Come as You Are
The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Why Women Have Sex
Understanding Sexual Motivations from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between)

Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women

Becoming Cliterate:
Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It

Getting the Sex You Want: A Woman's Guide to Becoming Proud, Passionate and Pleased in Bed

 

Male Sexuality

Contemporary Male Sexuality
Confronting Myths and Promoting Change

Men's Sexual Health
Fitness for Satisfying Sex

Coping with Erectile Dysfunction
How to Regain Confidence and Enjoy Great Sex

Coping With Premature Ejaculation: How to Overcome PE, Please Your Partner & Have Great Sex

The New Male Sexuality
The truth about men, sex, and pleasure.

She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman

The Guide to Getting It On! (The Universe's Coolest and Most Informative Book About Sex)

 
 

Painful Sex

Healing Painful Sex: A Woman's Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain

A Headache in the Pelvis, a New Expanded 6th Edition: A New Understanding and Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes

 
 

Couples Sexuality and Relationship

Sexual Awareness: Your Guide to Healthy Couple Sexuality

Rekindling Desire: A Step-by-Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Marriages

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

 

Non-monogamy, Open relationships, and Polyamory

More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory

Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love

The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships

 

Transgender and Non-binary Identities

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community

The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook: Skills for Navigating Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression

You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery

My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity