Although these resources are incredible and credible, it is not a replacement for a therapeutic relationship or mental health and medical care. Information obtained from this page should not be considered a substitute for mental and medical evaluation by a credentialed and licensed professional. If you are in immediate crisis, please contact a trusted friend, family member, therapist, your health care provider or call 911.
Abusive and Domestic Violence Relationships
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Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner
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Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life (Interpersonal Violence) by Evan Stark
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Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse by Shannon Thomas
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It’s My Life Now by Meg Kennedy Duggan
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Mr. Unavailable and the Fallback Girl by Natalie Lue
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Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships with Narcissists, Sociopaths and Other Toxic People by Jackson MacKenzie
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Rethinking Domestic Violence by Donald Dutton
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? by Lundy Bancroft
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The Emotionally Abused Woman by Beverly Engle
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The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life by Dr. Robin Stern
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The Gift of Fear by Gavin deBecker
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans
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Why does he do That? Inside the Mind of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
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Women who Love Psychopaths: Inside the Relationships of Inevitable Harm with Psychopaths, Sociopaths & Narcissists by Sandra Brown
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Women who Love too Much by Robin Norwood
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You can Thrive After Narcissistic Abuse by Melanie Tonia Evans
General Trauma and PTSD
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Healing the Fragmented Selves of the Trauma Survivors by Janina Fisher
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Healing Trauma by Peter Levine
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In an Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine
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Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How they Heal by Bellruth Naparstek
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Meditations for Healing Trauma: Mindfulness Skills to Ease Post Traumatic Stress by Louanne Davis
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The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
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The Body Remembers by Babbette Rothschild
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The Body Remembers Volume 2 by Babbette Rothschild
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The Complex PTSD Workbook by Arielle Schwartz
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Trauma and Memory by Peter Levine
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Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden
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Trauma and the Unbound Body by Judith Blackstone
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Traumatic Stress by Bessel van der Kolk
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Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
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When the Body says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Mate
Sexual Trauma and PTSD
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Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci Haines
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Secret Bad Girl: A Sexual Trauma Memoir and Resolution Guide by Rachael Maddox
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Sexual Healing: The Complete Guide to Overcoming Common Sexual Problems by Barbara Keesling
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The Art of Healing from Sexual Trauma: Tending Body and Soul through Creativity, Nature, and Intuition by Naomi Ardea
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The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Wendy Maltz
Religious Trauma, Deconstruction & Purity Culture
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Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts
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Damaged Goods: New Perspective on Christian Purity by Dianna Anderson
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Holy Terror: The Fundamentalist War on America's Freedoms in Religion, Politics and our Private Lives by Flo Conway and Jim Siegalman
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Living in Sin?: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality by John Shelby Spong
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Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness will Transform Your Faith by Mihee Kim-Kort
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Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
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Reclamation Collective (website)
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Religious Trauma Institute (website)
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Sacred, Sexy & Whole: Undressing the Purity Culture, Redressing Redemption by Rachel Halder
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Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma by Theresa Pasquele
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Sex, God and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy by Tina Schermer Sellers
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Shameless: A Sexual Reformation by Nadia Bolz Webber
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Social Bodies: The Shaping of Internal and External Worlds by Rusti Poulette
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Soul Repair: Rebuilding Your Spiritual Life by Jeff VanVonderen
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Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships by Janja Lalich
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances Fitzgerald
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The Mind of the Bible-Believer by Edmund Cohen
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Trusting Doubt: A Former Evangelical Looks at Beliefs in a New Light by Valerie Tarico
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Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire by Jennifer Wright Knust
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Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence by Sara Moslener
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Wayward: A Memoir of Spiritual Warfare and Sexual Purity by Alice Greczyn
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You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity by Jamie Lee Finch
Relationships with (your) Body and Food
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The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
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Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth
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The Hungry Self by Kim Chernin
Familial Hurts and Healing
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsey Gibson
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Discovering the Inner Mother by Bethany Webster
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Dodging Energy Vampires by Christiane Northrup
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For Your Own Good by Alice Miller
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Healing the Adult Children of Narcissists by Shahida Arabi
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Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing your Inner Child by John Bradshaw
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Recovering from Narcissistic Mothers: A Daughter's Guide by Brenda Stephens
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Running on Empty by Jonice Webb
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Will I Ever be Good Enough by Karyl McBride
Reclaiming Sexual Pleasure
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Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women can Cultivate Desire by Lori Brotto
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Come as you Are by Emily Nagoski
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Healers on the Edge: Somatic Sex Education by Cassie Moore, Caffyn Jesse and Mehdi Darvish Yahya
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown
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Science for Sexual Happiness: A Guide to Reclaiming Erotic Pleasure by Caffyn Jesse
Women’s Issues
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Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner
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Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
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Embrace by Taryn Brumfitt
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How to Stop Feeling like Sh*t: 14 Habits that are Holding You Back from Happiness by Andrea Owen
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd
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The Woman Code by Alisa Vitti
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Untame Yourself: Reconnect to the Lost Art, Power and Freedom of Being a Woman by Elizabeth DiAlto
Boundaries & Co-Dependency
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Boundaries: When to Say YES, When to Say NO, To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie
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Safe People by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
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The Assertiveness Guide for Women: How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Transform Your Relationships by Julie de Azevedo
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The New Codependency by Melody Beattie
Personal Growth
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Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza
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Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser
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Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol K. Truman
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Judgement Detox by Gabrielle Bernstein
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Rising Strong by Brene Brown
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The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert
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The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
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The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson
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Voice of the Heart by Chip Dod
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Why People don't Heal and how they Can by Carolyn Myss
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You are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza
Relationships
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Attached by Amir Levine
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Created for Connection by Dr. Sue Johnson and Kenneth Sanderfer
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Deeper Dating by Ken Page
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Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
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Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
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ScreamFree Marriage: Calming Down, Growing Up and Getting Closer by Hal Runkel and Jenny Runkel
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The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships by Diane Poole Heller
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The State of Affairs by Esther Perel
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The Self-Centered Marriage: The Revolutionary ScreamFree Approach to Rebuilding Your “We” by Reclaiming Your “I” by Hall Runkel and Jenny Runkel
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Dr. John Gottman
Podcasts
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A Tiny Revolution with Kevin Garcia
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Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson
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Beyond Me Too with Molly Coeling
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Bliss & Grit with Vanessa Scotto and Brooke Thomas
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Body Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield
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Born Again, Again with Joe + Katie Bauer
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Change Making Women
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Clapp with Jane with Jane Clapp
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Crisis of Faith with Joe and Drew
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Deconstruct
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Deconversion Therapy
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Deeper Dating with Ken Page
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Dirty John on Wondery
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Dirty Rotten Church Kids
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Dismantle Podcast
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#Exvangelical with Blake Chastain
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Everything Belongs with Madison Morrigan
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Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
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Free Sex Podcast with Candice and Katie
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God is Grey with Brenda Davies
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Good Ancestor Podcast with Layla F. Saad
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Good Christian Fun Podcast
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Hay House Meditations
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Heathen Podcast
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Her Rules Radio with Alexandra Jamieson
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Ignite Intimacy with Laura Aiisha
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Latter-Day Lesbian with Mary & Shelly
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Let's Talk About It with Taylor Nolan
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Let's Talk Pleasure with Rachel Overvoll
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Life After God with Ryan Bell
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Love, Sex, Desire with Susana Frioni
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#Millenneagram with Hannah Paasch
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MindShift with Dr. Clint Heacock
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Mormon and the Meth-Head with Aaron Woodall and Jessa Reed
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One Broken Mom with Amiee Quiriconi
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Oprah's Super Soul Conversations
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Other People's Problems with Hillary McBride
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Parenting Forward with Cindy Wang Brandt
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Probably the Enneagram
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Psychology of Eating with Marc David and Emily Rosen
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Queer RelationTips
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Queerology with Matthias Roberts
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Real Crime Profile with Laura Richards, Jim Clemente and Lisa Zambetti
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Reclaim with Thais Sky
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Recovering from Religion Podcast
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Reclaiming your Eroticism with Amber Leitz
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Relationship Alive! with Neil Sattin
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Remedial Sex-Ed Podcast
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Sex Gets Real with Dawn Serra
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Six Minute Sex-Ed Podcast
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Shameless Sex with April Lampert and Amy Baldwin
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She Lift with Sarah Herron
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Straight White American Jesus with Bradly Onishi
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The Baggage Reclaim Sessions with Natalie Lue
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The Graceful Atheist Podcast
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The Healing Trauma Podcast with Monique Kovin
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The Life After with Chuck Parson & Brady Hardin
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The Living Experiment with Dallas Hartwig and Pilar Gerasimo
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The Liturgists
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The Lovely Becoming Podcast with Mimi Cole
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The Mantalks Podcast
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The Mental Illness Happy Hour with Paul Gilmartin
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The Phil Drysdale Show
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The Polyvagal Podcast with Justin Sunseri
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The Science of Psychotherapy with Dahlitz Media
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The Sexually Liberated Woman with Ev'Yan Whitney
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The Queer After Religion Podcast
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The Tapping Solutions with Nick Ortner & Jessica Ortner
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The Wonder and The Mystery of Being
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Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto
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Trauma Therapist Podcast with Guy Macpherson
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Trust & Thrive with Tara Mont
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Typology with Ian Morgan Crohn
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UnErased: The History of Conversation Therapy in America
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Unlocking Us with Brene Brown
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Unscrewed with Jaclyn Friedman
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Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel
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White Homework with Tori Williams Douglass
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Wrestling with God Podcast
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You Have Permission with Dan Koch
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Your Kick Ass Life with Andrea Owen
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