Gisele Harrison MSW, RSW
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Gisele Harrison MSW, RSW, RYT

Some things to accompany you on your counselling path

Books
The photo above is in the library in my home.  I have almost as many books in my office.  I LOVE BOOKS!
T
here is absolutely no way I could narrow down my favourites.  But I always offer my clients book recommendations.  

Bookstores:
Windsor:  biblioasis.com/     www.uwindsor.ca/bookstore/
Michigan:  www.rarebooklink.com/    selfesteemshop.com/
London:  www.mandalabookshop.com/

Waterloo:  www.wordsworthbooks.com/ 
Guelph:  bookshelf.ca/History
Toronto:  www.cavershambooksellers.com/home     www.adifferentbooklist.com     typebooks.ca/
               
www.gladdaybookshop.com/                  
Ottawa:  dusoleil.leslibraires.ca/
Vancouver:  pulpfictionbooksvancouver.com/       www.banyen.com/       odinbooks.com/index.php?page=login
Victoria:  munrobooks.com/
New York City:  bluestockings.com/       www.strandbooks.com/
Santa Barbara:  www.yogasoup.com/
London, England:  foyles.co.uk/


Communication and Empathy
Calling In:  A Quick Guide on When and How:  everydayfeminism.com/2015/01/guide-to-calling-in/
Constructive Criticism by Gracie Lyons
Disarming the Narcissist:  disarmingthenarcissist.com/
Empathy:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFAv8z8xmw
Glossary of Awkward:  The Urban Dictionary of cancer:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibUvL21mdn0
Grief:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2zLCCRT-nE

Intent versus Impact:  everydayfeminism.com/2013/07/intentions-dont-really-matter/
Listening with Compassion:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyUxYflkhzo
New Rules of Marriage:  www.terryreal.com/product/the-new-rules-of-marriage-paperback/
Non-violent communication: 
www.cnvc.org/

Documentary (I love documentaries but this one is my absolute favourite)
Children Full of Life:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tLB1lU-H0M


Media
Adbusters
Bitch
Herizons
Ms. Magazine
New Yorker
The Atlantic

Meditation Retreats and Retreat Centres
True North Insight:  www.truenorthinsight.org/index.php/en/
Dharma Retreats:  www.dharmaretreats.ca/
Holy Family Retreat Centre:  www.hfrh.ca/

Loyola House:  ignatiusguelph.ca/loyola-house/
Insight Meditation Retreats:  www.insightmeditationretreats.ca/
Insight Meditation Society: www.dharma.org/
Kripalu Yoga Centre: kripalu.org/

Omega:  www.eomega.org/
Plum Village: plumvillage.org/
Spirit Rock Meditation Centre:  www.spiritrock.org/

Movies About Breaking Up:
Diary of a Mad Black Woman:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFi0lV3fMRU  
Eat Pray Love:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjay5vgIwt4
Living Out Loud:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vne0wEk-o58

Movies About Dating (kind of cheesy - but highlights good boundaries - please don't judge it's slim pickings):
Act Like a Lady and Think Like a Man:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxTN4eX4Vss
He's Just Not That Into You:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_DHhPckJNo

Movies About Marginalization and Being an Ally/Accomplice:
Naked on the Inside (Body Image):  vimeo.com/79934401
Boys in the Hood:  
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4sKiGkzKJo
Crash:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEJH0hEoHc4
Dear White People:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMgWMzbM2Pk
I Was a Teenage Feminist:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE0k64TdsBs
If These Walls Could Talk (Abortion):  www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzfHXyk9TT0
If These Walls Could Talk (LGBTQ):  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytg3IMeFmqE
MissRepresentation:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2UZZV3xU6Q

Movies About Marriage:

Fireproof (Christian film):  www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK5-5qf9IQs
Hope Springs:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s22_Mvikl8&t=11s


Movies About Sex Addiction:
Thanks for Sharing:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLSYxqUSI_U

Movies About Unrequited Love:
Drop Dead Fred (silly and empowering):   www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgh27gCgiQw
The Holiday (please pa
y attention to the advice Arthur gives Iris):  www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDi5zH18vxU
My favourite advice re: unrequited love:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1s5Sn-GDE

Once We Were Warriors:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-Q3ChKcfE

Movies About Woman Abuse/Sexual Abuse/Sexual Assault:
Georgia Rule: 
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=georgia+rule+trailer
Once Were Warriors:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-Q3ChKcfE
The Hunting Ground:  www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+hunting+ground+documentary+full
The Many Trials of Jane Doe:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho-iOS7yqiY



Podcasts (Depression; mindfulness; life; marriage)
 
Awake in the World:  soundcloud.com/michaelstoneteaching
By the Book:  www.panoply.fm/podcasts/bythebook

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield:  beherenownetwork.com/category/jack-kornfield/
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg:  www.sharonsalzberg.com/metta-hour-podcast/
Terrible, Thanks for Asking: 
www.apmpodcasts.org/ttfa/
The Hilarious World of Depression:  
True North Insight Talks:  tni.dharmaseed.org/
Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel:  www.estherperel.com/podcast


Sexual Health/Sex Therapy/Sex Therapy Training/Sex Shops:
Guelph Sexuality Conference: www.guelphsexualityconference.ca/
Intensive Sex Therapy Training Program, University of Guelph: www.gottman.com/
Sexplore with Den Temin: www.sexplorewithdentemin.com/
Good For Her (Toronto):  www.goodforher.com/about-us/shipping-rates/
Spot of Delight (London):  www.spotofdelight.com/
Venus Envy (Ottawa & Halifax): venusenvy.ca/


Suicide Prevention:
Be the One to Save a Life: www.bethe1to.com/

Training Programs for Therapists:

AIDS Committee of Windsor:  www.aidswindsor.org/
Disarming the Narcissist:  disarmingthenarcissist.com/
EMDR (K. Martin, C. Shrigley, R. Solomon):  kmccs.com/  www.cindyshrigley.com/  www.rogermsolomon.com/
EMDR International Association:  www.emdria.org/default.aspx
Esther Perel:  www.estherperel.com/
Family Mediation Training:  familymediationtraining.ca/
Gottman Institute:  www.gottman.com/
Guelph Sexuality Conference:  www.guelphsexualityconference.ca/
Intensive Sex Therapy Training Program, University of Guelph:  www.gottman.com/
Internal Family Systems Therapy:  www.selfleadership.org/
Jean Baker Miller Training Institute:  www.wcwonline.org/JBMTI-Site/introduction-to-jbmti
​Leading Edge Seminars:  leadingedgeseminars.org/
Rainbow Health Ontario:  www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/
SAFE Windsor-Essex:  safewindsor.wordpress.com/
SOS London Workshops:  sosworkshops.ca/
​Schema Therapy:  www.schematherapy.com/id30.htm
Sexplore with Den Temin:  www.sexplorewithdentemin.com/
Terrence Real:  www.terryreal.com/
True North Insight:  www.truenorthinsight.org/index.php/en/
WE Trans Support:  wetranssupport.ca/
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