Resources
Free and affordable resources for ongoing support & learning
BOOKS
ANTI-OPPRESSION
Decolonizing Therapy by Dr Jennifer Mullan
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
BODY IMAGE
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
CONSENT
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent by Katherine Angel
DESIRE & AROUSAL
Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Lifeby Emily Nagoski
Better Sex Through Mindfulness by Dr Lori Brotto
The Monster Under the Bed by JoEllen Notte - A great resource for navigating sex and pleasure with depression and for supporting a partner with depression.
DISABILITY & CHRONIC ILLNESS
The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness by Miriam Kaufman
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Peipzna-Samarasinha - a collection of essays on radical self love that explores politics and the realities of disability justice the centres the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans Black and brown people.
EMOTIONS
Mindful Masculinity Workbook: A Practical Guide to Healthier Masculinity by Rocco Kayiatos
Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger by Lama Rod Owens
GENDER
Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam
Gender Queer by Maia Kebabe
GRIEF
It’s Ok That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine - A resource for those experiencing loss.
NEURODIVERGENCE
A Mind Spread Out on The Ground by Alicia Elliot - explores the impacts of colonisation and intergenerational trauma on Native people in North America
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
Unmasking Autism by Dr Devon Price
PAIN
When Sex Hurts: A Woman’s Guide to Banishing Sexual Pain by Andrew T Goldstein
Pelvic Pain Clinic by Caffyn Jesse
Sex Without Pain: A self-treatment guide to the Sex Life You Deserve by Heather Jeffcoat - a physiotherapists perspective to addressing the physical side of unwanted genital pain
PLEASURE
Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon - an inclusive how to guide for all women and non-binary queer folx
Enjoy Sex (How, when and if you want to): A Practical and Inclusive Guide by Meg-John Baker & Justin Hancock
PORN
Ethical Porn for Dicks by David J. Ley - a non-pathologising, anti - porn addiction resource
RELATIONSHIPS
I Don’t by Clementine Ford
TRAUMA
The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Wendy Maltz
Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci K. Haines
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thrivingby Pete Walker
Unshame: Healing Trauma-Based Shame Through Psychotherapy by Carolyn Spring
COURSES
Normal & Georgia Grace - Modern Guide to Sex(FREE)
Normal & Georgia Grace - The Body Confidence Course (FREE)
The Pleasure Mechanics - Chris and Charlotte guide you through a multitude of online courses on erotic touch, loving connection and boundless pleasure.
The Body Image School: Internalised Fat Phobia and Bias - Join The Body Image Therapist Ashlee Bennett to explore the missing link to overcoming poor body image and low self worth
WEBSITES & GUIDES
CONSENT
Betty Martin’s Wheel Of Consent
NEURODIVERGENCE
Depression Quest - an interactive online game where you play as someone living with depression to develop empathy and understanding of people that are depressed.
Dr Devon Price substack articles - Author & Social Psychologist Devon Price’s invaluable free articles from neurodivergent experiences to Palestine advocacy
Neurodivergent Insights - free and paid resources for ADHD and Autistic experiences from Neurodivergent Clinician Dr Neff
PAIN
Pain Perception Project - An online self-pain assessment to go to your health specialists prepared
Vulva Pain Society - How to perform a vulva self-examination