Faith G. Harper

In this irreverent and accessible handbook, licensed professional counselor and author Dr. Faith G. Harper provides information necessary for the process of finding a therapist. She begins by explaining the three things that matter most in a therapist-patient relationship: alliance, empathy-related constructs, and expectations. She then breaks down the different kinds of professionals who might provide mental health services, such as Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs), psychologists, psychiatrists, life coaches, and more. Additionally, Dr. Harper also outlines how to choose between different types of therapeutic orientations, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Considering the questions: (1) ‘How do people develop emotional health issues?' and (2) ‘How do people recover from these issues?' is key to appropriately matching people to a therapeutic approach. Later in the zine, Dr. Harper delves into issues like referrals, distance counseling, and insurance vs out-of-pocket payments. She ends the zine with a list of crisis lines and hotlines. -- Alekhya

"Expert advice on the neuroscience of trauma and practical exercises for recovery, written for lay readers"--

This is a recipe book designed to fight the Man, as well as providing delicious food for special diets, including vegetarian, vegan, paleo, gluten-free, and dairy-free.

"Are you in a relationship? Used to be? Want to be? This little zine is your antidote to typical dating and relationship rules. Most of the "rules" are all about tricking or manipulating someone into dating you, and then keeping them guessing... not to mention trying to fit yourself into an unrealistic mold of feminine beauty or masculine machoness. Whatever. Dr. Faith cuts through the crap with some sharp guidelines on how to be a human being in an adult, loving, mutual relationship. It's constant work, but at the same time it's the simplest thing you can do. It starts with not tricking, cheating, or hating the other person or yourself, and moves on to chocolate cake"--Microcosm Publishing website, viewed June 21, 2018.

Are you inclined to escape the crumminess of everyday life into fantasy worlds? Are you smart and imaginative in a way that isn't really suited to your surroundings? Are you definitely misunderstood, likely angry, and almost certainly depressed? Set Sytes, hailing from the UK, would prefer you stay alive and sort things out rather than the alternative, thanks. He figures there are better opportunities for you out there and lays it all out in a way that's compelling, funny, sharp, and useful. This book (please don't call it a self-help guide, asks the author) is ultimately about how to be a person in the world. It can be done non-miserably, we promise.

Dr. Faith takes on the fabulous topic of... masturbation! In her usual style of combining hilariousness with science, she breaks down the history of societal shame around self-pleasure, and offers practical and straightforward whys and hows of exploring your sexuality on your own time. From the benefits of learning all the ins and outs of your own sexual response to a candid guide to shopping for and using sex toys, she addresses the needs of cis and trans folks, busts some myths, and gives some guidelines for talking to your kids about masturbation. Plus book recommendations. There's a lot to this little zine, whether you're an experienced masturbator or a recent escapee from a fundamentalist cult. Enjoy! Because life is too short not to.-from publisher

Learn to name your feelings, evaluate your reactions, discover your triggers, recognize your successes, and plan your emotionally healthy future with this zine. Within you'll find the companion worksheets to Dr. Faith G. Harper's hit book Unfuck Your Brain, plus helpful exercises to calm your breathing and regulate your emotions in any situation.

>Friendship deserves more credit in a society obsessed with romantic and sexual relationships. In reality, friendship is the key to our mental and physical health, happiness, and social cohesion. Dr. Faith Harper, therapist and bestselling author of Unfuck Your Intimacy and Unfuck Your Boundaries applies brain science and her clinical and personal experience to help understand this vital type of relationship, offering insight into how to choose and make friends, sustaining and strengthening your friendships, friend group dynamics, friend breakups, setting excellent friendship boundaries, handling conflict, and managing all the different kinds of relationships we encounter in our lives. Includes a series of original advice columns honing in on the details that make our friendships work.