Resources
While therapy is a helpful tool for most, it is certainly not the only way to support the change process. Here are some free, self-help resources for mental health work.
FEDUP Collective
A collective of gender diverse people who believe eating disorders in marginalized communities are social justice issues. Their mission is to make visible, interrupt, and undermine the disproportionately high incidence of eating disorders in trans and gender diverse individuals through radical community healing, recovery institution reform, research, empowerment, and education.
Radically Open DBT Skills with Dr. May
Radically Open DBT is a treatment designed for people who tend to be more emotionally overcontrolled, (e.g., obsessive-compulsive, emotionally constricted, rigid in their thought patterns, defensive, detail-oriented, perfectionistic, isolated, lonely, socially anxious, arrogant, paranoid, restrictive, and/or depressed). Skills cover a wide range of useful topics including mindfulness, emotional education and expression, social signaling, social safety, social connectedness, communication, flexibility, and self-enquiry.
MD Senior Care Services System
The Senior Care System provides case management and funds for services for people 65 or older who may be at risk of nursing home placement. Senior Care allows seniors to live with dignity and in the comfort of their own homes and at a lower cost than nursing facility care.