Resources
Resources
Learn more about:
LGBTQ ResourcesTrans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
Hotline for trans people staffed by trans people
GLBT National Help Center: 1-888-843-4564
Hotline with peer-counseling and local resources
GLBT National Youth Talk Line: 1-800-246-7743
Hotline for youth (up to age 25) with peer-counseling and local resources.
Trevor Project Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-866-488-7386
Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth (ages 13-24)
Mental Health: qtpocmentalhealth@gmail.com
Online support group for QTPOC including resources and articles
Online Peer Support Chat, http://www.glnh.org/
Online chat for LGBTQ+ peer counseling
Trevor Project Chat
Online chat and texting service for suicide prevention and crisis intervention for LGBTQ youth (ages 13-24)
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/
1-888-843-4564
Trans Teens Online Talk Group
Weekly moderated group for trans teens ages 12-19 // Wednesdays 4-6 PM PST
http://www.glnh.org/
General Resource Links
Great general resource pages about Process Work, Arnold Mindell and other books on Process Work and Process-oriented Psychology applications:
- www.processwork.org
- www.iapop.com
- www.aamindell.net
- http://processmindcenter.org/
- www.deepdemocracyinstitute.org
- www.ipgbooks.com/lao-tse-press-publish
- www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process-work
Video
Watch this quick 60 second video on process work:
Process Work Books
The following books reflect the many ways that process work theory and methods have been studied and applied to a variety of human problems.
- Alternative to Therapy – Amy Mindell
- Alzheimer’s Surprise Party – Stan Tomandl & Tom Richards
- Angry Men, Angry Women – Gary Reiss
- Befriending Conflict – Joe Goodbread
- Beyond War and Peace in the Arab Israeli Conflict – Gary Reiss
- Changing Ourselves Changing the World – Gary Reiss
- City Shadows: Psychological Interventions in Psychiatry – Arny Mindell
- Coma A Healing Journey – Amy Mindell
- Coma: The Dreambody near Death – Arny Mindell
- Craters: Memories of a German Child of War – Elke Frensch
- Deep Democracy – Arny Mindell
- Deeper Into the Soul – Nader Robert Shabahangi
- Dreambody – Arny Mindell
- Dreambody in Relationships – Arny Mindell
- Dreambody Toolkit – Joe Goodbread
- Dreaming Source of Creativity – Amy Mindell
- Dreaming While Awake – Arny Mindell
- Dream-maker’s Apprentice – Arny Mindell
- Earth Based Psychology – Arny Mindell
- Inside Coma: A new view of Awareness, Healing, and Hope – Gary Reiss & Pierre Morin
- Leader as a Martial Artist – Arny Mindell
- Leap Into Living – Gary Reiss
- Metaskills – Amy Mindell
- Nothing Came From Walking – Conor McKenna
- Path Made By Walking – Julie Diamond & Lee Spark Jones
- Power : A User’s Giide, Julie Diamond
- Processmind – Arny Mindell
- Quantum Mind – Arny Mindell
- Quantum Mind and Healing – Arny Mindell
- Radical Intercourse – Joe Goodbread
- Riding the Horse Backwards – Arny & Amy Mindell
- River’s Way – Arny Mindell
- School Violence – Ingrid RoseShaman’s Body – Arny Mindell
- Sitting in the Fire – Arny MindellSoul Lightning – Aminah Raheem, PhD
- Speak Out – Dawn Menken
- Unintentional Music – Lane Arye
- Vital Loving – Gary Reiss
- Working on Yourself Alone – Arny Mindell
- Working with the Dreaming Body – Arny Mindell
- Power : A User’s Guide, Julie Diamond
- Dance of the Ancient One, Arnold Mindell
Especially good introductions to Process Work ideas, methods and applications can be found in the following:
A Path Made By Walking by Julie Diamond & Lee Spark Jones
Riding the Horse Backwards by Arnold Mindell
Working on Yourself Alone by Arnold Mindell
Downloadable brochures to share with others:
Chicago area activities and groups:
POLY SUPPORT GROUP
Meets: Monthly on Saturdays 10:30 -12:30
Details: www.meetup.com/Chicago-Polyamory
For people wanting to learn more about themselves and polyamorous relationships. The group meets at the Tribe Healing Arts Center. Facilitated by Rami Henrich, LCSW and Cindy Trawinski, Psy.D. You can find out more about the group and the next meeting at www.meetup.com/Chicago-Polyamory or click here for upcoming dates.
Additional Resources
POLY PLUS: THE ART OF RELATING a 6-week course
Cindy Trawinski, Psy.D. and Rami Henrich, LCSW facilitate this 6-week course for individuals, couples, triangles, V’s, quads and more in the Chicago Polyamory Community where you can:
- Learn & improve communication skills in your relationships
- Learn how to work effectively & compassionately with criticisms & accusations
- Re-discover the source of your deepest relationship(s) connection(s)
- Get a new perspective on your most disturbing relationships concerns or issues
- Understand & practice conflict de-escalation
To register or find out about dates for the next course, contact Rami or Cindy at 847-568-1100.
Frequently cited books:
- Polyamory: The new love without limits – Anapol
- Opening Up: A guide to creating and sustaining open relationships – Tristan Taormino
- Love In Abundance: A Counselor’s Advice On Open Relationships – Kathy Labriola
- Polyamory in the 21st Century: Love & Intimacy with Multiple Partners, Deborah Anapol
- Open: Love, Sex and Life in an Open Marriage, Jenny Block
- What Does Polyamory Look Like? Poly Diverse Patterns of Loving & Living…, Mim Chapman
- The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Pollyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures, Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy
- The New Intimacy: Open-ended Marriage & Alternative Lifestyles, Ronald Mazur
- The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-monogamy & Casual Sex, Marcia Munson & Judith Stelboum (eds)
- Sex, Love & Marriage in the 21st Century: The Next Sexual Revolution, Timothy Perper & Martha Cornog (eds)
- The Art and Etiquette of Polyamory: A Hands-on Guide to Open Sexual Relationships, Francoise Simpere
- Opening Up: A guide to Creating & Sustaining Open Relationships, Tristan Taormino
- The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families, Elizabeth Sheff
- Rewriting the Rules: An Integrative Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships , Meg Barker
- Mindful Geek, Michael W. Taft
- The New Monogamy, Tammy Nelson
- Stories from the Polycule, Elizabeth Sheff
- The Polyamorists Next Door, Elizabeth Sheff
- Love in Abundance, Kathy Labriola
- ReWriting the Rules, Meg Barker
In addition, research and scholarly work published by LifeWorks clinicians on the experiences of people who identify as polyamorous can be found at:
Hemphill, S, Simon, S & Haydon, B. (2016) Exploring Personal and Professional Understanding of Nonmonogamous Relationships: Reflections on a Group Work-Informed Workshop, Social Work with Groups.
Henrich, R. & Trawinski, C. (2016) Social and therapeutic challenges facing polyamorous clients (1), Sexual & Relationship Therapy.
Online sources for additional information:
Downloadable brochures about kink & BDSM to share with others:
Chicago area activities and groups
KINK DISCUSSION GROUP
Monthly on Saturdays 1:30 -3:30
For people wanting to learn more about themselves, kink & BDSM. The group welcomes people who identify with any role preference, gender identity, sex, presentation, and experience level. Come share your experiences, questions, struggles, and insights in a supportive, non-judgmental environment with other folks who identify as kinky or as BDSM practitioners, are curious about kink, or are considering whether kink and/or BDSM are labels that works for them.
The group meets at Tribe Healing Arts Center. Facilitated by Rami Henrich, LCSW and Cindy Trawinski, Psy.D. To find out more, click here for upcoming dates.
RSVP appreciated but not required. Please RSVP to this month’s meeting on the Fetlife event page to help get the word out, or send a PM to @Elyria if you prefer to RSVP privately. For more information, please email rami@lifeworkspsychotherapy.com
Frequently cited books:
- The New Topping Book, Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy
- The New Bottomming Book, Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy
- The S&M Feminist, Clarisse Thorn
- Fetish Sex: An Erotic Guide for Couples, Violet Blue
- SM 101: A Realistic Introduction, Jay Wiseman
Online sources for additional information:

WATCH
How to Resolve Conflicts and Tensions
In this 2014 video, follow Bill Say, a Diplomate in Process Work living an practicing in the San Francisco Bay area, as he demonstrates an exercise for working with difficult relationship issues.
DOWNLOADABLE GUIDES FOR WORKING WITH RELATIONSHIP ISSUES AND CONFLICTS:
- 5 GOALS OF COMMUNICATION (David Schnarch)
- 7 STEPS FOR HARD CONVERSATIONS (David Schnarch)
- Steps for Effective Dialogue Mirroring, Validating & Empathy (Imago)
- Restructuring Frustrations Behavior Change Request (Imago)
- Compassion Exercise (Marshall Rosenberg)
- FEELING WORDS
- Aftermath of a Fight or Regrettable Incident (The Gottman Institute)
BOOKS
Relationship challenges and growth:
- Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships, David Schnarch
- Resurrecting Sex: Solving Sexual Problems and Revolutionizing Your Relationship, David Schnarch
- Intimacy & Desire: Awaken the Passion in Your Relationship, David Schnarch
- Embracing the Beloved: Relationship as a Path of Awakening, Stephen and Ondrea Levine
- Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships, David Schnarch
- Resurrecting Sex, David Schnarch
- Intimacy & Desire, David Schnarch
- Embracing the Beloved, Stephen & Ondrea Levine
- Intellectual Foreplay, Eve Hogan
- Language in Thought & Action, S.I Hayakawa
- Non-violent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg
- Seven Principles for Making Marriages Work, John Gottman
Mindfulness is a practice of bringing one’s attention to the present moment with curiosity, openness and acceptance (sometimes referred to as beginner’s mind). Mindfulness is based on centuries old Buddhist teachings and has been applied to many aspects of human suffering, struggle and difficulty including everyday concerns, depression, anxiety, physical symptoms, addictions, relationship issues, extreme and altered states, group conflicts and social tensions.
Books on Mindfulness:
- Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Mindfulness for Beginners, Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Coming to Our Senses, Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Letting Everything Become Your Teacher, Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, Jon Kabat-Zinn
- The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness, Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, & Jon Kabat-Zinn
- The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions, Christopher K. Germer
- The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, Michael A. Singer
- The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki
- True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart, Tara Brach
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Brene Brown
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, Brene Brown
- I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Making the Journey from ‘What Will People Think?’ to ‘I Am Enough’, Brene Brown
- Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell
- Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion, Pema Chödrön
- Focusing, Eugene T. Gendlin
- A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life, Jack Kornfield
- Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, Joseph Goldstein
- Mindfulness, 25th anniversary edition, Ellen J. Langer
- The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion , Christopher K. Germer
- Full Catastrophe Living , Jon Kabat-Zinn
- The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, Michael A. Singer
- The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh
- One Moment Meditation, Martin Boroson
- The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo
Websites on Mindfulness:
- www.mindfulnet.org
- https://www.tarabrach.com/
guided-meditations/ - https://www.uclahealth.org/
marc/mindful-meditations
For more information or to make an appointment, please call or email: info@lifeworkspsychotherapy.com 847-568-1100
Basic introduction to Jung:
Good blog sites on Jung and psychoanalytic ideas:
Jungian groups and their writings and classes on Jung:
TED Talk speaker on issues of vulnerability and shame:
Books on Jung & Analytic Psychology: