Wellness Resources

A MESSAGE FROM THE THERAPIST:

As a licensed clinical social worker, I have a deep understanding of the challenges individuals face in managing their mental health and wellness. I created this page to share a curated selection of books I am constantly recommending in therapy to patients, wellness tools, and sensory items that support emotional regulation, nervous system wellbeing, and mindful self care. These resources are intended to compliment your wellness journey, whether you are currently in therapy or exploring ways to feel more calm, connected, and grounded in daily life.

Below you will find therapist recommended books for personal growth and relationships, sensory tools that support regulation, and parenting resources grounded in psychological insight. For a broader collection of products I personally use and trust, you may visit my Amazon Storefront or my Link Tree

I only share items I believe meaningfully support mental health, emotional wellbeing, and intentional self support.

Sincerely,

Katie (Dublirer) Perez, MSW, LCSW, SAC

Affiliate disclosure: Some links on this page are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Book cover titled "Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity" by Peter Attia, MD, with Bill Gifford, featuring a pastel gradient background and a small silhouette of a person walking.
Book cover for "Atomic Habits" by James Clear, featuring a beige background with large orange and gray text and a yellow badge indicating over 15 million copies sold.
Purchase Outlive
Purchase Atomic Habits
Book cover titled "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone" by Lori Gottlieb, with a speech bubble and a yellow box, featuring pink text at the top and a blue background.
Book cover titled 'How to Do the Work' by Dr. Nicole LePera, featuring colorful background design with pink, orange, and red hues.
Purchase Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Purchase How to Do the Work
Purchase Teen Guide to 5 Love Languages
Purchase Lighter
Book cover for 'Journey to the Heart' by Melody Beattie. The cover features a red and cream background with floral patterns and the subtitle 'Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul'.
Book cover titled 'It Didn't Start With You' by Mark Wolyn. Features outline of two human profiles and a DNA strand, with a silver medal sticker at the bottom.
Purchase Journey to the Heart
Purchase It Didn't Start With You
Book cover titled 'Secure Love' by Julie Menanno, featuring a red and pink intertwined heart with red ribbons, promoting creating lasting relationships.
Book cover titled 'The Wisdom of Anxiety' by Sheryl Paul, with a light green background and leaf illustrations.
Purchase Secure Love
Wisdom of Anxiety
Book cover titled "The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., with an abstract black figure and yellow star-like shapes on a blue background.
Book cover titled 'The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts' by Gary Chapman, featuring an image of a couple embracing on the beach at sunset.
Purchase The Body Keeps the Score
Purchase The 5 Love Languages
brene-brown imperfect
Book cover of "Dare to Lead" by Brené Brown, featuring large text and additional descriptive text.
Purchase Imperfect
Purchase Dare to Lead
Book cover of 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus' by John Gray, Ph.D., celebrating 20th anniversary, with a subtitle 'The classic guide to understanding the opposite sex'.
Book cover of "How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me" by Susan Rose Blauner. The cover features a minimalist design with colored bars and text.
Purchase High Achiever
Purchase Crucial Conversations
Book cover titled 'The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Healthy Relationships' by Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas, featuring design elements with a blue background and white text.
Book cover titled '8 Rules of Love' by Jay Shetty, with red and black text on a white background, emphasizing 'LOVE' in large red letters.
Purchase The 5 Apology Languages
Purchase 8 Rules of Love
Book cover for 'Crucial Conversations' third edition, with red background, yellow arrow, and white text about tools for talking when stakes are high.
Purchase Men Are From Mars
Book cover titled "High Achiever" with a blurred background of trees and a pink sky, featuring the subtitle "The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life" and author Tiffany Jenkins.
Purchase How I Stayed Alive
Purchase Good Inside
Purchase 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting

Books for Children in Pre-K to Grade 5

Me + My Feelings: Understanding + Expressing Yourself
Drama, Rumors + Secrets
Book cover titled "Friendship Troubles" from American Girl's Smart Girl's Guide series, featuring two illustrated girls with arms crossed and concerned expressions.
Cover of a book titled 'MANNERS: the secret to grace, confidence, and being your best' from the American Girl brand, featuring an illustration of a girl with red hair, blue eyes, and freckles, holding a wrapped gift with a red ribbon, on a pink background.
Liking Herself: trusting yourself
Middle School: everything you need to know
Book cover titled 'The Anxiety Toolkit for Teens' with colorful, playful text and a quote about managing stress, featuring a gold 'Teen Readers' Choice Awards Winner' badge.
The Anxiety Toolkit For Teens
Book cover titled 'Rising Strong' by Brené Brown, PhD, MSW, dubbed a #1 New York Times Bestseller, with a subtitle about resetting to transform how we live, love, parent, and lead.
Book cover titled 'Attached' by Amir Levine, M.D., and Rachel S. F. Heller, M.A., discussing adult attachment and relationships, with a red and white heart-shaped magnet on the cover.
Purchase Rising Strong
Purchase Attached
Book cover titled "Stop Overthinking" by Nick Trenton. It features a red background with a large silhouette of a head filled with black text highlighting "Stop Overthinking" and related phrases.
Book cover titled 'The Shift by TinX' with pink background and bold, colorful text, describing it as a guide to dating, self-worth, and becoming the main character of your life.
Purchase Stop Overthinking
Purchase The Shift
Book cover of "Lighter" by Yung Pueblo, featuring a yellow background with white and black text, and a quote about letting go of the past, connecting with the present, and expanding the future.
Number 5 written in blue with the text "A Teen's Guide to the 5 Love Languages" below, and a note about improving relationships.
Book cover titled 'The Power of Showing Up' by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, with a silhouette of a child and parent against a green hillside and sky background.
Book cover titled "Transforming the Difficult Child" featuring a painted portrait of a smiling child with dark hair, blue eyes, and a yellow face, set against a purple background.
Purchase The Power of Showing Up
Purchase Transforming the Difficult Child
Book cover titled 'How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk' by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, with a yellow background and speech bubbles in white and green.
Book cover titled 'Gentle Discipline' by Sarah Ockwell-Smith, with subtitle about using emotional connection to raise confident kids, featuring cartoon children and a pink heart.
Purchase How to Talk So Kids Will Listen
Purchase Gentle Discipline
Book cover titled 'The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting' by Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., with a yellow banner and additional text about research and parenting advice.
Book cover for 'Good Inside' by Dr. Becky Kennedy, with a yellow background and colorful text.
Manners: The Secrets to Grace, Confidence, and Being Your Best
Friendship Troubles: dealing with fights
A cover of the American Girl guide titled 'Middle School' with an illustrated girl holding a book and wearing a backpack, standing in front of locker doors.
Book cover for 'Liking Herself,' part of the American Girl Smart Girl's Guide series, showing a girl with long blonde hair holding a blue polka dot umbrella, standing under a rainbow and clouds.

Books for Middle Schoolers + Teens

Book cover titled "just as you are" with a pair of black and white sneakers with hearts on the toes and white laces on a red background.
Cover of a book titled "Ultimate Guide to Surviving Middle School" with three girls talking and smiling. The background features a light blue grid pattern, and a green shamrock shape with the words "Manuver the MIDDLE like a pro!" is at the top right corner. The book is from Girls' Life magazine, published by Scholastic.
Number five written in large blue font with the caption 'A Teen's Guide to the 5 Love Languages' and the author Gary Chapman.
Book cover titled 'How to Embrace Your Spark' by Ella Bradley, with pink heart icons on a purple background.
Purchase Teen Guide to 5 Love Languages
How to Embrace Your Spark
Book cover titled "Surviving Middle School" by Luke Reynolds featuring red sneakers at the bottom and subtitle about navigating halls, social roller coaster, and unmasking the real you.
Four girls are jumping into the water at sunset, holding hands on a beach pier.
Surviving Middle School: riding the social rollercoaster
Making Friends, Avoiding Drama + Coping
Book cover titled "The Teen Girl's Anxiety Survival Guide" featuring three teenage girls with raised arms at the beach, with a light sky background.
Cover of a book titled 'Mini Habits for Teens' by Kate Gladdin. The background is bright green with multicolored icons such as dollar bills, smiley faces, sports equipment, and electronic devices. The subtitle reads 'Small Changes to Help You Navigate Life's Challenges'.
Cover of a book titled "Drama, Rumors, & Secrets" from American Girl, featuring three girls; one whispering, one looking worried while holding books, and one looking at her phone, on a green background.
A bright yellow book cover titled "Me and My Feelings" with a subtitle "A Kids' Guide to Understanding and Expressing Themselves." It mentions "30+ exercises, tips, and quizzes." The illustration shows four children on a roller coaster, with some children smiling and others looking surprised.
Ultimate Guide to Surviving Middle School
Just As You Are: Self-Acceptance + Lasting Self-Esteem
Mini Habits for Teens: Navigate Life's Challenges
Conquer Anxiety + Feel Your Best

Personal Favorites

A curated selection of everyday essentials I personally own and use to support sleep quality, stress reduction, and overall wellbeing. These items are chosen with mental health, nervous system regulation, and sustainable self care in mind.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Disclaimer: While I share links to supplements and vitamins for general wellness support, I am not a medical doctor. Individual needs vary, and it is always recommended to consult with your healthcare provider before starting any new supplement. These recommendations are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any mental health or medical condition.

Sleep Hygiene Favorites

A multi-colored package of mini arggh! balls, with three balls in yellow, pink, and blue, and a hand squeezing a green and blue ball.
Purchase Stress Balls
Bamboo Zen garden for desk with rocks, small tree, and rake, in front of a cardboard box with bamboo illustrations and Chinese characters.
Packaging box of Maree Marine Collagen Eye Gels, featuring multiple eye gel patches with a glittery, holographic design. The box highlights it is a best seller, dermatologically tested in the USA, and recommended by dermatologists, containing hyaluronic acid and pearl extract. The package includes 12 pairs of eye gels, targeting puffy eyes, dark circles, and eye bags.
Purchase Zen Den
Purchase Collagen Eye Gels

Self-Care Favorites

Migraine, Tension, Stress Relief
TheraIce Sleep Mask

Sensory Item Favorites

A bag of kinetic sand with a small mound of it in front. The bag features a colorful design with a picture of a sandcastle built from the sand.
A person squeezing a yellow stress ball shaped like a phone receiver. The display box contains colorful stress balls in yellow, red, purple, and white. The packaging reads 'Full and Stretch Stress Balls' and highlights features like extra size, premium quality, kid safety, and satisfaction guarantee.
Purchase Kinetic Sand
Purchase Pull + Stretch Stress Balls
A blue and white ice roller skin care device with its box in the background.
Purchase Travel Size Ice Roller
A woman with shoulder-length black hair holding a pink facial massager near her face. She is smiling and wearing pearl earrings and a pink top. The background features pink curtains and text promoting cold therapy for skin contouring.
Multiple hands holding small, colorful, animal-shaped toys and squishies.
Purchase Ice Roller
Purchase Squishy Fidgets
Eyelid balm tube with white cap and green body labeled 'eveyhealthy' and 'Vlad Carrot Nourishing Eye Balm'.
Purchase Evanhealy Nourishing Eye Balm
sauna blanket detox
Infrared Sauna Blanket
Infographic showcasing a pillow's features: 100% adjustable fill for comfort, breathable materials for airflow, and machine washable outer lining and inner lining.
Coop Queen Pillow
White bottle of magnesium glycinate dietary supplement with purple label, indicating 300 capsules and vegan capsules, from Vimergy, with a 'Value Size' badge.
Vimergy Magnesium Glycinate
Box of PanOxyl PM overnight spot patches with blue and white packaging, highlighting advanced healing technology, containing 40 hydrocolloid patches.
PanOxyl Overnight Pimple Patches
A bottle of Vital Mind and Energy zinc supplement with a purple label, set against a purple background, with a person meditating in the background.
Purchase Vimergy Zinc
Two black sleep masks, one with a glowing blue LED light and the brand name TheralICE, designed for eye comfort and cooling.
Person with closed lips wearing a black eye mask labeled 'TheraICE' with a polar bear logo.
A pair of silver adjustable toe rings with small round beads and an arrow indicating they can be separated or closed.
Purchase Fidget Ring
A white air purifier with the brand name AIR Doctor on the front, featuring a perforated design and a curved base.
AirDoctor Air Purifier
Infographic highlighting features of a pillow: 100% adjustable fill, breathable materials, machine washable outer lining and inner lining, with a white pillow at the bottom.
Coop King Pillow
Label for a dietary supplement bottle called Liquid B12 with benefits listed, including support for nervous system function, healthy red blood cell production, energy generation, and metabolic health.
Purchase Vimergy B12

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