Resources

The Process of Psychotherapy

The Heroic Client by Barry L. Duncan, Scott D. Miller, and Jacqueline A. Sparks
A book about therapy directed by the client and focused on outcome. Written for professionals, but I think it speaks to the empowerment of the client as well.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill -- NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. This site has information on all types of mental illnesses, with a focus on severely mentally ill.
http://www.nami.org/

National Institute of Mental Health – the government organization that is part of the National Institutes of Health, it focuses on research into various disorders.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov

Focusing:

The Focusing Institute A resource for finding out more about focusing, about classes, and support for doing it yourself.
http://www.focusing.org/

The Power Of Focusing: A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing
by Ann Weiser Cornell, Ph.D.
A resource for learning more about the process of focusing

Disaster Mental Health

The Greater Rochester Chapter of the American Red Cross
http://www.rochesterredcross.org

The American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org

National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov