Resources By Topic

Resources By Topic Area

(*Please Note: This is for informational purposes only. The Student Counseling Center does not recommend or endorse the resources listed.*)

Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

• Apps:

  • Anxiety Free: iCan Hypnosis

  • Aura

  • BellyBio Interactive Breathing

  • Breathe

  • BreathPacer

  • Clear Fear

  • MindShift CBT
  • OCD.app

  • Rootd 

• Anxiety and Depression Association of America

• Breath- Five Minutes Can Change Your Life- TED Talk

• Guided Breathing Video- YouTube

• How to Cope with Anxiety- TED Talk

• International OCD Foundation
• Intrusive Thoughts, Inc
• National Institute of Mental Health

  • Anxiety Disorders

• Normal Anxiety Versus an Anxiety Disorder- TED Talk

• OCD: Holding the Mind Hostage - TedX

• Why You Feel Anxious Socializing and What to Do About It- TED-Ed

• What Causes Panic Attacks and How Can You Prevent Them?- TED-Ed

  Books:
• Brain Lock by Jeffrey M Schwartz, M.D.
• Declutter Your Mind by S.J. Scott and Barrie Davenport
• How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety by Ellen Hendrickson
• Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser
• My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind by Scott Stossel
• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund J Bourne
• The Complete OCD Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Free Yourself from Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsive Behaviors by Scott Granet

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder 

• TED Talk: How I Learned to Communicate My Inner Life w/Aspergers by Alix Generous  

Body Image & Eating Disorders

• General Resources:
  • COPE: Community Outreach to Prevent Eating Disorders
  • Eating Disorder Hope 
  • FEDUP Collective
  • National Alliance for Eating Disorders
  • National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
  • National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
    • Eating Disorders
• Treatment Resources:
  • Center for Discovery
  • EDReferral.com
  • The Renfrew Center

Depression & Other Mood Disorders

• Anxiety and Depression Association of America
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
• National Institute of Mental Health
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Depression

Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence

• Apps (for mobile devices):
  • My Plan
• Helplines:
  
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline
  • StrongHearts Native Helpline
• Housing Assistance:
  • DomesticShelters.org
  • Serene Harbor Domestic Violence Center

• Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
• Asista
• National Network to End Domestic Violence
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
• Office on Women's Health
• UJima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community

Grief & Loss

• Support Groups:
  • GriefShare
  • HealGrief
• FL Tech-Specific Resources
  
  • Coping with Grief and Loss (Sponsored by Division of Student Life)

Learning Difference Awareness

• Association on Higher Education Disabilitity
• Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc (FDDC)
• International Dyslexia Association
• Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
• National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)

LGBTQIA+

• Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD)
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)   

Online Abuse

• Cyber Civil Rights Initiative

Psychotic Disorders

• Healthline
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM)

Relationships

• One Love Foundation

Sexual Violence

• Florida Council Against Sexual Violence (FCASV)
• Institute for Survivors of Sexual Violence (ISSV)
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
• Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)

Sleep Hygiene

• Apps (for mobile devices):
  • CBT-i Coach

• General Resources:
  • American Sleep Association (ASA)
  • Sleep Foundation
• FL Tech-Specific Resources
  • Sleep Hygiene (Sponsored by Division of Student Life)

Stalking

• Stalking Prevention Awareness and Resource Center (SPARC)

Substance Use (Alcohol, Drugs, etc)

• General Substance Use Resources:
  • AddictionCenter
  • AddictionGroup
  • AddictionResource
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  • StartYourRecovery (SYR)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Treatment Resources:
  • FindTreatment.gov
  • Live Another Day
  • Rehab Spot
  • SMART Recovery
• Support Groups:
  • Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
    
    • AA on the Spacecoast
      • Space Coast Young People (SCYP)
  • Al-Anon/Alateen
    • Al-Anon/Alateen on the Spacecoast
  • Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
    • NA on the Spacecoast
  • Nar-Anon
    • Nar-Anon on the Spacecoast
• Alcohol-Specific Resources
  • AlcoholHelp.com
  • AlcoholRehabHelp.org
  • AlcoholRehabGuide.org
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    • Alcohol Use and Your Health
    • Excessive Alcohol Use
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
    • College Drinking-Changing the Culture
• Marijuana-Specific Resources
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Marijuana
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH) - Marijuana
• Opioid-Specific Resources:
  • The Blue Plaid Society
• Smoking/Vaping-Specific Resources:
  • American Lung Association
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Truth Initiative

Suicide Awareness & Prevention

• American Association of Suicidology
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
  • AFSP Central Florida
• Jordan Porco Foundation
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Suicide Prevention Resources
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
• The Jed Foundation
• Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program