Read — Books & Resources on Emotional Stress and Anxiety

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Organizations we trust

These organizations offer evidence-based self-help, courses and support for anxiety and emotional stress.

Self-help reading lists, courses and helplines covering anxiety, stress and anxiety conditions in children and adults.

Practical, research-based guidance for parents raising children with social and emotional challenges — by Jennifer Miller.

Online courses and resources on childhood anxiety, trauma and emotional regulation, from a child-psychology perspective.

Reading that informed Project I — on the connection between chronic emotional stress and physical illness.

Dr. Gabor Maté’s exploration of how stress and emotional repression affect health — including autoimmune disease. Essential reading for Project I.

Robert Sapolsky’s classic on stress, the stress response and disease — the science behind “stress makes you sick,” told clearly.

Bessel van der Kolk on how trauma and stress reshape body and brain — and the paths to recovery.

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