
Resources for ongoing learning and support:
These books and social media accounts are focused on eating disorders and general mental health, particularly with an emphasis on relevant sociocultural factors. Jennie is committed to ongoing learning and bringing these explorations into therapy services.
Books:
Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America by Rebecca Lester
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, by Sabrina Strings
Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body, by Savala Nolan
The Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun L. Harrison
Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Angela Y. Davis
Decarcerating Disability, by Liat Ben Moshe
Unmasking Autism, by Devon Price
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Laziness Does Not Exist, by Devon Price
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, by Lindy West
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents, by Lindsay Gibson
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, by Aubrey Gordon
The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, by Sonya Renee Taylor
Social Media Accounts:
@dr.jenniewh
@idha_nyc
@inclusivetherapists
@strongeruwellness
@creativefreedommovements
@connectwithoumou
@encouragingdietitian
@whitneytrotter.rd
@vanislevoicesforeds
@projectheal
@kaitlin_therelatabletherapist
@spectacularthoughts
@black.nutritionist
@disability_visibility
@wildfloweralliance
@pat.radical.therapist
@intersectionalenvironmentalist
@translawcenter
@abolitionistethics
@understandingbpd
@toimarie
@yarrowcollectivecolorado
@prentishemphill
@blackandpinkorg
@seedingsovereignty
Anti-Carceral Warm Lines and Crisis Support
THRIVE non-carceral text support line- 1-313-662-8209 *Not currently running, re-opening soon
Trans Lifeline- 877-565-8660
Samaritans of NY- 212-673-3000
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs- 212-714-1141
Warmline.org- Offers a list of local warmlines in each state
Don’t Call The Police- Community- based alternatives to police in your city
Peer Support
Peer Support Space- Virtual peer support groups
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line- 888-407-4515
Kiva Centers- Virtual peer support groups