Courtney Bilbrey LCSW is becoming Expansive Therapy Collective!
Looking for a great local bookstore in your area? We highly recommend supporting Women and Children First (Chicago) and MATTER (Denver).
Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski PhD
Tongue-Tied: Untangling Communication in Sex, Kink, and Relationships by Stella Harris
Mating In Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
The Art of Receiving and Giving: The Wheel of Consent by Betty Martin
With Sprinkles On Top: Everything Vanilla People and Their Kinky Partners Need to Know to Communicate, Explore, and Connect by Stefani Goerlich
Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire by Lori A. Brotto
Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power by Carolyn Elliott
Couples Therapy Workbook For Healing: Emotionally Focused Therapy Techniques To Restore Your Relationship by Lori Cluff Schade
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
The New Monogamy: Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity by Tammy Nelson
The Space Between: The Point of Connection by Harville Hendrix PhD & Helen LaKelly Hunt PhD
Monsters In Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy- And What You Can Do About It by Resmaa Menakem
The Queer & Transgender Resilience Workbook: Skills for Navigating Sexual Orientation & Gender Expression by Anneliese Singh
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angel Chen
Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon & KD Diamond
Tortilleras Negotiating Intimacy: Love, Friendship, and Sex in Queer Mexico City by Anahi Russo Garrido
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay In a Straight Man’s World by Alan Downs
Later in Life Lesbian: Coming Out Later in Life & Leaving Fear, Overwhelm, & Guilt Behind by Annie M. Henderson
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought edited by Briona Simone Jones
Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much by Jen Winston
Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-spec Men by Vaneet Mehta
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community by Laura Erickson-Schroth
Letters For My Sisters: Transitional Wisdom In Retrospect edited by Andrea James & Deanne Thornton
Letters for My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect edited by Megan M. Rohrer & Zander Keig
Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities by Rogers Brubaker
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern
The Polysecure Workbook: Healing Your Attachment and Creating Security in Loving Relationships by Jessica Fern
The Hearts of Being Polysecure: Creating Secure Attachments in Multiple Relationships by Jessica Fern
Love In Abundance: A Counselor's Advice on Open Relationships by Kathy Labriola
Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships by Tristan Taormino
Mono in a Poly World: What to Do When Your Partner Is Polyamorous and You Aren't by Tazmyn Ozga
Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities by Kevin A. Patterson M.ED.
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love by Janet W. Hardy & Dossie Easton
Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life by Holly Richmond
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk M.D.
Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse by Mike Lew
The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Wendy Maltz
Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma by Staci Haines
The Courage To Heal: A Guide For Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship by Meg Kennedy Dugan & Roger R. Hock
Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail To Understand About Weight by Linda Bacon & Lucy Aphramor
Perfectly Imperfect: Compassionate Strategies to Cultivate a Positive Body Image by Amy Harman LMFT CEDS
Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation by Hilary Kinavey MS, LPC & Dana Sturtevant MS, RD
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own by Joy Arlene Renee Cox PhD
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel - real couples therapy sessions
Ask A Sex Therapist with Heather Shannon
Better in Bed- A Sex and Sexuality Podcast
Man Enough Podcast - explores the meaning of masculinity in today's world and how rigid gender roles affect all genders
amaze - age-appropriate sex education for kids & advice for parents on how to talk to kids about sex
Scarleteen - sex and relationship education centering young people
Sex, etc - sex education for and by teens
O.School - free sex education for adults
Beducated - sex education courses for adults
Afrosexology - sex education centering Black experiences of sexuality
Planned Parenthood - free sexual health education and medical service (including abortion care, hormone therapy, birth control, and STD/STI testing)
Kinkly - kink and BDSM education
TransIntimate - education about trans and non-binary experiences designed for cisgender people
What to Actually Do About an Unequal Partnership: An interview with Kate Mangino (author of Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home) by Anne Helen Petersen
Consent Culture: time to get into bed with liberation. by Dylan Wilder Quinn - adding important nuance to consent culture
Move Over, Love Languages: Do You Know Your ‘Route of Safety’? by Gabrielle Smith - trauma informed "love languages"
The Invention of Monogamy by Isabella Rotman and Sarah Mirk - history of monogamy in comic book style
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong by Michael Hobbes - debunking harmful myths about fatness and "obesity" with scientific evidence and calling for a new paradigm for talking about weight and size