Cathedral Health Care Center teams up with Jasper Library to create “The Green Shelf”

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New collection offers approachable mental health resources for readers of all ages

Cathedral Health Care Center is partnering with the Jasper Public Library to introduce “The Green Shelf,” a specially curated collection of books created in recognition of Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 4–10.

The Green Shelf features 12 thoughtfully selected books for adults, teens, and children. Through practical guidance, personal stories, fiction, and age-appropriate conversations, the collection explores anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, emotional regulation, resilience, and healing.

“Not everyone is ready to attend an event or begin a conversation about mental health, but almost anyone can pick up a book,” said April, Director of Admissions and Marketing at Cathedral Health Care Center. “The Green Shelf gives people a quiet, comfortable place to begin, whether they are looking for answers for themselves, a teenager, or a child they love.”

By offering books for different ages and experiences, Cathedral Health Care Center and the Jasper Public Library hope to make conversations about mental health feel more approachable for individuals and families throughout the community.

The books were donated by Cathedral Health Care Center and will be featured together at the Jasper Public Library during October. Community members are invited to browse the collection and check out the titles that speak to them.

For general mental-health information and support, contact the NAMI HelpLine at 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 62640.

BOOKS DONATED TO THE GREEN SHELF

  • Adult Books
  • Everything Is Figureoutable — Marie Forleo
  • What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma — Stephanie Foo
  • What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing — Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? — Dr. Julie Smith
  • Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy — David D. Burns, M.D.
  • The Biology of Trauma: How the Body Holds Fear, Pain, and Overwhelm, and How to
  • Heal It — Aimie Apigian, M.D.

Teen Books

  • My Anxious Mind: A Teen’s Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic — Michael A. Tompkins and Katherine A. Martinez
  • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter — Erika L. Sánchez

Children’s Books

  • The Very Hungry Worry Monsters — Rosie Greening
  • What to Do with Your Whirly, Swirly Thoughts — Jennie Allen
  • Broken Crayons Still Color — Toni Collier
  • Lucy’s Blue Day: Children’s Mental Health Book — Christopher Duke
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