resources
Disclaimer: These links are for educational purposes only. Please note that any resources I recommend are based on my own personal experience and are not intended to be used as clinical, professional, or treatment recommendations.
crisis + hotlines
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
Call or text: 988
Alternatively, call 800-273-8255 or text HELLO to 741741
Rape, Abuse, Incest, National Network (RAINN):
Call 800-656-HOPE (4673)
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
Call 800-799-SAFE (7233)
National Eating Disorder Helpline:
Call 800-931-2237 or text NEDA to 741741
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration:
800-662-HELP (4357)
LGTBQ+ Youth Support Hotline (The Trevor Project):
Call 866-488-7386 or text START to 678678
Disaster Distress Helpline:
Call or text 800-985-5990
Undocuhealth Initiative for Undocumented Folks
books
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski, PhD
How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Dr. Nicole LePera
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love by Jessica Baum, LMHC
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love by Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller
Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People by Jackson MacKenzie
Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Judson Brewer
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