Helpful Resources for Healing Trauma
Emergencies:
If you’re experiencing a crisis and need to talk to someone immediately:
call 911
or call the National Mental Health Hotline at 1-866-903-3787. More info here: https://mentalhealthhotline.org/
Text HOME to 741741 or click here to chat with someone: https://www.crisistextline.org/
Call or Text 988 or chat here: https://988lifeline.org/
or go to your nearest hospital emergency room.
Books on Trauma :
This book is a heavy read and highly triggering but also full of really good information on how trauma affects the body.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
These are equally good.
The Body Remembers Volume 1 and Volume 2, Two-Book Set
Another book full of really good information but it is a bit of a dense read and hard to get through.
https://pete-walker.com/complex_ptsd_book.html
Best book IMO on complex trauma for survivors.
https://www.amazon.com/What-My-Bones-Know-Healing/dp/0593238109
Experts in the field of childhood trauma :
Dr. Bruce Perry (child trauma and developmental trauma). https://www.childtrauma.org/
Dr. Francine Shapiro (creator of EMDR). https://www.emdr.com/
Dr. Peter Levine (creator of Somatic Experiencing). https://traumahealing.org/about-us/
Dr. Pat Ogden (creator of Sensimotor Psychotherapy).
https://www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org/faculty.html
Dr. Richard Schwartz (creator of Internal Family Systems). https://ifs-institute.com/about-us
Dr. Stephen Porges (creator of Polyvagal theory). https://www.stephenporges.com/
Brene Brown. https://brenebrown.com/
Dr. Kristin Neff (self-compassion). https://self-compassion.org/
Self-Worth Resources:
Burnout Resources:
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592377/burnout-by-emily-nagoski-phd-and-amelia-nagoski-dma/
Emotional Neglect Resources:
Running on Empty: Overcome your Childhood Emotional Neglect
https://www.amazon.com/Running-Empty-Overcome-Childhood-Emotional/dp/161448242X
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Children-Emotionally-Immature-Parents/dp/1626251703
Mental Health Instagram accounts I am obsessed with:
Ultimate self-healer guide: https://www.instagram.com/the.holistic.psychologist/
All things polyvagal: https://www.instagram.com/justinlmft/
Healing trauma through the body: https://www.instagram.com/healwithbritt/
For anything related to couples work: http://www.instagram.com/connectwithmorganjohnson/
Healthy dating for all attachment styles: https://www.instagram.com/datingwithlo/
Parenting with trauma: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside/
Complex Trauma: https://www.instagram.com/healing.and.cptsd/
Books on my nightstand currently:
If you can’t tell from the picture below, I like big books and I cannot lie. Reading and learning are my jam and it is a never ending cycle for me of constant growth.
Attachment Based EMDR: https://www.amazon.com/Attachment-Focused-EMDR-Healing-Relational-Trauma/dp/0393707458
Hidden Life of Trees: What they Feel, How they Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World
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