Resources
Check out some of my favorite books, websites, videos, and more below!
crisis numbers
King County 24 Hour Crisis Line: 866-427-4747
Washington Warm Line: 877-500-9276
Washington Recovery Helpline: 866-789-1511
National Suicide Prevention Line: 800-273-8255
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
Books
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Abusive Men by Lundy Bancroft
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine
Upside: The New Science of Post-Traumatic Growth by Jim Rendon
Websites
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
Gender Based Violence Resource Library
Tools for Providers
Responding to Domestic Violence: Tools for Mental Health Providers
Resources for Health Care Providers
Childhood Trauma|Changing Minds
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
Domestic Violence at the Margins: Readings on Race, Class, Gender, and Culture Edited by Natalie Sokoloff
Trauma
Books
Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté
Women Under the Influence by the National Center on Addiction & Substance Use
Websites
Washington Medically Assisted Treatment Locator
King County Substance Abuse Services
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute
Tools for Providers
Substance Use
Books
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church by Tina Schermer Sellers
Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity by Carter Sickels
Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World by Robyn Ochs & Sarah Rowley
Websites
Washington State Protection Order Resources
Tools for Providers