RESOURCES
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Books
Recommended Reading
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Paperback – by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love - by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
An Internal Family Systems Guide to Recovery from Eating Disorders: Healing Part by Part - by Amy Yandel Grabowski - FREE DOWNLOAD ON SPOTIFY
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model - by Richard C. Schwartz PhD
You Are Here: An Owner's Manual for Dangerous Minds – Coloring Book - by Jenny Lawson
It Didn’t Start With You; How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle - by Mark Wolynn
COMPLEX PTSD From Surviving to Thriving - by Pete Walker
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay PhD, Jeffrey C. Wood PsyD, Jeffrey Brantley MD
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Helpful Tools and Things I Love
this is a great card deck on Amazon with simple and straightforward exercises to help you regulate.
I sleep with my 5lb sloth stuffie named Toby every single night. He sits on my lap sometimes too.
I LOVE my swaddle blanket from Piper Moon. I can wrap myself in it and the fabric is soft and somehow light and heavy. It really is just like an infant swaddle blanket material.
Go adopt your emotional support animal best friend right now!
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Resources for Clinicians and Clients
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Crisis Resources
COLORADO CRISIS SERVICES
Immediate and confidential help, 24/7/365: 844-493-TALK (8255), or text TALK to 38255.
You will speak with a trained counselor who will provide support and connect you to further resources. For more information, or to find a crisis services walk-in center nearest you, visit ColoradoCrisisServices.org.
NATIONAL SUICIDE and CRISIS LIFELINE
Dial 988 https://988lifeline.org/current-events/the-lifeline-and-988
Free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
SUBSTANCE USE/NEVER USE ALONE
Overdose Prevention Lifeline: 877-696-1996
Toll-free national overdose prevention, detection, life-saving crisis response and medical intervention services for people who use drugs while alone.
Never Use Alone’s peer operators are available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. No stigma. No judgment. Just love!
SAMHSA National Helpline
1-800-662-4357
Confidential and free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/SAFE HOUSE
Denver 24-Hour Crisis & Information Line: (303) 318-9989
Serves survivors of domestic violence and their children through an Emergency Shelter, a non-residential Counseling & Advocacy Center and an Extended Stay Program.
FAMILY TREE
24-hour DV crisis line: (303) 420-6752
For survivors and children who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault and/or stalking safe through our crisis line, emergency shelter, safety planning, legal advocacy and linkages to community resources.
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