Click here to download a free EMDR resourcing checklist
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Oak (iOS only): This app has the essentials for beginning with guided meditation and guided breathing exercises.
Insight timer: This app has hundreds of guided meditations searchable by type and category.
Recommended tracks:
—Dr. LaTrice Dowtin, PhD: Basic Body Scan, Naming Your Feelings, Attending to Anger
—Tara Brach: The RAIN of Self-Compassion
—Sara Blondin: Transforming Fear, Making Your Life Sacred, When We Must Endure
Liberate: “Liberate is a subscription-based meditation app that includes practices and talks designed for the Black community.
We’ve curated content from 40+ BIPOC teachers with a diverse background in lineage, perspective and approach, so that everyone can find a practice in their voice.”
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The ACTION line: Connecticut department of mental health runs an Adult Crisis Telephone line, 1-800-467-3135. ACTION line is free and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Online text crisis service: to use text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds from a secure online platform.
New- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Connecticut Sexual Assault Hotline: 888-999-5545 English, 888-568-8332 Spanish. Statewide, 24/7 access.
Connecticut Domestic Violence Hotline: Call or Text, 888-774-2900 English, 844-831-9200 Spanish. Statewide, 24/7 access. www.ctsafeconnect.com for more resources.
BlackLine: “provides a space for peer support, counseling, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences to folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.” Call or text: 1 (800) 604-5841. www.callblackline.com
SIA (Survivors of Incest Anonymous): Phone meetings and virtual Zoom meetings. siawso.org/meetings/
The Trevor Project: “the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning) young people.” Chat, call and text support. www.thetrevorproject.org
Trans Lifeline*: “a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.” Call (877) 565-8860. www.translifeline.org
Wildflower Alliance*: “a grassroots Peer Support, Advocacy, and Training organization with a focus on harm reduction and human rights.” Offers phone and online supports, including a Discord community, peer support line, and online groups. Online groups offered are Alternatives to Suicide, Psych Drug Support Group, Hearing Voices, LGBTQ+, Spiritual Explorations, Mindfulness. Peer support line call (888) 407-4515, 7pm to 9pm Monday through Thursday, 7pm-10pm Friday through Sunday. www.wildfloweralliance.org/
*Denotes service has policy against non-consensual active rescue.
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Therapy and Wellness For Women Pinterest Board
21 different thematic boards with hundreds of pins about therapy, self-care, relationships and more.
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@crutches_and_spice “Comms Director | Disability Blogger |Content Creator | Public Speaker | Model | Actress”
@corpusritual “Jennifer Patterson, herbs | breath | writing | ceremony”
@the_feeding_of_the_fox “🌺 Queer Disabled Femme serving up radical body politics, anti-diet and non-judgemental compassion 🌺”
@familiatqlm “Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement 🏳️⚧️ Latinx community.”
@decolonizingtherapy Dr. Jennifer Mullan
@latinxtherapy “Destigmatizing mental health in the Latinx community through our bilingual podcast & platforms.”
@therapyforblackgirls “Mental Health Resources for 💁🏾♀️👸🏿👩🏽🦱 Click our link to find a therapist or listen to the podcast.”
@theindigenousfoundation “A collective of Indigenous/POC women, 2S, and Non-Binary folk focused on bringing awareness to Indigenous groups and rights.”
@seed.and.sew “Changing the way adults experience children’s emotions to raise emotionally intelligent kids”
@integrate_network “Nervous System Support for Nervous Times”
@somaticwitch “Queer EMDR Trauma Therapist”
@thesecurerelationship “Relationship Healing, Skills, and Secure Attachment”
@peaceofmindbreath “Breath educator•coach•facilitator”
@Alex “Author & Restorative Writing Teacher”
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Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies [book]
Judith Herman, Trauma and Recovery [book]
Alisa Zipursky, Healing Honestly [book]
Natalie Gutiérrez LMFT, The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color [book]
Ed. Jennifer Patterson, Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement. [book]
Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse. Anthology, “centers diasporic Black survivors, and focuses on radical healing and accountability.” [book]
Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score [book]
Roxanne Gay, Writing into the Wound [ebook]
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What is EMDR therapy? [video, 9:42min]
Michael Baldwin and Deborah Korn, Every Memory Deserves Respect: EMDR, the Proven Trauma Therapy with the Power to Heal [book]
Experiencing EMDR therapy [website]
The Eight Phases of EMDR [website]
EMDR Therapy: Demonstration & Step-by-Step Walkthrough [video, 25min]
Hard-wired emotional circuits in the brain [blog]
Dr. Jamie Marich, audio recordings for EMDR preparation. [audio]
EMDRIA, Let’s Talk EMDR Podcast. [podcasts]
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Dr. Jamie Marich, Mindful Living Coping Skills with Dr. Jamie [videos]
Dr. Jamie Marich, audio recordings. [audio]
Victoria Emanuela and Caitlin Metz, My Body, My Home: A Radical Guide to Resilience and Belonging [book]
Jennifer Patterson, The Power of Breathwork: Simple Practices to Promote Wellbeing [book]
Licia Sky, “Coming to Your Senses” collection [8 videos]
Leslie Booker, 20-Minute Practice to Hold the Emotional Body [guided meditation]
Dr. Pat Ogden: The Somatic Narrative [video, 7min]
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Jamie Marich Phd, Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life [book]
Jamie Marich Phd, A Personal (and Professional) Take on Dissociative Disorders [blog post]
Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, Onno Van Der Hart, Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation [book]
Janina Fisher, Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation [book]
Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy [video, 16:46min]
Beacon House, Dissociation in children and teens (also good overall explanation of dissociation for any age) [pdf]
NICABM, “Adaptive Child” description [infographic]
NICABM, Structural Dissociation model [infographic]An Infinite Mind
Katarina Lundgren, The Wheel of Tolerance [website]
An Infinite Mind, outreach and information resources for people living with dissociative identities [website]
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NICABM, Window of Tolerance [infographic]
Polyvagal Theory in Action: 3D Example of the Nervous System [video, 17min]
Trauma and the nervous system: a polyvagal perspective [video, 9min]
Deb Dana, Polyvagal Theory and Trauma [video, 2hr]
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Alisa Zipursky, Healing Honestly, [book and blog]
Susan B. Anthony Project, offers trauma support group for adult female incest survivors. [support group]
Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse. Anthology, “centers diasporic Black survivors, and focuses on radical healing and accountability.” [book]
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Resmaa Menakem, “Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence” [podcast, 50min]
Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies [book]
Natalie Gutiérrez LMFT, The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color [book]
BlackLine hotline: “provides a space for peer support, counseling, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences to folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.” Call or text: 1 (800) 604-5841.
@decolonizingtherapy Dr. Jennifer Mullan
@latinxtherapy “Destigmatizing mental health in the Latinx community through our bilingual podcast & platforms.”
@therapyforblackgirls “Mental Health Resources for 💁🏾♀️👸🏿👩🏽🦱 Click our link to find a therapist or listen to the podcast.”
The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping With Racial Trauma [article]
Healing Body Dysmorphia & Ending Self-Blame + Trauma Recovery Strategies with Dr. Ebony Butler [article with link to podcast episode]
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Tara Brach, Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN [book]
Copper Beech Institute: West Hartford, CT center hosting mindfulness programs and retreats
Dr. Jamie Marich, Mindful Living Coping Skills with Dr. Jamie [videos]
Dr. Jamie Marich, audio recordings. [audio]
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Hanna Somatic Bodywork. Physical therapy modality offered at Farmington Valley Physical Therapy [website]
Neurofeedback, Holistic Health & Healing Center. Covered by Medicaid (Husky) insurance!
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What are ACES and PACES? [website]
Whole People series, Childhood Trauma [video, 26min]
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Healing Body Dysmorphia & Ending Self-Blame + Trauma Recovery Strategies with Dr. Ebony Butler [article with link to podcast episode]
Natalie West, We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival [book]
Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology, The Power of Radical Self-Love [book]
Emily Nagoski, Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life [book]
Emily Nagoski, The Keys to a Happier, Healthier Sex Life. [video, 17min]
Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body [book]
Victoria Emanuela and Caitlin Metz, My Body, My Home: A Radical Guide to Resilience and Belonging [book]
Wendy Maltz, Relearning touch: Healing Techniques for Couples [video]
Experiences in Close Relationships Scale [online quiz] “This is an online version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, a test of attachment style.
The ECR was created in 1998 by Kelly Brennan, Catherine Clark and Phillip Shaver. It groups people into four different categories on the basis of scores along two scales.”
Jeremy McAllister, MA, LPC, Attachment as Defense: How Trauma Shapes the Self. [article]
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NFCC- National Foundation for Credit Counseling, “NFCC certified credit counselors are ready to help you with a personalized action plan and resources regardless of your income or financial status.” [website]
Savvy Ladies “The Savvy Ladies® financial expert volunteers are here to offer their expert advice & knowledge to help you move forward and create a roadmap for financial success.” [website, free helpline, blog]
Budgeting basics [website]
Moneygeek.com [web article with information, examples, and links to helpful budgeting apps]
Google sheets [Free online spreadsheet application] Utilize the pre-set budget templates available that break down spending categories. Customize with your own numbers and the math is done for you.
Mint: Budget Tracker & Planner Free to use, Mint lets you link your bank and credit card accounts so that you can easily categorize spending. [web and phone app for budget tracking]
A Woman’s Guide to Money and Divorce [article]