• Nation Wide Crisis Support - Call or text Lifeline at 988
  • Text HOME to 741741 for texting crisis support
  • The Trevor Project Crisis Support (LGBTQ+): call 1-866-488-7386 Or Text 'START' to 678-678 https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ 
  • Trans Lifeline: peer support - Trans Lifeline is run by and for trans people. US (877) 565-8860 https://translifeline.org/ 
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 
  • Postpartum Depression - Talk to a Mom who's been there: 1-800-773-6667 (1-800-PPDMOMS) 
  • National Hopeline Network: 1-800-442-4673 
  • For Veterans - Visit https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/chat for online chat support Or contact the Lifeline Number listed above and press 1. Vet2Vet Veteran's Crisis Hotline, 1-877-838-2838 (1-877-VET-2-VET)

Resources

Crisis Hotlines/Services: 

Religious Trauma Recovery Resources: 

Some of my favorite book resources I find myself often recommending:

  • You are your own by Jamie Lee Finch
  • Pure by Linda Kay Klien
  • Come as you are by Emily Nagoski 

Around the topic of Purity Culture and Sex: 

  • Leaving the Fold by Dr. Marlene Winell
  • When Religion Hurts You by Dr. Laura Anderson
  • Divorcing Religion by Janice Selbie 
  • Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control By Luna Lindsey 
  • You Lied to Me About God by Dr. Jamie Marich 
  • Hell is a World Without You By Jason Kirk 
  • Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young
  • Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
  • Star Spangled Jesus by April Ajoy 
  • A Well Trained Wife by Tia Levings 
  • The Woman They Wanted by Shannon Harris 
  • Educated by Tara Westover

General Religious Trauma Focus - Mix of Self Help and Memoir: 

  • Polysecure by Jessica Fern (even for those in monogamous relationships I find this to be a great book to work on attachment) 
  • Secure Love by Julie Menanno and Julie Menanno’s Podcast Secure Love. 
  • US by Terry Real 
  • Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy (great for parenting and reparenting yourself even if you don’t have children) - Dr. Becky also has a podcast called Good Inside. 
  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

For relationships and attachment work: 

  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker  
  • No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard Schwartz 
  • Dissociation Made Simple by Dr. Jamie Marich 
  • My Grandmothers Hands by Resmaa Menakem
  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
  • What My Bones Know (memoir) by Stephanie Foo
  • Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine 

For Trauma and Dissociation: