Helpful resources for the healing process
Finding Steady Ground - Immediate crisis resources
988 Lifeline: National coverage - For those in crisis now
Florida Warm Line: 800-945-1355 (4-10PM ET, 24/7) - A free, confidential, non-crisis line operated by peers (people who have experienced mental health struggles) in partnership with the Florida Department of Children and Families
Hope For Healing Florida - Helping Floridians access substance use and mental health resources
Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line: For those needing to speak to someone immediately but not in a crisis situation. The website has a chat component, and you can text or call 833-773-2445. Available 24/7 including holidays.
In MA: Casa Myrna - Safelink - for those experiencing domestic violence of any kind
In FL: National domestic violence hotline 800-799-7233
Supplemental Therapy resources
The Attachment Project - Learn about how our earliest emotional bonds affect our relationships to this day, and how we can overcome them for greater intimacy with ourselves and our loved ones.
While recommended books link to Amazon, please support your local bookstore or library when possible. All of these audiobooks are available on Audible and Spotify.
Attached - The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep--Love (2012, Levine & Heller) + audiobook
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015, Gibson) + audiobook
It Didn’t Start With You - How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (2017, Wolynn) + audiobook
Raising Good Humans - A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids (Clarke-Fields) + audiobook
Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves--and How to Find Our Way Back (2025, Clayton)
Recommended viewing by licensed professionals:
Patrick Teahan, LICSW - My Channel As a Childhood Trauma Course
Dr. Ramani Durvasula - Specialist in Narcissism - Playlist: Core Work in Healing from Narcissistic Abuse
