Resources

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Crisis Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1-800-273-8255 OR Dial 988

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National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-7233

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TransLifeline, suicide hotline for Trans folks

877-565-8860

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The Trevor Project, suicide hotline for LGBTQIA+ folks

(866) 488-7386

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General Resources

Dial 211

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National Alliance on Mental Illness Orange County Warm Line (for emotional support)

714-991-6412

  • Books

    BOOKS ABOUT TRAUMA

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD

    Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy by Francine Shapiro, PhD

    What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

    It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn

    Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson

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    BOOKS ABOUT DBT

    I Hate You - Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman, MD and Hal Straus

    The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating by Kiera Van Gelder

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    OTHER BOOKS

    Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - And Keep - Love by Amir Levine, MD and Rachel S. F. Heller, MA

    The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW

    The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer

  • Websites

    Information about DBT:

    DBT

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    Information on EMDR International Association:

    EMDRIA

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    NAMIOC, Includes Peer Support Groups, Family Support Groups and a Warmline for emotional support:

    National Alliance on Mental Illness, OC Chapter

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    Information about LGBTQ services/resources in Orange County:

    LGBTQ Center of Orange County

  • Podcasts

    Podcast about studies on happiness:

    The Happiness Lab

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    Podcast about meditation and mindfulness:

    Ten Percent Happier

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    Podcast about meditation and philosophical ideas:

    Making Sense

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    Podcast about therapy by a therapist:

    Stuck Not Broken