Please Note:

If any content in the resources below elicit difficult and strong emotions, place the resource aside, and contact a trained mental health professional/provider to help support you.

Attachment

• • • • • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love
          by: Amir Levine, Rachel Heller
        • Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship by Stan Tatkin
        • Find out your attachment style here

Self Compassion

• • • • • Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
        • The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer
        • Insight Timer (search guided meditations for “self-compassion”)

• • • • • 9 Self-Compassion Exercises & Worksheets for Increasing Compassion
        • Live Awake Podcast
        • Tara Brach Podcast 

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

• • • • • Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Dr. Karyl McBride Ph.D.
        • Are you a daughter of a  Narcissistic Mother? Take this brief survey to learn more

Adult Children of Alcoholics

• • • • • Adult Children of Alcoholics : Expanded Edition by Janet Geringer Woititz

        • Perfect Daughters: Adult Daughters of Alcoholics by Robert J. Ackerman

        • Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics by Herbert L. Gravitz and Julie D. Bowden 

        • The ACOA Trauma Syndrome: What is an ACOA? by Dr. Tian Dayton

Trauma, Abuse, and Neglect

• • • • • Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors: Living Past Neglect by Lori Bennett

        • Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy: Healing the Moral Wound by J. Eric Gentry PhD 

        • How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Dr. Nicole LePera 

        • Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal by Belleruth Naparstek  

        • Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach To Regaining Emotional Control And Becoming Whole by Arielle Schwartz

        • Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself Hardcover by Nedra Glover Tawwab

        • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
        • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker

Additional Resources

• • • • • Colorado Crisis Services 1-844-493-8255 or Text “TALK” to 38255 coloradocrisisservices.org
        • RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) 1-800-656-HOPE rainn.org
        • The National Domestic Violence Hotline 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) thehotline.org
        • The Wings Foundation 303.238.8660 wingsfound.org WINGS works to connect survivors, loved ones, providers and communities with the resources they need to speak about, heal from and thrive beyond CSA trauma, to live their fullest, healthiest lives.
        • The Blue Bench 303.322.7273 thebluebench.org is a comprehensive sexual assault prevention and support center.

Affordable Counseling Resources

• • • • • People House Affordable Counseling Program | https://peoplehouse.org/affordable-counseling/ 
        • SonderMind | https://www.sondermind.com/
        • Open Path Collective | https://openpathcollective.org/