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Resources

Check out some of my favorite books, websites, videos, and more below!


Books

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

Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Abusive Men by Lundy Bancroft

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine

Upside: The New Science of Post-Traumatic Growth by Jim Rendon

Websites

Technology Safety

RAINN

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

Gender Based Violence Resource Library

Tools for Providers

Responding to Domestic Violence: Tools for Mental Health Providers

Resources for Health Care Providers

Childhood Trauma|Changing Minds

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

Domestic Violence at the Margins: Readings on Race, Class, Gender, and Culture Edited by Natalie Sokoloff

Trauma

 

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Books

Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté

Women Under the Influence by the National Center on Addiction & Substance Use

Websites

Washington Medically Assisted Treatment Locator

stopoverdose.org

King County Substance Abuse Services

Harm Reduction Coalition

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute

Tools for Providers

Seeking Safety - Treatment Innovations

What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there might be a better way.

Substance Use


Books

Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly

The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti

Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein

Sex, God, and the Conservative Church by Tina Schermer Sellers

Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity by Carter Sickels

Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World by Robyn Ochs & Sarah Rowley

Websites

Sex Worker’s Outreach Project

Coalition for Rights & Safety

Washington 211

Neighborhood Legal Clinics

Washington State Protection Order Resources

Tenant Rights & Resources

Tools for Providers

King County Trans Resource & Referral Guide

DV/MH Collaboration Project

Additional Resources