Resources:

These resources are here to support you between sessions

Finding Providers

Therapists Directory:

Psychology Today

Mental Health Match

Therapist.com

EMDR Therapists Directory:

EMDRIA (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing International Association)

Lower Fee Providers Directory:

Open Path Collective

Emergency Helplines

Emergency number (US): 911

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (US): 988

National Suicide Hotline (US): 800-273-8255

Video Resources

The following two videos explain how EMDR works:

This video explains how EMDR works (3min)

This video explains how EMDR processes trauma (14 min)

Links to self-administered quizzes and assessments

Attachment Style Quiz

The Love Languages Quiz

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Books

Here are some books that may be useful to your recovery journey.

Book recommendation: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (trauma recovery)
Book recommendation: Getting Past Your Past by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D (EMDR therapy and trauma process)
Book recommendation: No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz (IFS therapy)
Book recommendation: REcovery from Gaslighting and Narcissistic Abuse, Codependency and Complex PTSD by Don Barlow (Complex PTSD, Narcissistic Abuse)
Book recommendation: Attached by Amir Levine, M.D. and Rachel S.F. Heller, M.A(Attachment Theory)
Book recommendation: Codependent No More by Melody Beattie (codependent and addiction therapy)
Book recommendation: Trauma Bonding by Dr Annely Alexander (Narcotic Abuse Trauma)
Book recommendation: Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab (Boundary, Mental Health)
Book recommendation: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson (developmental trauma healing)
Book recommendation: The Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington (Sleep, Mental Health)
Book recommendation: The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown PhD, LMSW (Mental Health)
Book recommendation: The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate M.D. (Trauma, Healing, Illness)
Book recommendation: Man's Search for meaning by Dr. Viktor E. Frankl (Existential Theory)
Book recommendation: Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder by Valerie Porr, MA (Borderline Personality Disorder)
Book recommendation: Trauma and Memory by Peter A. Levine, PhD (Somatic, Trauma, Healing)