Trauma Resources

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 (SAFE) | SMS Text "START" to 88788

• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673  

• Sanctuary for Families: (212) 349–6009 | Legal Helpline: (212) 349-6009 x8000 . Instagram. To chat with an advocate about safety planning, shelter, and counseling services, click here;  to chat about family law, immigration, trafficking, or other legal concerns, click here.

Sanctuary for Families is New York’s leading service provider and advocate for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking and related forms of gender violence. Every year, we empower thousands of adults and children to move from fear and abuse to safety and stability, transforming lives through a range of comprehensive services and advocacy.

• NY State Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-942-6906

If you were sexually assaulted and you wish to collect evidence in case you decide to file a police report, please go the nearest SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) emergency room for care and support (see a list of SAFE ERs here). 

NY State Dept. of Health-approved Rape Crisis Centers: Find your local rape crisis center here.

• Safe Horizon - Domestic Violence Shelter Hotline - 1-800-621-HOPE (4673). –  Assistance with finding Domestic Violence Shelters

• Safe Horizon's Family Justice Centers

Family Justice Centers provide criminal justice, civil and legal services in one location for victims of domestic violence and other crimes.

• The Center for Loss and Trauma - Resources for Grievers

• Breath-Body-Mind -- Military Resources

• Declutter the Mind -- Guided Meditation for PTSD

• Emotional Freedom Technique Tapping: What is Tapping and How Can I Start Using It?

Videos

• Trauma and the Brain - YouTube

• Bessel van der Kolk: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

• Bessel van der Kolk: How Childhood Trauma is Different from PTSD

• London Trauma Specialists’ Psychoeducation Video: The Brain Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• A Guided Meditation: Healing Trauma and Shame - Tara Brach

Reading

Articles

• The Facts about Trauma and Mental Health from RALIANCE

• Grounding Techniques & Self-Soothing for Emotional Regulation. 

• 5 Surprising Symptoms of Trauma from Monarch by Simple Practice (Aug. 24, 2022). 

• Chronic Pain and Mental Health (Updated June 2023).

Podcasts

• Good Mourning Grief Podcast - Grief, Trauma and Bearing the Unbearable A talk with Dr Joanne Cacciatore, expert on traumatic death, and the foremothers of grief education. They talk about defining traumatic loss, how our body reacts to trauma, how she coped with the death of her baby daughter, coping after losing an animal, how to grow your “grief muscle”, plus much more, - Apple 

Books

• Trauma & Recovery: From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman (1997). - Amazon

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van derk Kolk (2015). - Amazon

• To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care (2013) by Cris Beam. Honestly one of my favorite books that gives an inner view of the foster care system also explaining policy, history and the man collateral consequences and outcomes that result from growing up in the system. - Amazon Link | Chris Beam's Website 

• Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc  (Feb 10, 2004) - Amazon Link

• Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale: A Memoir. (February 28, 2012) by Rachel Lloyd. Amazon Link

I have not read or used the following yet (as of June 2023), but have heard good things:

• Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists, by Dr. Janina Fisher, Ph.D. (Feb. 1, 2021). Pesi | Amazon

Monarch writes that Dr. Fisher "suggests trauma is remembered through sensory elements, such as emotions and sensations in the body, as well as heart rate increases and changes in breathing."  It includes: 

• • Step-by-step strategies that can be used on their own or in collaboration with a therapist

  • Simple diagrams that make sense of the confusing feelings and physical reactions survivors experience

  • Worksheets to practice the skills that bring relief and ultimately healing

Crisis Hotlines

• Crisis 24/7 Support for those in distress, emotional pain or experiencing Suicidal Ideation

  • Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Call 988  |  Chat online |  988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline:

• • Crisis Text Line

Text HOME to 741741

• National Institute of Mental Health's ADHD  Topic webpage

• Veteran's Crisis Hotline: Call 988, dial 1  | Text 838255  

• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673  

NY State Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-942-6906

If you were sexually assaulted and you wish to collect evidence in case you decide to file a police report, please go the nearest SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) emergency room for care and support (see a list of SAFE ERs here). 

NY State Dept. of Health-approved Rape Crisis Centers: Find your local rape crisis center here.