Helpful
Websites
National Institute for Mental Illness
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NASW - Colorado
Planned Parenthood
The Center on Colfax
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline: 1-844-CO-4-Kids
Recommended Reading List
Reading and continuing education is very important to me. Because of this, I have included my favorite books as part of a recommended reading list:
The Defining Decade by Dr. Meg Jay: Recommended for 20-somethings trying to find their way.
Untamed by Glennon Doyle: Recommended for those learning how to trust themselves, set boundaries, find peace, increase awareness of emotions, and navigate adulthood.
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom: Recommended for those searching for meaning in life.
Know My Name by Chanel Miller: Recommended for those learning about or experiencing trauma, understanding complexities of the court system, and trying to find strength and courage to tell their story.
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman: Recommended for those trying to understand themselves and/or their partners and how love is experienced through physical touch, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, and gift giving.
What is a Girl Worth? by Rachael Denhollander:
Recommended for those who want to understand systemic abuse and the difficulties of changing toxic and abusive cultures.
The Upset by Tyler Trent: Recommended for those looking for inspiration and learning from tragedy.
The Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe: Recommended for those trying to understand the opioid epidemic, this uncovers the secret history of the Sackler dynasty.
It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn: Recommended for those wanting to understand how inherited trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle.
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler: Recommended for those who want to explore perfectionism.
To Watch
These are some of my favorite documentaries that have taught me a lot about trauma, abuse, and substance abuse:
The Crime of the Century: A documentary about the rise of the opioid epidemic.
Playground: The Child Sex Trade in America: A documentary about sex trafficking in the United States.
The Hunting Ground: A documentary about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses.
Athlete A: A documentary about sexual abuse within USA Gymnastics, highlighting the Larry Nassar case.