Rachel's Recommended
Reading & Resources

Looking for something to help you understand what's happening, try something different, or feel a little less alone? I've gathered resources I've found useful for survivors.

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Abandonment

Resources for understanding abandonment, rejection, attachment, and the impact of feeling left behind or unwanted.

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Addictions

Resources related to addiction, compulsive behaviors, and the ways people cope with overwhelming experiences.

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Advocates

Resources for spouses, partners, friends, and family members who want to understand and support a survivor.

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Anger

Resources for understanding anger, resentment, frustration, and what your anger may be trying to tell you.

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Anxiety

Resources for anxiety, worry, fear, panic, and the nervous system responses that can keep you on high alert.

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BIPOC

Resources created with Black, Indigenous, and people of color survivors and their experiences in mind.

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Books

Books that may offer connection, perspective, insight, or simply a good story while you're working through your own stuff.

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Brain-Based Healing

Resources for understanding the brain, trauma, memory, stress, and how healing changes what happens in your brain and body.

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Career & Finances

Resources for work, money, career decisions, and the ways trauma can show up in your working and financial life.

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Confidence & Self-Esteem

Resources for rebuilding confidence, self-worth, and your belief that you can trust yourself and your abilities.

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Creative Arts Healing

Resources using creativity, art, movement, writing, and other forms of expression as part of healing.

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

Resources for understanding dissociation, DID, parts, and experiences involving different identities or states.

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Domestic Violence

Resources related to domestic violence, abusive relationships, safety, and getting support.

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Feelings

Resources for understanding emotions, naming what you're feeling, and getting more comfortable with your emotional life.

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Female Abusers

Resources focused on experiences of abuse perpetrated by women, including the complicated dynamics that can come with that.

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Forgiveness

Resources for exploring forgiveness, letting go, resentment, and what forgiveness can and cannot mean in recovery.

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Grief

Resources for grief, loss, mourning, and the feelings that can surface when you're letting go of what was or what you hoped for.

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Grounding

Resources for grounding, settling your nervous system, and getting yourself back into the here and now.

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Health & Wellness

Resources for physical health, wellness, self-care, and taking care of the body you're healing in.

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Holidays

Resources for navigating holidays, family gatherings, traditions, and the triggers that can come with them.

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Hope

Resources for finding hope, possibility, motivation, and a different way of imagining your future.

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Legal Advice

Resources for legal questions, reporting, rights, attorneys, and navigating the legal side of abuse.

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LGBTQIA+

Resources for LGBTQIA+ survivors and topics involving identity, sexuality, relationships, and healing.

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Male Survivors

Resources specifically relevant to men and boys who have experienced childhood sexual abuse or other trauma.

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Movies

Films and movies that explore trauma, abuse, recovery, relationships, resilience, and the survivor experience.

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Music & Meditations

Music, meditations, and audio resources for reflection, grounding, relaxation, and connecting with yourself.

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Narcissism

Resources for understanding narcissism, narcissistic abuse, manipulation, and difficult relationship dynamics.

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Neurodiversity & Healing

Resources exploring neurodiversity and the overlap between neurodivergent experiences, trauma, and healing.

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Parents

Resources for parents who are supporting children, navigating trauma, or working through their own experiences as parents.

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Relationships

Resources for romantic relationships, connection, trust, intimacy, communication, and relationship skills.

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Sexuality

Resources for sexuality, intimacy, desire, pleasure, and reclaiming your relationship with your body and sexuality.

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Sex Trafficking

Resources related to sexual exploitation, trafficking, survival, recovery, and support.

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Shame

Resources for understanding shame, guilt, self-blame, and the beliefs about yourself that abuse can leave behind.

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Sleep

Resources for sleep, nightmares, rest, insomnia, and the ways trauma can interfere with getting the rest you need.

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Somatics

Resources for working with the body, nervous system, movement, body memories, tapping, and somatic approaches to healing.

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Spiritual & Ritual Abuse

Resources for spiritual abuse, religious trauma, ritual abuse, faith communities, and healing after religious harm.

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Suicide & Crisis Support

Crisis resources and places to turn when you need immediate support or are worried about your safety.

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Survivor Stories

Books, videos, and other stories from survivors sharing their experiences of abuse, recovery, and life afterward.

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Workshops, Retreats & Safe Havens

Workshops, retreats, groups, training opportunities, and places offering dedicated space for healing and support.

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