Free Resource Library

National agencies that offer FREE support:

The National Domestic Violence Hotline at www.ncadv.org/ OR 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) OR Text START to 88788

Domestic Shelters at www.domesticshelters.org

Mommy’s Heart Foundation - Mommy's Heart provides free legal and mental health resources to eligible parents, so that no parent ever has to fear losing a child to one’s abuser for reporting violence.

Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women - Working with attorneys to achieve justice and safety for domestic violence survivors in interstate custody cases.

Family Justice Center Alliance - We develop and support Family Justice Centers that help survivors and their children find the services they need in ONE place.

Power: Surviving & Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse by Shahida Arabi

Divorcing a Narcissist: One Mom's Battle by Tina Swithin

Divorcing a Narcissist: Advice from the Battlefield by Tina Swithin

Decoding Coercive Control - a blog by Dr. Emma Katz

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

Co-Parenting After Divorcing A Narcissist by Isabella Francis

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

Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship by Lisa Aronson Fontes

Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship by Mira Kirshenbaum

The Smart Girl's Guide to Self-Care by Shahida Arabi

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

Will I Ever Be Free of You?: How to Navigate a High-Conflict Divorce from a Narcissist and Heal Your Family by Dr. Karyl McBride Ph.D.

It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Dr. Ramani Durvasula, PhD

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown

Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist: How to End the Drama and Get On with Life by Margalis Fjelstad

Genesis The Podcast - Genesis the Podcast is a new way to connect with Genesis Women’s Shelter and Support and expand your thinking about domestic violence and related issues that affect women. Genesis the Podcast is also a safe place to gather resources and information if you are in an abusive relationship and need safety, shelter or support.

Perfect Prey by Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola - Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola, DSW, LCSW is a Coercive Control Educator, Researcher, & Survivor. She has been an advocate since the age of 19, passionate about protecting children from abuse. Yet, even as a therapist, she didn't see the signs in her own relationship. How do we, as protective parents, support our children harmed by the coercive controller (aka Narcissistic Abuser)? Dr. Cocchiola's expertise provides the framework for supporting protective parents as they navigate parenting children harmed by the coercive controller. Protective parents can show their children a path to freedom.

We Can Do Hard Things - On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, author of UNTAMED; her wife Abby Wambach; and her sister Amanda Doyle do the only thing they’ve found that has ever made life easier: Drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard things including sex, gender, parenting, blended families, bodies, anxiety, addiction, justice, boundaries, fun, quitting, overwhelm . . . all of it. We laugh and cry and help each other carry the hard so we can all live a little bit lighter and braver, free-er, less alone.

Surviving Post-Separation Abuse: Supporting Survivors After Escaping Domestic Violence - DomesticShelters.org

Healing from Trauma Video Playlist

Therapy In a Nutshell - YouTube Channel

InBrief: How Resilience is Built - by Center on the Developing Child at Harvard

In The Interest of The Child - Dutch documentary exposing the broken CPS / court system. Similar to the GAL / CPS system here in the US.

Free Course - Grounding Skills for Anxiety and PTSD by Therapy In a Nutshell

The One Love Foundation - One Love Foundation is a national non-profit with the goal of ending relationship abuse. We empower young people with tools and resources to see the signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships and bring life-saving prevention education to their communities.

Love Is Learned - A Choose-Your-Own Relationship Adventure Graphic Novel by One Love Foundation

The 10 Signs of Healthy & Unhealthy Relationships - by One Love Foundation

How to Respect Boundaries - A Guide: 7 Tips to Setting Boundaries by One Love Foundation

“The Saunders Study” - Research Based Recommendations for Child Custody Evaluation Practices and Policies in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence by Daniel G. Saunders Ph.D..

‘Swim, swim and die at the beach’: family court and perpetrator induced trauma (CPIT) experiences of mothers in Brazil by Dr. Emma Katz.

Mini Body Camera and SD Card - Reccommended for every direct exchange.