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How To Receive A Survivor Story: The Veel Method
The most important way you may be called to respond to a survivor is to hear their story, their “Sacred Story” as I refer to these narrative gifts.
VEEL Method PDF
A Model for Churches to Address Trauma and Abuse
The Trauma-Informed Church
There are six guiding principles in setting up a trauma-informed community or organization.
Trauma-Informed Church PDF
Books On Trauma
General Information on Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, And Body in the Healing of Trauma
by Bessel van Der Kolk MD
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry, MD
Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing
by James S. Gordon, MD
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
by Nadine Burke Harris, MD
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD and Maia Szalavitz
From a Christian Perspective
Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse
by Steve R. Tracy
Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores
by Diane Langberg
The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
by Dan B. Allender
The Broken Way: a Daring Path into the Abundant Life
by Ann Voskamp
by T. Pitt Green
Hurting in the Church: A Way Forward for Wounded Catholics
by Fr. Thomas Berg
My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints
by Dawn Eden
Crisis Hotlines
Child Sexual Abuse
Phone: 1-888-PREVENT
(1-888-773-8368)
Crime Victims
National Center for Victims of Crime
Phone: 1-800-FYI-CALL
(1-800-394-2255)
TTY: 1-800-211-7996
Dating Abuse
Phone: 1-866-331-9474
TTY: 1-866-331-8453
Domestic Violence
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 1-800-799-SAFE
(1-800-799-7233)
TTY: 1-800-787-3224
Rape and Sexual Abuse
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
Phone: 1-800-656-HOPE
(1-800-656-4673)
Runaway and Homeless Youth
Phone: 1-800-RUNAWAY
(1-800-786-2929)
Suicide Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Phone: 1-800-273-TALK
(1-800-273-8255)
TTY: 1-800-799-4TTY
(1-800-799 4889)
Missing and Abducted Children
Child Find of America, Inc.
Phone: 1-800-I-AM-LOST
(1-800-426-5678)
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Phone: 1-800-THE-LOST
(1-800-843-5678)
National Alliance on Mental Illness
https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI
Substance abuse national hotline
SAMHSA's National Helpline
Phone: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
TTY: 1-800-487-4889
Website: www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
Substance Use Treatment Locator FindTreatment.gov.