Resources
Violence: National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE [7233]
Drug/Alcohol/Substance 12-Step Programs
AA Alcoholics Anonymous – https://lacoaa.org/
NA Narcotics Anonymous – https://www.norcalna.org | https://todayna.org/todaynawp/
CA Cannabis Anonymous – https://marijuana-anonymous.org/find-a-meeting/
Family Support
Al-Anon https://al-anon.ab.ca/
Alateen al-anon.alateen.org.
Codependents Anonymous – CODA.org
ACOA Adult Children of Alcoholics https://www.socalaca.org/
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network – https://www.nctsn.org
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness [Improving how people live with mental illness of their loved ones]. https://www.nami.org
The Gottman Website [Relationship Help/Dating/Parenting/same sex couples & research] https://www.gottman.com/about/the-gottman-method
Book Resources
The Body Keeps the Score; van der Kolk (2012)
Jacobson, E. (1938). Progressive relaxation (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Badenoch, B. (2008). Being a Brain-Wise Therapist: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). W. W. Norton.
Schwartz, A.2016The Complex PTSD Workbook (2019)
Additional For First Responders
First Responder Support Network FRSN
FRSN West Coast Trauma Retreat – https://www.frsn.org/west-coast-post-trauma-retreat.html
Contact FRSN – https://www.frsn.org/contact.html
Significant Others & Spouses Retreat SOS – https://www.frsn.org/significant-others-and-spouses.html
Kirschman, E. (2021). I love a firefighter: What the family needs to know (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press, a division of Guilford Publications.
Kirschman, E. (2007). I love a cop: What police families need to know: What families need to know (Revised edition. ed.). Guilford Press
Gilmartin, K. M. (2002). Emotional survival for law enforcement. Tuscan, AZ: E-S Press.
Bentz et al, (2021) Crockford. L. Chapter -9 ‘The Lifeworlds To Deathworlds of First Responders: Becoming a Stranger to Oneself and Others’ DeGruyter – Academic publishing Berlin Germany
