crisis services.
Colorado Crisis Services
call: +1 (844) 493-8255
text: 38255
Sexual Assault (RAINN)
call: +1 (800) 565-4673
adoptee therapist directory.
Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, another adoptee of color, has created a robust directory of adoptee therapists and can be found HERE.
books/films I recommend.
about adoption/attachment
Securely Attached by Eli Harwood
Raising Securely Attached Kids by Eli Harwood
How to Deal with Your ____ So Your Kids Don’t Have to by Eli Harwood
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller
The Primal Wound by Nancy Newton Verrier
about trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Your Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma by Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanley PhD & Dr. Bessel van der Kolk MD
Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation by Deb Dana & Dr. Stephen W. Porges PhD
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
about relationships
Monogamous & CNM
Use Your Words: Opening Communication for Open Relationships by Dr. Stephanie K. Webb
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman
about marginalized identities
about people with disabilities
Coming soon…