Support Resources

Suicide

Dial 911 or go to your nearest emergency room

24/7 National Suicide Prevention Life:

1-888-273-TALK [8255] [press "1" if you are a veteran]

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE [7233]

Drug/Alcohol/Substance 12-Step Programs

Family Support

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.

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

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