RESOURCES

BOOKS

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

Getting Past Your PastTake Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy by Francine Shapiro, PhD.

Feeling Good: the New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns, M.D.

Feeling Good Together: the Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work by David D. Burns, M.D.

Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Necessary Losses: the Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up In Order To Grow by Judith Viorst

When Panic Attacks: the New Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life by David D. Burns, M.D.

Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, Onno Van Der Hart

WEBSITES

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Charlotte: local support groups, etc.

Postpartum Support International: online support meetings, PSI helpline, etc.

Promise Resource Network: the Recovery Hub with free classes, meetings, and support groups, peer support, advocacy, etc.

PHONE NUMBERS

Mobile Crisis Team: 704–566–3410 Provides residents of Mecklenburg County who are experiencing a mental health crisis assistance and access to supportive Community Resources. The team is dispatched to provide emergency psychiatric assessment, immediate intervention for family crises, interventions for parents and children and assistance to the hospital or other appropriate psychiatric care.

Cardinal Innovations 24/7 referral and crisis line: 1-800-939-5911

Emergency 911 – Ask for CIT Trained Officer (Crisis Intervention Team)

Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 988

Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

National Maternal Mental Health Hotline: Call or text 1-833-9-HELP4MOMS (1-833-943-5746)