HELP & SUPPORT

If you're unsure or scared, trust your gut. There are people who will believe and help you.

• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  800-799-SAFE (7233) | thehotline.org

             24/7 confidential support from trained advocates
 

• Crisis Text Line
  Text HOME to 741741 | crisistextline.org
   
• DomesticShelters.org
  Find local shelters and support: domesticshelters.org
   

• Called to Peace Ministries – calledtopeace.org
  Christ-centered support groups, education, and advocacy for women in abusive marriages.

• Validated: Own. Voice. Heal. - with Valerie
  For brave women breaking the silence of emotional, spiritual, and psychological abuse, especially in marriages that looked “perfect” from the outside. 

• Therapy & Theology Podcast – Lysa TerKeurst
  Learning how to work through what you walk through.

• Relationship Truth: Unfiltered – Leslie Vernick
  Real answers in emotionally destructive relationships

• Therapy in a Nutshell – Emma McAdam, LMFT
  Simple tools for managing trauma, emotions, and mental health.
   

• The Emotionally Destructive Marriage – Leslie Vernick
  Recognizing when a marriage is toxic and how to respond with strength and faith.

• The Secret of Overcoming Verbal Abuse – Albert Ellis, Ph.D., Marcia Grad powers
  Getting off the emotional roller coaster and regaining control of your life.

• Boundaries in Marriage – Henry Cloud, John Townsend
  Learn how setting healthy boundaries in your marriage can strengthen, or even save your relationship with your spouse. 

• The Body Keeps The Score – Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

         Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma.

•  It’s My Life Now – Meg Kennedy Dugan

         Starting over after an abuse relationship or domestic violence.