Resources for People who Have Experienced Trauma

Find support within these spaces:

• Healing and Recovery from Trauma & PTSD
  https://www.paywhatyoucanpeersupport.com/
  Hosted by Pay What You Can Virtual Peer Support.
• Healing Through Creative Arts Workshop
  https://www.cambridgewomenscenter.org/monthly-calendar
  Sponsored by Survivor Theatre Project for survivors of sexual violence and held in cooperation with the Cambridge Women’s Center.
• Navigating Trauma in a Brave Space
  https://kivagroups.carrd.co/#tuesday
  Tuesdays at 6 pm
  Trauma looks different for everyone, but we all know we can’t ignore it. Join us in this journey of navigating our trauma. Hosted by Kiva Centers.
• Trauma Group
  https://www.cambridgewomenscenter.org/monthly-calendar
  Our mission is to create a safe and welcoming environment for women who have experienced any kind of trauma. Hosted by the Cambridge Women’s Center.

These online communities are a good source for asynchronous support:

• C-PTSD & PTSD Support Discord Server
  https://discordservers.com/server/253630004645199873
  A safe place to seek support for trauma and talk about treatment, symptoms, and experiences. Along with this, we hang out, play games, share photos, videos and tons of recovery resources that users have collected and pinned.
• C-PTSD Support Community Subreddit
  https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/
  Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is rarely discussed in public forums, even though healthy connection to others is an integral part of healing. This is a peer support community for those who have undergone prolonged trauma and came out the other side alive and kicking, but with wounds that need tending. This is also a place for friends and family of the victims to come for support. Learn more:
• PTSD Subreddit
  https://www.reddit.com/r/ptsd/
  We are a supportive, respectful community for discussion and links of interest for people who have PTSD or have friends, family members, or partners with PTSD.
• Trauma Toolbox Subreddit
  https://www.reddit.com/r/traumatoolbox/
  A place to seek or share coping strategies, resources, art, music, videos, and other survivor tools.

Get help finding a therapist from a real person

• LINK-KID (limited by city, age, or circumstance)
  https://www.umassmed.edu/cttc/cttc-services/link-kid/
• Therapy Matcher
  https://therapymatcher.org/contact/
• William James Interface (limited by city or town)
  https://interface.williamjames.edu/
• Metro West Referral Line (limited by city or town)
  https://bhpmw.info/referral-line/

Find a therapist who have been trained in trauma-focused practice:

• Find a TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) Certified Therapist
  https://tfcbt.org/therapists/
• Find a Therapist – International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
  https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=ISSTD&WebCode=IndSearch
• Find an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapist – EMDR Institute
  https://www.emdr.com/SEARCH/
• Find an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapist – EMDR International Association
  https://www.emdria.org/find-an-emdr-therapist/
• Find an ACT (Acceptance And Commitment Therapy) Therapist – Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
  https://contextualscience.org/civicrm/profile?gid=17&reset=1&force=1

Books:

• Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women’s Workbook
  https://www.wellnessrecoveryactionplan.com/product/healing-the-trauma-of-abuse-a-womens-workbook/
• It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/531653/it-didnt-start-with-you-by-mark-wolynn/
• WRAP for the Effects of Trauma
  https://www.wellnessrecoveryactionplan.com/wrap-for-the-effects-of-trauma/

Zines:

• Out of the Fog: PTSD, CPTSD, Acute Stress Disorder, Depression, Codependency, A Radical Guide
  https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/10280
• Trauma is Really Strange
  https://us.singingdragon.com/products/trauma-is-really-strange