Resources for People who Have Experienced Trauma

Find support within these spaces for people who have experienced trauma:

• Healing and Recovery from Trauma & PTSD
  https://www.paywhatyoucanpeersupport.com/healing-and-recovery-from-ptsd-and-trauma
  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://kivacenters.org/peer-support-groups/
  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.
• Support Groups at the Social Impact Center
  https://rpcsocialimpactctr.org/programs/
• 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 for people who have experienced trauma:

• 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 Support
  https://www.7cups.com/forum/trauma/
  Support for people who have experienced trauma.
• 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.

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

Check out these resources about secondary trauma, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue:

• Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
  https://vtt.ovc.ojp.gov/
• Healing Secondary Trauma: Proven Strategies for Caregivers and Professionals to Manage Stress, Anxiety, and Compassion Fatigue
  https://www.penguinbookshop.com/book/9781641527569
• Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
  https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324030492
• Reducing Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout: A Trauma-Sensitive Workbook
  https://www.routledge.com/Reducing-Compassion-Fatigue-Secondary-Traumatic-Stress-and-Burnout-A-Trauma-Sensitive-Workbook/Steele/p/book/9780367144098
• The Compassion Fatigue Workbook: 28 Exercises for Compassion Fatigued Helping Professionals
  https://resiliencyonline.com/products/
• The Compassion Fatigue Workbook: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization
  https://www.routledge.com/The-Compassion-Fatigue-Workbook-Creative-Tools-for-Transforming-Compassion/Mathieu/p/book/9780415897907
• Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
  https://traumastewardship.com/inside-the-book/

Check out these additional resources:

• Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma
  https://childwellbeingandtrauma.org/
• Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice
  https://www.ctipp.org/
• National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative
  https://www.samhsa.gov/child-trauma
• PACEs Connection
  https://www.pacesconnection.com/
• Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative
  https://traumasensitiveschools.org/