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Welcome to the Resource Library

Whether you're just beginning your healing journey or looking for additional support, this page is here for you. Below you’ll find articles, books, websites, and other helpful tools that speak to trauma recovery, nervous system regulation, and everything in between.

Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t. You’re doing great.

Hotlines

  • LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline 888-OUT-LGBT (888-688-5428)

  • The Trevor Project- For LGBTQIA2S+ folks, Text “START” to 678-678 or call at 866-488-7386

  • Call or text 988 for 24 hour Suicide and Crisis Line

  • RAINN- National Sexual Assault Hotline, 800-656-4673 or go to rainn.org to chat, for SA and CSA

  • survivors who need support or resrouces

  • Los Angeles Department of Mental Health Crisis and Access Line 1-800-854-7771

  • BlackLine is available 24/7 via phone or text at 1-800-604-5841 is operated by and for members

  • of BIPOC communities

  • 1-623-473-7433 is a psychedelic hotline for anyone currently tripping and needing support

Websites and Tools

https://www.shinesupport.org/​

for survivors of harm in the psychedelic space 

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Podcasts and Talks

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/other-peoples-problems/id1355059144

Other People’s Problems is a podcast featuring a therapist, researcher, author, and PSIP

instructor. It includes audio recordings of real PSIP psychedelic sessions to give you a taste of

what this model actually feels like.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holy-hurt-podcast/id1693293143

Holy Hurt is a mindful look at the ways spiritual abuse affects religious trauma survivors and

maps out gentle reframes and alternatives. Spiritual abuse goes deep and its effects can have a

similar presentation to C-PTSD.

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https://www.plantmedicine.org/podcast

Psychedelic Medicine Podcast has guests from various specialties exploring topics like safety,

preparation and integration, healing from racialized trauma, the benefits of different medicines

for certain symptom presentations, and so much more.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-from-the-abyss-psychiatry-in-stories/id1469826718

Back From the Abyss has deeply personal healing stories from trauma survivors, often including

moving details from their psychedelic experiences. The show also has professionals who share

tools and insights from their trauma specialties.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/dz/podcast/complex-trauma-recovery/id1540714935

Complex Trauma Recovery is a place where you can gain a lot of psychoeducation about

trauma, how it effects our nervous systems, relationships, and behaviors. The host is so

knowledgeable about complex trauma and has amazing guests to share their specialties as well.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adoptees-on/id1123372859

Adoptees On is a must listen for adoptees who are seeking an adoptee centered space that

amplifies adoptee voices. Personal stories, as well as an amazing healing series featuring

adoptee therapists make up the majority of the episodes.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/raising-good-humans/id1473072044

Raising Good Humans is a great resource for helping parents understand themselves and their

children better. She has a lot of practical advice as well as good conceptual framework to start

getting more curious about challenges in your home.

Get in Touch:

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Santa Clarita, CA 91321

Tel: (818) 606-3294
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