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Resources for Healing
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​SUPPORT GROUPS

Flying Free, Natalie Hoffman 

Healing from Hidden Abuse, Shannon Thomas

Celebrate Recovery

Sanon

Alanon

WEBSITES/VIDEOS

Addo 

Flying Free, Natalie Hoffman

Healing from Hidden Abuse, Shannon Thomas

Leslie Vernick

Safe Haven, Shahida Arabi

Why Domestic Violence Victims Don’t Leave, Leslie Morgan Steiner 

Wild to Wilderness, Sarah McDugal

YouTube channel “Counseling Patrick Doyle”

BOOKS

Deciding to Stay or Go

Can Your Relationship be Saved? How to Know Whether to Stay or Go, Dr. Michael S. Border

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Lundy Bancroft

The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships, Dr. Patrick Carnes

 

Divorce

Conscious Uncoupling, Katherine Woodward Thomas

Divorce: Think Financially Not Emotionally, Jeffrey A. Landers

Divorce and Remarriage in the Church, David Instone-Brewer

Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Bill Eddy

The Life Saving Divorce, Gretchen Baskerville

When I Do Becomes I Don’t: Practical Steps for Healing During Separation and Divorce, Laura Petherbridge

God is My Witness: Making a Case for Biblical Divorce, Cindy Burrell

Trauma & Healing

Changes that Heal, Dr. Henry Cloud

Daring Geatly, Brene Brown

Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, Amy Cuddy

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Dr. Bessel van Der Kolk

The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown

Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman

Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores, Diane Langberg

Marriage

Mutual by Design: A Better Model for Christian Marriage, Elizabeth Beyer

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman

 

Faith

Beyond Sex Roles: What the Bible Says About a Women’s Place in the Church and Family, Gilbert Bilezikian

God’s Word to Women, Katherine C. Bushnell

Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality, Rebecca Groothius

Fractured Covenants: The Hidden Problem of Martial Abuse in the Church, Marie O’Toole

Fraudulent Authority: Pastors Who Seek to Rule Over Others, Wade Burleson

Paul, Women, and Wives: Marriage and Women’s Ministry in the Letters of Paul, Craig S. Keener

The Black Swan Effect: A Response to Gender Hierarchy in the Church, several contributing authors

The Equality Workbook: Freedom in Christ from the Oppression of Patriarchy, Helga & Bob Edwards

The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church, David Johnson and Jeff Van Vonderen

Untwisting Scripture that was Used to Tie You Up, Gag you, and Tangle Your Mind, Rebecca Davis

Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified and Marginalized Women of the Bible, Sandra Glahn

What Paul REALLY Said About Women, John Temple Bristow

 

Sexual Betrayal

Intimate Deception: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Betrayal, Dr. Sheri Keffer

Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal, Dr. Kevin Skinner

 

Helping Your Children

Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control, Heather Forbes

Co-Parenting with a Toxic Ex, Dr. Amy J. L. Baker & Paul R. Fine

Divorce Poison: How to Protect Your Family from Bad-Mouthing and Brainwashing, Dr. Richard A. Warshak

Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive, Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, John Gottman

Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach, Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley

When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children heal The Wounds of Witnessing Abuse, Lundy Bancroft

 

Children’s Books

https://www.flyingfreesisterhood.com/resources-help-kids-learn-emotional-resiliency-skills

 

Narcissists

Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare, Shahida Arabi

Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers, Karyl McBride, Ph.D.

Wizard of Oz and other Narcissists, Eleanor Payson

PODCASTS

 

Beyond Bitchy: Mastering the Art of Boundaries, Vicki Tidewell Palmer

Don’t Mom Alone- Episode Interview with Jeni B

Flying Free, Natalie Hoffman

Helping Couples Heal, Duane Osterlind & Marnie Breeker

Simple Self Care, Naturally Randi Kay

The Betrayed, The Addicted and The Expert

The Boundaries.me Podcast, Dr. Henry Cloud

Local Housing Resources
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SPARCC

State certified domestic violence shelter

2139 Main St. Sarasota, FL (941) 365-0208

 

Family Promise Open Doors Program

720 Shamrock Blvd Venice, FL, 34293 (941) 497-9881

 

Salvation Army CENTER OF HOPE SHELTER COMPLEX

1400 Tenth StreetSarasota, Florida 34236 (941) 954-4674 or 953-(HOPE)

 

Harvest House Family Haven Shelter Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing

650 17th Street Sarasota, FL (941) 203-6454

 

Resurrection House

507 Kumquat Ct, Sarasota, FL 34236 (941) 365-3759 

 

Hope Family Services

State certified domestic violence shelter

Manatee County 1201 8th Ave. W Bradenton, FL - 34206 (941) 747-8499

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