🌿 Local Resources, Bend, OR 🌿
🫶 Trauma-Informed Therapists (Divorce / High‑Conflict) 🫶
✨ Drishti Mental Health – Offers trauma counseling with EMDR and Brainspotting, specifically including support for divorce, emotional abuse, and controlling relationships. ✨ Broken Top Counseling – Specializes in trauma therapy using CBT and EMDR. ✨ Bend Somatic Counseling – Offers somatic and brainspotting therapy for stress and trauma. ✨ BCB Therapy – Offers biofeedback therapy for stress and trauma. ✨ Mirror Pond Counseling – Dedicated to healing trauma through brain-based counseling and integrated psychotherapy. ⚖️ Attorneys & Legal Clinics ⚖️ (Note: sharing options—not endorsements.) ✨ *Larson Family Law ✨ *Alderwood Legal, PC ✨ *Divorce and Custody Services ✨ *Francis Hansen Martin LLP ✨ Hurley Re Law Group, LLC ✨ Baxter Law, LLC *firm has women attorneys 🆘 Domestic Violence Support 🆘 ✨ Saving Grace 24/7 Helpline: 541‑389‑7021 Services: shelter, counseling, advocacy, safety planning ✨ Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Statewide directory for shelters, legal aid, and advocacy ✨National Domestic Violence Hotline National 24/7 support: 1‑800‑799‑SAFE (7233) or text BEGIN to 88788 🛠️ Divorce Tools 🛠️ Coming Soon These printable tools are designed to support your healing, safety, and reclaiming--available soon: ✅ Divorce Checklist – What to Expect at Each Stage
💼 What to Gather Ahead of Time – Documents, accounts, and essentials ⚖️ Questions to Ask an Attorney – Even in a free consultation 🧾 Documentation Tracker Template – For incidents, threats, and legal prep 👁️ Digital Safety & Spyware Awareness Checklist – For tech protection 🗣️ Communication Templates – Language for high-conflict co-parenting 🆘 Safety Planning Tools – For secure transitions and emergencies ✍️ Documentation Strategies – Best practices for court-ready records 🧘🏻♀️ Self-Care Rituals – Emotional support for each phase of separation 💫 ...and more — all crafted to help you rise strong |
📚 Books & Guides 📚
🌿 Emotional Healing & Empowerment 🌿
📘 Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha — by Tara Brach A compassionate guide to befriending yourself through trauma, grief, and uncertainty. 📗 A Gentle Reminder — by Bianca Sparacino Beautifully written poetic truths for the woman learning to reclaim her worth and softness. 🔥 Understanding & Surviving Abuse 🔥 📕 Divorcing a Narcissist: One Mom’s Battle — by Tina Swithin Raw, empowering story and insights on navigating the legal system and emotional warfare of divorcing a narcissist. 📙 Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse — by Shannon Thomas A structured, therapist-developed map through the emotional wreckage of covert abuse. ✍🏽 Journaling & Reflection ✍🏽 📓 Rebirth Oracle Journal — by Natasha Bacca A 30-day guided journal for reclaiming your voice, power, and peace after heartbreak or divorce. 🌿 Emotional Healing, Self-Love, and Recovery 🌿 📗 Untamed – by Glennon Doyle A call to stop abandoning yourself and reclaim your inner voice and wildness. Empowering, especially for women leaving harmful systems or relationships. 📘 The Journey from Abandonment to Healing – by Susan Anderson A comprehensive guide to moving through the grief, self-doubt, and fear that come after rejection or loss. 📙 Codependent No More – by Melody Beattie Classic and accessible guidance for women breaking free from people-pleasing and control dynamics. 📕 Women Who Run with the Wolves – by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Archetypal stories and deep soul wisdom for rewilding your feminine power. 🧠 Nervous System & Trauma Recovery 🧠 📘 The Body Keeps the Score – by Bessel van der Kolk A bestselling, research-based breakdown of how trauma lives in the body—and how to release it. 📙 Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory – by Deb Dana A gentle, practical guide to building internal safety and regulation in trauma recovery. 📕 Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma – by Peter Levine The foundation of somatic trauma healing and nervous system restoration. 🔥 Abuse Awareness, Boundaries, & Legal Survival 🔥 📘 Invisible Bruises: How a Better Understanding of the Patterns of Domestic Violence can Help Survivors Navigate the Legal System – by Kaytee Gillis Clear, validating, and practical for identifying emotional and psychological abuse. 📕 The Narcissist in Your Life: Recognizing the Patterns and Learning to Break Free – by Julie L. Hall A powerful look at how narcissistic abuse can shape your reality—and how to undo it. 📙 Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder– by Bill Eddy & Randi Kreger A must-read for anyone dealing with high-conflict divorce or manipulative co-parents. ✨ Spiritual Resilience & Empowerment ✨ 📗 The Wild Edge of Sorrow – by Francis Weller A poetic and soulful guide to embracing grief as a sacred part of healing. 📘 Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow – by Elizabth Lesser A deeply moving blend of memoir and spiritual insight. Lesser guides readers through loss, heartbreak, and transformation with compassion and honesty. Perfect for those rebuilding after divorce or trauma and searching for meaning in the pain. 📙 Rise Sister Rise – by Rebecca Campbell A call to spiritual awakening and sacred feminine reclamation after loss or identity fracture. |