Helpful Resources for Support, Learning, and Care

A curated list of crisis supports, books, web resources, and tools for clients, parents, caregivers, and clinicians.

Crisis Resources

If you or someone you love needs urgent support, please use the resources below. If there is immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.

Call or text: 988
Additional number: 1-800-273-8255
Chat: Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Chat

24-Hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Text Crisis Line: Text 741-741
Multnomah County Crisis Line: 503-988-4888
Psychiatric Crisis Line Salem: 503-585-4949
Washington County Crisis Line: 503-291-9111
Clackamas County Crisis Line: 503-655-8585
Vancouver WA Crisis Line: 560-696-9650

Domestic Violence Resources

Books for Parents and Therapists

These books may be helpful for learning more about parenting, trauma, child development, dissociation, and emotional regulation.

You Are Your Child’s First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin Dancy
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Laura Markham
Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings by Laura Markham
Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnick
Joyful Toddlers and Preschoolers: Create a Life That You and Your Child Both Love by Faith Collins
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst: Practical Compassion in Parenting by Kim John Payne
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud
A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. Holmes and Sasha J. Mudlaff
Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book About Bodies, Feelings, and You by Cory Silverberg
What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg

Books for Parents

The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp

Infants

The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Hold On to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté

School Age and Beyond

Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, and Onno van der Hart
No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Working with Voices and Dissociative Parts by Dolores Mosquera
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison