Resources

If you are experiencing a mental health emergency please call the Deschutes County crisis line 541-322-7500 ex 9 or dial 911.  

• Deschutes County Stabilization Center

63311 Jamison St. Bend OR 9770

Crisis Line: 541-322-7500 ex 9

24/7 emergency services

• National Suicide Hotline

800-273-8255 

• Saving Grace

Services and resources for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors

• Refuge Recovery 

• Thrive Central Oregon

Connecting people to basic needs, housing, and financial resources

• Bright Mind Integrative Psychiatry

Local practice offering Ketamine therapy and TMS

• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. Pete Walker. 

This is a great book that explains C-PTSD and offers practical and user-friendly tools and techniques. 

• The Way Out. Alan Gordon

This book touches on the science behind chronic pain and explains somatic tracking.

• Childhood Disrupted. Donna Jackson Nakajawa

Science on the physical impact of childhood trauma and how it can lead to chronic illness/pain. Also has some strategies for recovery. 

• The Myth of Normal. Trauma, illness, and healing in a toxic culture. Gabor Mate. 

A personal favorite!  He also has a book titled "When the body says no" about chronic illness.

• Living Well with Pain and Illness: using mindfulness to free yourself from suffering. Vidyamala Burch

Great introduction into using mindfulness to cope with pain. Includes breathwork, movement, kindness, and meditation. 

• Self-Compassion: the proven power of being kind to yourself. Kristin Neff

Great book on how to develop compassion for self. 

• Free 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course through Palouse Mindfulness

This course is a wealth of information and full of videos, worksheets, and articles. MBSR is a evidenced based intervention for chronic pain/illness, stress, and depression. 

• The Atlas of Emotions

A fun interactive tool to increase your emotional awareness. A "map of your emotions". 

• Curable App for chronic pain 

This app provides evidence-based chronic pain lessons and research-backed techniques to address pain at every angle. 

* I can provide a free 6 week trial for any client interested*

• Insight Timer App for meditation practice

Free meditation app providing guided meditations, music, binaural beats, and talks from renowned experts. 

• Fleet Maul guided breathing exercises and safe and resourced meditations

• Dr. Rebecca Kennedy's video on long haul covid

• Videos explaining neuroplastic pain

• The Association for treatment of Neuroplastic symptoms