Resources — Ebb & Flow Connections Cooperative

The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
Mad in America by Robert Whitaker
Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker
Psychiatry Under the Influence by Lisa Cosgrove & Robert Whitaker
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health edited by L.D. Green & Kelechi Ubozoh
On Our Own by Judy Chamberlin
Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Marree Brown
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine
The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh
Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
The Answers are Within by Amber Rae
Emotions Journal by Amber Rae
What It Takes to Heal by Prentiss Hemphill
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate

Intentional Peer Support: “Crisis and Connection,” “Shared Risk: Redefining Safety,” “Peer Support as a Socio-Political Response to Trauma and Abuse,” “Crisis as an Opportunity for Growth and Change” (author Shery Mead) https://www.intentionalpeersupport.org/articles/?v=b8a74b2fbcbb
Mad in America - Science, Psychiatry, and Social Justice https://www.madinamerica.com/
“The life saving lesson suicidal people can teach a world in a pandemic” by Alia A. Dastagir https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/05/21/suicide-coronavirus-covid-19-peer-support-mental-health-help/2999404001/
“That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief” by Scott Berinato https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief

Resilient Wisconsin: Trauma Informed Practices https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/resilient/trauma-informed-practices.htm
Trauma Stewardship Institute https://traumastewardship.com/

Fireweed Collective (formerly The Icarus Project): Crisis Toolkit, Mad Maps & Oppression: Paths to Personal Transformation and Collective Liberation, Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Families Healing Together https://www.familieshealingtogether.com/
Hearing Voices Network http://www.hearing-voices.org/
Wildflower Alliance https://www.wildfloweralliance.org/
The I’m Ok Collective https://theimokaycollective.wixsite.com/redefineyourmind

“Six Ways You Can Really Help Prevent Suicide” by Leah Harris https://www.madinamerica.com/2014/03/six-ways-can-really-help-prevent-suicide/
Kevin Hines: http://www.kevinhinesstory.com/
Don Ritchie “Angel of the Gap”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpSuK4RKak
Live Through This project by Dese’Rae Stage https://livethroughthis.org/about/
“Alternatives to Suicide” Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2zrMv8C7CA&feature=youtu.be

Resources for further learning