This list is a work in progress. It’s provided as a resource, not necessarily an endorsement of all services or ideas presented by those included. Links to books are affiliate links which means that I may receive a small commission if you make a purchase. There is no additional charge for you. Unless otherwise noted, services and resources are based in the U.S.
Estrangement Support Organizations
Together Estranged (U.S. based)
Stand Alone (U.K. based)
Therapist Directories (U.S.)
Gaylesta (Psychotherapist Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity): https://gaylesta.org/
Inclusive Therapists: https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/
Institute for Muslim Mental Health: https://muslimmentalhealth.com/findtherapist/
Latinx Therapy: https://latinxtherapy.com/
Melanin & Mental Health: https://www.melaninandmentalhealth.com/
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network: https://nqttcn.com/en/
Neurodivergent Therapists: https://ndtherapists.com/
Open Path Collective (lower cost counseling): https://openpathcollective.org/
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
Therapy Den: https://www.therapyden.com/
Therapy for Black Girls: https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com/
Therapy for Latinx: https://www.therapyforlatinx.com/
Therapy in Color: https://www.therapyincolor.org/
Trauma Therapist Network: https://traumatherapistnetwork.com/therapists/
Hotlines
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call 988 or 1-800-273-8255, or visit https://988lifeline.org/
Blackline, support for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, LGBTQ+ affirming: call 1-800-604-5841 or visit https://www.callblackline.com/
Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741 or visit https://www.crisistextline.org/
Love Is Respect support for intimate partner violence: call 1-866-331-9474, text LOVEIS to 22522, or visit https://www.loveisrespect.org/
Trans Lifeline: call 1-877-565-8860 or visit https://translifeline.org/
Trevor Lifeline for LGBTQ+ young people: call 1-866-488-7386 or visit https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
Warm Lines state-by-state directory: https://screening.mhanational.org/content/need-talk-someone-warmlines/
Your Life Counts, international suicide prevention resources: https://yourlifecounts.org/find-help/
12-Step Groups
Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families
Podcasts
Sherapy Sessions: Cutting Toxic Family Ties (Sherrie Campbell)
Adult Child Podcast (Andrea Ashely) – focuses on dysfunctional family issues
Books
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members by Sherrie Campbell
But It’s Your Family: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath by Sherrie Campbell
Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role by Rebecca Mandeville
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People by Lindsay Gibson
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents and Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
Toxic Parents by Susan Forward
If You Had Controlling Parents by Dan Neurharth
Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb
The Emotionally Absent Mother by Jasmin Lee Cori
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Stephanie Kriesberg
Perfect Daughters by Robert Ackerman
Silent Sons by Robert Ackerman
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
The Disease to Please by Harriet Braiker
Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Woititz
The Better Boundaries Workbook by Sharon Martin