Resources
Support, information, and community resources to help you navigate difficult moments and continue caring for yourself between sessions.
If you are experiencing an emergency, are concerned about your immediate safety, or feel unable to keep yourself safe, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.
Please note that Rooted Horizons Clinical Counselling is not a crisis service and messages are monitored during regular business hours only.
If you need immediate support, the following resources are available:
988 Suicide Crisis Helpline
Call or text 988 (available 24 hours a day across Canada)
Interior Crisis Line Network
1-888-353-CARE (2273)
KUU-US Crisis Line (First Nations and Indigenous Peoples)
1-800-588-8717
Kids Help Phone
Call 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868
If you are unsure whether you need crisis support, it is always okay to reach out. You do not have to navigate difficult moments alone.
If You Are In Crisis
Many people find them helpful companions in their healing journey.
Books
The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk
What Happened to You? – Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Anchored – Deb Dana
Parenting from the Inside Out – Daniel Siegel
Videos
EMDRIA Introduction to EMDR
Window of Tolerance
Polyvagal Theory Explained Simply
Understanding Trauma and the Nervous System
Learn More About EMDR
Recommended Reading & Viewing
Healing is rarely linear.
There may be days when progress feels clear and days when old patterns reappear. THis does not mean you are not doing it right or are moving backwards. Growth often unfolds gradually as the nervous system learns that new possibilities are available.
Be patient with yourself. Give yourself some grace and be kind. The goals is not perfection, but greater flexibility, connection, and choice.