Resources
Montgomery County offers text-to-911 services if it is unsafe or you are unable to make a phone call. Click here to learn more about this service.
Children and Family Services:
- Central Behavioral Health
- Children's Crisis Treatment Center
- Early Learning Resource Center
- Family Services
- Growth and Opportunity Center
- Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia (JFCS)
- The Lincoln Center
- Maternal Wellness Center
- Maternity Care Coalition
- Merakey Behavioral Health
- Mission Kids
- Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Mont. Co.)
Suggested Readings
For adults:
- The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics by Lundy Bancroft
- But I Love Him: Protecting Your Teen Daughter from Controlling, Abusive Dating Relationships by Dr. Jill Murray
- Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft
- Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know by Al Miles
- Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse: The Complete Survival Guide by Jane Clarke
- Exposing The Abusive Female by Kimberly Taylor
- Is it Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage: A Christian Women's Guide to Hidden Emotional and Spiritual Abuse by Natalie Hoffman
- Family and Friends' Guide to Domestic Violence: How to Listen, Talk and Take Action When Someone You Care About is Being Abused by Kimberly Taylor
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? by Lundy Bancroft
- Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder by Bill Eddy and Randi Kreger
- The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans
- No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
- When Dad Hurts Mom by Lundy Bancroft
- Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft
For children and teens:
- A Terrible Thing Happened Today by Margaret M Holmes and Sasha J Mudlaff
- In Love & In Danger by Barrie Levy
- A Family That Fights by Sharon Chesler Bernstein and Karen Ritz
- Healing the Bruises by Lori Morgan and Kathy Kaulbach
- Talking about Domestic Abuse: A Photo Activity Workbook to Develop Communication between Mothers and Young People by Cathy Humphreys and Ravi K. Thiara
- How Are You Feeling Today Baby Bear? by Jane Evans and Laurence Jackson
- Hands are Not for Hitting by Martine Agassi
- The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
- Cool Down and Work Through Anger by Cheri J Meiners
- Words are Not for Hurting by Elizabeth Verdick
- Do You Have a Secret? by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
- Brave Bart: A Story For Traumatized and Grieving Children by Caroline H. Sheppard
- Hear My Roar: A Story of Family Violence by Gillian Watts