Laurel House Resources
Below are links to downloadable and printable brochures with domestic violence information and resources for survivors and their loved ones.
Click to open the tabs below for links to Laurel House resources:
Montgomery County 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.
Click to open the tabs below for links to Montgomery County resources:
Basic Needs
Social Services/Resource Support
Food/Clothing/Homeless Services
Children, Family, and Mental Health 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 Reading 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
Suggested Reading for Children and Teens
For Children
- 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
- A Terrible Thing Happened Today by Margaret M Holmes and Sasha J Mudlaff
- A Family That Fights by Sharon Chesler Bernstein and Karen Ritz