Resources
Health & Wellness
Local & National
Free Meditation App: Insight Timer
Free or low cost counseling in Wichita, KS
Black Mental Health Professionals ICT
KDAD Directory of Mental Health Services in Kansas
The Phoenix: A Sober Active Community (free services)
She Recovers (recovery support from mental health issues, trauma and substance use)
DCF Behavioral Health Supports & Services – Sedgwick County
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800--273-8255 or dial 988
The lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
SAMHSA National Hotline: 1-800-622-4357
Confidential free help to find substance use treatment and information.
Suggested Reading List
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Writing Down The Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Natalia Goldberg)
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Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading (Bijal Shah)
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies (Resmaa Menakem)
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture (Gabor Mate)
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
Author & Community Tools
The Authors Guild advocates for the rights of writers by supporting free speech, fair contracts, and copyright. We create community and we fight for a living wage.
We Are Wyandotte uncovered massive opportunities in creating/sustaining health equity. Historical property value discrimination (through redlining in the 1930’s) has snowballed over time into our neighborhoods suffering from inadequate housing, lack of access to adequate health care, and environmental health injustices.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. CDC works to understand ACEs and prevent them.