Why Does He Do That by Lundy Bancroft has been changing the lives of women experiencing domestic violence since 2002. In this first episode of the I Have a Book Problem Podcast I review the book and talk about mental health after traumatic events such as domestic violence.

If you or someone you love is experiencing domestic violence, help is available.

Canada:

• ShelterSafe.ca is a map where you can shelters in your area
• Families Canada https://familiescanada.ca/find-family-resource-centre/ helps connect families in Canada to resources
• Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text connect to 686868 if you are between the ages of 5 to 29.
• Hope for Wellness for indigenous people can be found at 1-855-242-3310
• LGBT National Hotline 1-888-843-4564
• Talk 4 Healing 1-855-554-4325
• Reach Out Crisis Line 866-933-2023

USA

• National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233
• YMCA list of state by state resources https://www.ywca.org/what-we-do/domestic-and-sexual-violence-services/

UK

• Refuge National Domestic Abuse Hotline 0808 2000 247
• Mens Domestic Abuse Hotline 0808 8010 327
• LGBQ+: Galop 0800 999 5428
• Additional resources at NHS https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/getting-help-for-domestic-violence/

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