True intimacy is hard to find and build upon, especially when our own identity starts to erode. Licensed Clinical Social Worker Kristen Searcey shares her female-pronged cycle of abuse in this Part 2 Episode. The episode is designed to help you see behaviors in yourself and others and seek support from a mental health specialist.

Kristen Searcy is an EMDRIA certified EMDR Trauma Therapist and the founder of A Desert In Bloom Therapy in Phoenix. She specializes in helping women heal from complex trauma, domestic violence and eating disorders, blending clinical expertise with an artist's soul. Her work guides women toward the freedom to live fully in the present and to sing their own heart song again.

Kristens Website

Psychology Today

A Desert In Bloom Instagram

IF you or someone you know is not doing okay call or text 988

for mental health support and crises.

https://988lifeline.org/

Other Support links

NAMI Support Lines/ Details

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Link to apply for an OOP (order of protection) in Maricopa county

General Information https://superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/llrc/orders-of-protection/

Link to apply (you must create a login on AZ Point to file) https://azpoint.azcourts.gov/

 Domestic Violence Shelter (one main screener for all DC shelters in AZ)DV STOPhttps://turnanewleaf.org/services/sexual-and-domestic-violence-services/dvstop/

Arizona Address Confidentiality Program Applicationhttps://azsos.gov/services/address-confidentiality-program/application-assistants

Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Project https://www.azbf.org/domestic-violence-legal-assistance-project