Resources

Local & National Crisis Resources

  • ReSolve Crisis Network (Allegheny County 24/7 Crisis Line): 1-888-7-YOU-CAN (796-8226)
  • Pittsburgh Action Against Rape: Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (24/7 Support Line): 1-866-END-RAPE (363-7273)
  • Pittsburgh Center for Victims Crisis Line – 1-866-644-2882
  • Greater Pittsburgh Women’s Center and Shelter: 412-687-8005 or text 412-744-8445 9 AM – 9 PM
  • Pittsburgh Warmline (Peer Support 10 am – Midnight daily): 1-866-661-WARM (9276)
  • Pittsburgh Casa San José (Immigration Emergency Line): 412-736-7167
  • UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital: 412-624-1000 or toll free at 1-877-624-4100
  • Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741
  • National Suicide Prevention Hotline : 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
  • National Postpartum Support Warmline– 1-800-944-4PPD (4773)
  • LGBT National Hotline – 1-888-843-4564
  • Trevor Line: 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
  • GLBT National Help Center: 1-888-843-4564 or 1-800-246-7743 (for those age 25 and under)
  • National Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860

Pittsburgh Area Resources & Peer Support Groups

Access Needs & Resources

Books & Tools

  • Healing Sex: A MindBody Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma (Staci Haines)
  • Come as You Are (Emily Nagoski)
  • The Jealousy Workbook (Kathy Labriola)
  • Pleasure Activism (adrienne maree brown)
  • The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intime Violence Within Activist Communities (Chen)
  • Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement (Dixon)
  • Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha)
  • Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
  • In My Grandmother’s Hands (Resmaa Menakem)
  • The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk)
  • Women Who Run With the Wolves (Clarissa Pinkola Estés)
  • The Moon Book: Lunar Magic to Change Your Life (Sarah Faith Gottesdiener)
  • Motherpeace Tarot (Katherine Vogel and Vicki Noble)
  • She is Sitting in the Night (Oliver Pickle)
  • Why Are People Into That? Podcast
  • Sex Gets Real Podcast
  • Sex Nerd Sandra Podcast
  • Therapy for Black Girls Podcast
  • Where Shall We Begin Podcast
  • Scarleteen (Sex-positive sex education)