RESOURCES
Crisis
Tel (855) 278 4204
A 24-hr hotline that assists those who are feeling suicidal or in a crisis and need to talk to someone. Multi-lingual counselors are available. Provides immediate and confidential emotional support and crisis intervention to those in life-threatening situations. Volunteers are specifically trained in crisis and suicide intervention and prevention.
Trevor Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386 for LGBTQ and allies
Grief and Loss - Kara
LGBTQ
EMDR
Internal Family Systems
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
The Enneagram Personality System
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
The books listed below have each spoken to me and fit with my approach to mental health and treatment.
Trauma
Transgender
Addiction
The Enneagram Personality System
Mindfulness
Tel (855) 278 4204
A 24-hr hotline that assists those who are feeling suicidal or in a crisis and need to talk to someone. Multi-lingual counselors are available. Provides immediate and confidential emotional support and crisis intervention to those in life-threatening situations. Volunteers are specifically trained in crisis and suicide intervention and prevention.
Trevor Lifeline at 1-866-488-7386 for LGBTQ and allies
Grief and Loss - Kara
- An organization in Palo Alto that provides both peer support and grief therapy. - www.kara-grief.org Tel: (650) 321 5272
LGBTQ
- A list of resources in Santa Clara County - https://www.sccgov.org/sites/bhd/info/Pages/lgbtq-resources.aspx
- Bill DeFrank LGBT Community Center, San Jose - https://www.defrankcenter.org/
- Events and resources for the LGBT + community
- A list of resources in San Mateo County - https://lgbtq.smcgov.org/san-mateo-county-lgbtq-resources
- Pride Center, San Mateo - https://sanmateopride.org/
- Events and resources for the LGBT + community
- Gender Spectrum - www.genderspectrum.org
- Information and resources for the LGBT + community
- Lambda Legal - www.lamdalegal.org
- Legal, education and advocacy work touching nearly every aspect of life for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV.
- National Center for Transgender Equality - https://transequality.org/
- Advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people.
- PFLAG - www.pflag.org
- Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy
- Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy
- The Trevor Project - www.thetrevorproject.org
- Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth and allies
EMDR
Internal Family Systems
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
The Enneagram Personality System
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
The books listed below have each spoken to me and fit with my approach to mental health and treatment.
Trauma
- The Body Keeps the Score, Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk (2015)
- Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors, Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation by Janina Fisher (2017)
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Pat Ogden & Janina Fisher
Transgender
- Transgender Teen by Stephanie and Bill and Lisa Kenney
Addiction
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate (2008)
The Enneagram Personality System
- The Essential Enneagram: The Definitive Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide by David Daniels &Virginia Price (2009)
Mindfulness
- Mindsight, the New Science of Personal Transformation by Dan Siegel (2010)
- Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson Ph.D & Forrest Hanson (2018)
- Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh (2002)·
- The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield (2009)