Here is a list of some organizations that may be helpful for a variety of issues:
- Crisis Support Services of Alameda County: 800-309-2131
- National Crisis and Suicide Hotline: 800-273-TALK (8255)
- Crisis Hotline: 855-278-4204
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: www.afsp.org
- ACCESS (Medi-Cal recipients or those with no insurance): 800-491-9099
- City of Fremont Youth and Family Services: 510-574-2100
- Second Chance, Inc. (Crisis Line): 510-792-4357
- National Alliance on Mental Illness: 800-950-NAMI
- Tri-City Community Support Center: 510-795-2434
- Fremont Hospital (Inpatient Psych/IOP/PHP): 510-796-1100
- On your mind (chat room for teens): www.onyourmind.net
- Teen crisis text line for Alameda County: text SAFE to 839863
- Alcoholics Anonymous: 510-839-8900 www.eastbayaa.org
- Alanon/Alateen: 510-276-2270
- Fremont Hospital Chemical Dependency Program: 510-796-1100
Depression links:
- Depression and How Therapy Can Help: Good Therapy Learn About Depression
- Depression Screening: ADAA.ORG Depression Screening
Grief and Loss links:
- www.centerforloss.com
- For the loss of a child: www.compassionatefriends.org
- Suicide Loss Toolkit
- Children’s Grief Education Association: www.childgrief.org
- National Alliance for Grieving Children: www.childrengrieve.org
- Support for miscarriage and child loss: www.silentgrief.com
- Resource for the newly widowed
- www.compassionbooks.com
- www.griefnet.org
- www.griefspeaks.com
- www.dougy.org
- www.refugeingrief.com
Suggested Reading:
SELF-COMPASSION, SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND PERSONAL GROWTH:
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Rising Strong by Brene Brown
True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in your own Awakened Heart by Tara Brach by Tara Brach
Radical Acceptance: Embracing your life with the heart of a buddha by Tara Brach
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristen Neff
You Tube talk:
There is Nothing Wrong with You by Cheri Huber
Also see her other books such as “The Fear Book”, “The Depression Book”, “Be the Person You Want to Find”; “Relationship and Self-Discovery”, “The Key and the Name of the Key is Willingness”, “That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You to Seek”.
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Awakening from Anxiety by Connie L. Habash, LMFT
SPIRITUALITY/EXISTENTIALISM:
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
- Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris
- Toward a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation by John Welwood
- Be Here Now by Ram Dass
- Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge and Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda
- Soul craft and Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin
COUPLES:
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and The Relationship Cure by John Gottman
- For Women Only and For Men Only by Shaunti Feldhan
- How to Be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- The New Rules of Marriage by Terry Real
TRAUMA:
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
- In an Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine
- Crash Course: A Self-Healing Guide to Auto-Accident Trauma by Diane Poole Heller
- Waking Up From War: A Better Way Home For Veterans and Nations by Joseph Bobrow
- The Power of Attachment by Diane Poole Heller
NATURE-RELATED:
- Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
- Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver
- The Snow Leopard by Peter Mathiessen
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
- A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
- Wild comfort by Kathleen Dean Moore
- Moving through Grief, Reconnecting with Nature by Jay Dufrechou
PARENTING:
- Time-out for Parents: A Guide to Compassionate Parenting by Cheri Huber
- The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Shefali Tsabary
- Parenting from the Inside out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, The Whole Brain Child and No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel
- The Family Crucible by Augustus Napier
GRIEF AND LOSS:
- Who Dies and Meetings at the Edge by Steven Levine
- Being with dying by Joan Halifax
- The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski
- Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan
- It’s OK that You’re Not OK by Megan Devine
- The Hot, Young Widows Club by Nora McInerny
- The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After A Child Dies? by Nisha Zenoff, Ph.D
- Healing a Spouse’s Grieving Heart by Alan Wolfelt
- Healing after Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore
- Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joanne Cacciatore
- Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman
- Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Heart by Gary Roe
CHILDREN’S GRIEF BOOKS:
- The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
- Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola
- Gentle willow: A Story for Children About Dying by Joyce Mills
- Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss by Michaelene Mundy
- I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas
- Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies by Janis Silverman
- The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr
- Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Brian Mellonie
- Someone I Loved Died: A Child’s Workbook About Loss and Grieving by Wendy Deaton
- Someone I Loved Just Died: What Happens Now? by Jill Johnson-Young LCSW