Reading ListPauline Boss. Loss, Trauma, and Resiliency.
Adrienne Maree Brown. Emergent Strategies. Pema Chodron. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Pico Iyer. The Art of Stillness. Arthur Kleinman. Wounded Healer. Peter Levine. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. Resmaa Menakem. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Rachel Naomi Ramen. Kitchen Table Wisdom. |

Resources
Crisis Services
If you are having a mental health crisis, feeling suicidal, or at risk for harming yourself or another person, these services welcome you to call and are available 24 hours a day. You can also receive help getting services for your mental health crisis in a local emergency room. If you are my client, please leave me a message as well.
Alameda County – Crisis Support Services – 800-309-2131
Contra Costa County – Psychiatric Emergency Services
– 925-646-2800
San Francisco County – Psychiatric Emergency Services
– 415-206-8125
California Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
RAINN – 24-hr National Sexual Assault Hotline – 800-656-HOPE
Crisis Text Line – “Text START to 741741. Live crisis counselor available 24/7 in the USA.”
Trans Lifeline – 877-565-8860 – Crisis Hotline by and for the transgender community.
Additional Health & Counseling Resources
Access Institute in San Francisco – lower cost therapy in San Francisco
Bay Area Women Against Rape
Blue Oak Therapy Center – lower cost therapy in Berkeley
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic– Oakland clinic providing free complementary medicine treatment to low-income women with cancer.
Circle of Care – support groups, individual & family counseling for children aged 2-18 who are affected by death and/or life-threatening illness of a parent, caregiver, or family member.
Community United Against Violence – queer anti-violence organization
East Bay Meditation Center – “A diverse community sharing wisdom teachings and social engagement.”
Kaiser Permanente Behavioral Health Education Department – classes on Managing Depression, Anxiety, Anger, MBSR, Improving Your Sleep, etc.
Liberate – a meditation app to support the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community in healing to thrive with love
Living Arts Counseling Center – psychotherapy through drama and expressive arts.
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
Pacific Center – community-based LGBTQ mental health and wellness services in Berkeley
Psychology Today – extensive search engine to find psychotherapists and other resources
Oakland Center for Holistic Counseling – lower cost therapy in Oakland
Therapists of Color Bay Area
Women’s Cancer Resource Center– Oakland clinic providing direct services to women with cancer and their caregivers.
Crisis Services
If you are having a mental health crisis, feeling suicidal, or at risk for harming yourself or another person, these services welcome you to call and are available 24 hours a day. You can also receive help getting services for your mental health crisis in a local emergency room. If you are my client, please leave me a message as well.
Alameda County – Crisis Support Services – 800-309-2131
Contra Costa County – Psychiatric Emergency Services
– 925-646-2800
San Francisco County – Psychiatric Emergency Services
– 415-206-8125
California Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
RAINN – 24-hr National Sexual Assault Hotline – 800-656-HOPE
Crisis Text Line – “Text START to 741741. Live crisis counselor available 24/7 in the USA.”
Trans Lifeline – 877-565-8860 – Crisis Hotline by and for the transgender community.
Additional Health & Counseling Resources
Access Institute in San Francisco – lower cost therapy in San Francisco
Bay Area Women Against Rape
Blue Oak Therapy Center – lower cost therapy in Berkeley
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic– Oakland clinic providing free complementary medicine treatment to low-income women with cancer.
Circle of Care – support groups, individual & family counseling for children aged 2-18 who are affected by death and/or life-threatening illness of a parent, caregiver, or family member.
Community United Against Violence – queer anti-violence organization
East Bay Meditation Center – “A diverse community sharing wisdom teachings and social engagement.”
Kaiser Permanente Behavioral Health Education Department – classes on Managing Depression, Anxiety, Anger, MBSR, Improving Your Sleep, etc.
Liberate – a meditation app to support the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community in healing to thrive with love
Living Arts Counseling Center – psychotherapy through drama and expressive arts.
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
Pacific Center – community-based LGBTQ mental health and wellness services in Berkeley
Psychology Today – extensive search engine to find psychotherapists and other resources
Oakland Center for Holistic Counseling – lower cost therapy in Oakland
Therapists of Color Bay Area
Women’s Cancer Resource Center– Oakland clinic providing direct services to women with cancer and their caregivers.