Resources

Low Fee Counseling Centers

• The Psychotherapy Institute, 510-548-2250
• Women's Therapy Center (El Cerrito), 510-524-4822
• Center for Holistic Counseling (JFK University), 510-444-3344

Crisis Support

• Suicide Prevention, Crisis Support Services of Alameda County, 800-309-2131.
• Parental Stress, 510-893-5444, 800-829-8777.
• Mobile Crisis, Berkeley, CA, 510-981-5254.
• Battered Women's Alternatives, 888-215-5555 (24 hours).
• Sausal Creek, Stabilization Services, Oakland, CA, 510-437-2363.

Psychiatry

• Schuman-Liles Clinic
• Community Psychiatry Associates (low fee), 510-834-2049
  827, Broadway, Suite 300, Oakland, CA, 94607
  

Recovery

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Al-Anon/Alateen
• Alcoholism and Recovery
• Pacific Center, Berkeley, CA (various 12 step meetings), 510-548-8283.

Eating Disorders

• Casa Serena, Concord, CA, Jackie Holmes, 925-682-8252.
• SomethingFishy.com (More resources).
• Gurze Catalog: www.Gurze.com.
• Alta Bates-Herrick Hospital (Adolescent Inpatient, PHP and IOP program for Teens).
• Maria Miller, Concord Therapy Center (Teen group for Eating Disorders, meets Monday evenings 6-7:30 pm, for $45 a session).
• Standford Medical Center, 650-498-4468.
  

National Mental Health Resources

• National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI)
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
• National Institute of Mental Health

Community Resources

• Circle of Care, Grief support for Children, Families, 510-531-7551.
• Camp New Hope, Annual weekend camp held in Livermore, CA
  for kids (ages 9-17) diagnosed with bipolar/mood disorder.
• Low cost Psychiatry, East Bay, CA, Schuman Liles, 510-569-9334.

Reading Material

At-Risk Children & Teens

• Self-Injurious Behavior: Assessment, Treatment and the Recovery Process; Cross Country University Press.
• I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression; Terrence Real
• The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence;
  Alderman, T.
• I Hate You – Don’t Leave Me; Kreisman J., Straus H.
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents; Marsha Linehan
• Eating in the light of the moon; Anita Johnston (eating disorders)

Depression & Trauma

• On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations about Overcoming Depression; Cronkite, K.
• Trauma and Recovery; Herman, J. L.
• An Unquiet Mind; Jamison, Kay Redfield
• Darkness Visible; William Styron
• Healing through Dark Emotions; Miriam Greenspan
• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma; Peter A. Levine
• Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide; Jamison, Kay Redfield
• Touched by fire: Manic depressive illness and the artistic temperament; Jamison, Kay Redfield

Women

• The Female Brain; Louann Brizendine, M.D.
• The Beauty Myth; Naomi Wolf
• Women who run with the wolves; Clarissa Pinkola Estes
• Our Bodies, Ourselves

Families & Parenting

• Reviving Ophelia - Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls; M. Pipher, PhD
• The Drama of the Gifted Child; Alice Miller
• Yes, your teen is driving you crazy. Loving your kid without losing your mind; Michael J. Bradley
• Parenting from the inside out; Siegel and Hartzell
• The Explosive Child; Ross W. Greene
• Stop negotiating with your teen: Strategies for Parenting your angry, manipulative, moody or depressed adolescent; Janet Saddon Edgette
• Don't Shoot the Dog; Karen Pryor
• The Good Divorce; Constance Arons

Art Therapy

• Transforming Depression: A Jungian approach using the creative arts; Rosen, D.
• Creative Transformation: The healing power of the arts; Lewis, P.
• Man and his symbols; Jung, C.

Mindfulness

• Anger; Thich Naht Hanh
• An Open Heart: Practicing compassion in everyday life; Dalai Lama
• Destructive Emotions: How can we overcome them; Dalai Lama
• The Miracle of Mindfulness;Thich Naht Hanh
• The Light on Yoga; B. K. S. Iyengar