Resources & Reading Suggestions
Contact me if you'd like to discuss any of these reading materials or if you'd like to consider utilizing any of these approaches in therapy. I hope you find some of these suggestions helpful if you're looking for any of the following:
- crisis resources
- low cost and sliding scale services
- information about therapy methods
- reading suggestions for relationships, anxiety, depression, body image, or mindfulness
- smartphone app's and technology to support your health and wellness.
24 hour crisis hotlines:
If you are experiencing a crisis, contact the Crisis Support Services of Alameda County.
For a life threatening emergency, dial 911 or go immediately to the nearest emergency room.
To learn more about some of the therapy methods I use and relevant theories I've been trained in:
- Alameda County: 800.309.2131
- National Suicide Hotline: 800.SUICIDE or 800.273.TALK
- Trevor Project - Specifically for LGBTQ youth, The Trevor Project offers 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention phone, chat,or text service: 1-866-488-7386
If you are experiencing a crisis, contact the Crisis Support Services of Alameda County.
For a life threatening emergency, dial 911 or go immediately to the nearest emergency room.
To learn more about some of the therapy methods I use and relevant theories I've been trained in:
- For information on Contextual Behavioral Science and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), read the material published by the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Non Violent Communication is an awareness practice that helps people communicate their needs and make positive requests in service of increased harmony and connection.
- TEAM Therapy, A Cognitive Behavioral Approach developed by David Burns, MD
- For information about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, see the Academy of Cognitive Therapy's Consumer Resources page and the article What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy? published online at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy Training Center
- For couples and families, refer to the research and therapy method developed by John and Julie Gottman: Gottman Method Couples Therapy, which is based on several decades of research and interviews with happy and troubled relationships
Low cost therapy and sliding scale wellness services:
Please note that these resources are provided for information only. I can't endorse or verify the qualifications of any of the providers at these organizations.
Please note that these resources are provided for information only. I can't endorse or verify the qualifications of any of the providers at these organizations.
- Find a low fee community acupuncture clinic with sliding scale fees near you. There are several throughout the bay area.
- The Wright Institute has supervised interns in training who provide low cost Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Life West Health Center offers low cost chiropractic care by supervised students
- The Berkeley Therapy Institute is an East Bay mental health clinic that offers sliding scale therapy with licensed clinicians as well as low cost therapy with supervised interns. Ask for a therapist who is being trained to specialize in the areas you're seeking help.
- The Pacific Center is an LGBTQ community center in Berkeley that provides low cost psychotherapy by supervised interns.
Suggested Reading
Relationships:
Anxiety:
Depression:
Financial freedom and wellbeing:
Health, body image, and healthy goal-setting
Mindfulness, meditation, and neuroscience:
Relationships:
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver
- Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
- Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
- MoreThanTwo.com a website and book by and for people who are in polyamorous relationships
- Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
- The Surprising Purpose of Anger by Marshall Rosenberg
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix
- Be the Person You Want to Find: Relationship and Self Discovery by Cheri Huber
- Forgive for Good by Frederic Luskin
- Daring to Trust by David Richo
Anxiety:
- The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by John P. Forsyth and Georg H. Eifert Ask your therapist if you're interested in getting help with this guided process to address anxiety and worry.
- Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self Help WorkBook) by Steven Hayes and Spencer Smith
- When Panic Attacks by David Burns
- Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey
Depression:
- Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self Help WorkBook) by Steven Hayes and Spencer Smith
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns
Financial freedom and wellbeing:
- Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez and Monique Tilford
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
- Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life by John Bogle
- All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi
- Read more about financial therapy in these news articles: "10 Questions For a Financial Therapist" and "Why your bank account needs its own therapist."
Health, body image, and healthy goal-setting
- Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon
- Unconditional Self Acceptance by Cheri Huber (a CD audio home study course)
- Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
- There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate by Cheri Huber
- Best Year Yet is a goal-oriented yearlong program to guide you through setting and reaching goals. Ask me for more information if you're interested in getting help with using this guided program.
Mindfulness, meditation, and neuroscience:
- The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
- Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
- The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal
- Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
- Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson
Mindfulness apps tools and technology
See my blog post, Apps for Mindfulness & Mental Health, for a more comprehensive list of apps to support healthy sleep habits, self compassion, and mental health.
See my blog post, Apps for Mindfulness & Mental Health, for a more comprehensive list of apps to support healthy sleep habits, self compassion, and mental health.
- Insight Timer, an app to time and track mindfulness and meditation sessions
- Yoga Nidra - There are a variety of free and low cost apps and online sources for Yoga Nidra scripts. Try several and find one with voice recording and pacing that works for you. If you have one in your area, I recommend an in-person class from a teacher who is especially knowledgeable in this restorative yoga practice.
- Free guided meditations by meditation teacher and psychologist Tara Brach
- Free Guided Self-Compassion exercises by Kristin Neff
- Act Coach, a free app to help with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy processes and includes free guided mindfulness exercises
- Breathe2Relax, a free app to help guide deep breathing
- HeartMath, an app and other technology tools to help with stress reduction. Ask me about the HeartMath system if you are interested in getting help with this technology.
