CRISIS
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:   1.800.273.8255  or chat online
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County: Text SAFE to 20121
Alameda County 24 Hour Crisis Line: 1.800-309-2131
SF 24 Hour Crisis Line & Website
SF Mobile Crisis Hotline & Website or 211
Family Paths Parenting Stress Helpline :  1.800.829.3777 or website
Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR): 510.845-7273
RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline & Website
Domestic Violence Resources
LGBTQ Crisis Support: 

• Youth Crisis Line- 1.866.488.7386 ​
• LGBTQ Elder Hotline - 1.888.234.7243
• Community Against Violence 24hr line: 415.333.HELP

MEDICAL  HEALTHCARE
Carbon Health Primary & Urgent Care
Kaiser Permanente Multi-Specialty Transitions Department
FPA Women's Health - Oakland
Planned Parenthood
Tara Natural Medicine
St. James Infirmary
​Covered California



​MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
Mobile Crisis 

• Berkeley/Albany  - 510.981.5900
• Rest of Alameda County  - 1.800.491.9099 
• San Francisco -  415.970.4000 / or 211​

Low Fee Psychotherapy:

• Center for Somatic Psychotherapy
• Liberation Institute
• Center for Mindful Psychotherapy 
• Blue Oak Therapy Center

Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates
Willow Rock Center
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
John George Psychiatric Hospital
UCSF Department of Psychiatry
Community Against Violence (LGBTQ)



MINDFULNESS - MEDITATION - YOGA
East Bay Meditation Center
Berkeley Shambhala
The Zen Center
Spirit Rock
Hot Spot Yoga
Laughing Lotus Yoga



ASTROLOGY 
Renee Stills - Embodied Astrology
Analisa Six - The Mystic Parlor
The Gene Keys
Amma Li Grace 
You Were Born For This- by Chani Nicholas

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RECOMMENDED READS
My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem
Eastern Body Western Mind - Anodea Judith
The Body Keeps Score - Bessel VanDerKolk
The Journey of Souls - Michael Newton
Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski
The Body is Not an Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor
Me and White Supremacy - Layla Saad
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning - Cathy Park Hong
How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi
The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing & Social Justice - Staci Haines
Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde
​The Gene Keys - Richard Rudd
Columbus and Other Cannibals - Jack Forbes
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter Levine
​It Didn't Start with You - Mark Wolynn
The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine Aron
Pleasure Activism - Adrienne Marie Brown
Women Who Run With the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron
The Wisdom of the Enneagram
Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts- Gabor Mate
The Indigenous People's History of the US- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds - Thomas Hübl 
Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy -  Rachel Rickets

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 LEGAL SERVICES
Bay Area Legal Aid
Legal Services for Children
Centro De La Raza
Immigration Center for Women & Children
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HOUSING
Oakland Tenants Union 
SF Rent Board
East Bay Housing Organization
US Department of Housing: Rental Help
Non Profit Housing Association of Northern California



ADDICTION AND RECOVERY 
Alameda Social Services
Moderation Management Meetings Directory
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings
East Bay Community Recovery Project
Additional Alameda County Resources
In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts - By Gabor Mate

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CHILDREN / TEENS / FAMILIES
Gender Spectrum
​Bay Area LGBTQ Youth & Family Organizations
Coyote Coast 
Girls Inc.
Mindfulness Awareness Project 
Family Paths


BODYWORK
McKinnon Body Therapy Center Clinic
Piedmont Spa
Jenna Frisch (@ Berkeley Acupuncture Project)
Bayan Roots 
The Shine Center



ACUPUNCTURE  &  REIKI
Camille Schindler L.A.c. - Honeycomb Acupuncture
Ten Kay L.A.c. -  Seeing Palm Traditional Medicine
Shannon Piercy-Alvarez  L.A.c.- ​East West Integrative Medicine
Circle Community Acupuncture
Oakland Acupuncture Project
Rhea Mistades, Reiki Master

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SOMATICS  &  MOVEMENT 
Ian Shaw-Zak
Moving On Center: School for Participatory Arts and Somatic Research
Body Tales - Authentic Movement
Maria Lentzou
Body Mind Centering
Somatic Experiencing



PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINE
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research
Gabor Mate on Ayahuascha 
Fellowship of the River  - by Joseph Tafur MD
Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge - Jeremy Narby
Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca - Dr. Richard Louis Miller
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan




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THERAPIST REFERRALS
Gina Nobuku-Ramos
Dana Nielsen
Amy Ruben
Meridel Tobias
"Will" S.E. Williams
Jessica Roper



TAROT & ORACLES
Serpent Fire
The Divine Feminine Oracle
The Wild Unknown Deck
The Thoth Deck
The Motherpeace Deck

​DISCLAIMER
Please note, although this is a collection of my personal preferences and likes, I do not endorse any specific practitioner or organization. Please see these as options or directions to go in and discern for yourself what may be the best fit.