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
Rebecca Farrar - Wild Witch of the West
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
Eastern Body Western Mind
The Body Keeps Score
The Journey of Souls
Come As You Are
The Body is Not an Apology
Me and White Supremacy
White Fragility
Reclaiming Your Body
​The Gene Keys
Columbus and Other Cannibals
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
​It Didn't Start with You
Pleasure Activism
Women Who Run With the Wolves
The Artist's Way
The Wisdom of the Enneagram
The Sophia Code
Braiding Sweetgrass
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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
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

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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.