Helpful Info including Contact Numbers and Links to Books & Videos

Crisis Contacts

Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Hours: Available 24 hours. 800-273-8255

You can try the new National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number -- 988. This number is similar to dialing 911 in an emergency, all 988 calls should be routed directly to the national suicide hotline.

Trans Lifeline
Hotline in the US that is staffed entirely by transgender people, to serve transgender people.
(877) 565-8860

Websites

Depressed While Black
Depressed While Black envisions a world where people of African descent heal from severe depression through Black-affirming mental health support and advocacy.

Asians Do Therapy
Reducing Stigma and Increasing Accessibility

Sacramento Native American Health Center, Behavioral Health

Trevor Project
A Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Non-binary Youth

A Beginner’s Guide to Being An Ally to Trans People

Gender Health Center, Sacramento
GHC envisions a society where trans people are unbound from all facets of structural marginalization. We aim to manifest a world where trans people are recognized as experts of our own lives, and gender-affirming care is universally accessible. We aspire to build a community that supports trans people no matter where they choose to seek resources and care.

Nami.Org
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

Beacon Health/Partnership Health Plan of California  
24-hour phone line with a non-life threatening emergency to speak with a clinician
(855) 765-9703

Helpful Videos

• How Does EMDR Work? Can It Help Me?
  from the EMDR Movie with Bessel van der Kolk

• Introduction to EMDR Therapy

• Your Best Brain, Your Best Options What is EMDR?

• Understanding Trauma: Learning Brain vs Survival Brain. This video was created for teachers, about the brain and trauma.

• Silencing the Alarm exercise

• Grounding Tree exercise Jamie Marich, Phd

Books/Articles

Getting Past Your Past by Francine Shapiro
Tapping In by Laurel Parnell
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Prince Harry is doing a special trauma therapy called EMDR. It worked for me, The Guardian by Christina Wyman, Jun 16, 2021
Dissociation Made Simple by Dr. Jamie Marich
In a Crisis, We Can Learn From Trauma Therapy, New York Times by Eva Holland, June 15, 2020—NY Times Article that talks about EMDR
This Is What No One Tells You About Adoption: Article by author Andrea Ross
Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
Attached by Amir Levine, Rachel Heller
One Badge One Brain One Life by Dr. Robbie Adler-Tapia
Spinning Inward by Maureen Murdock