RESOURCES

ORGANIZATIONS AND HELPFUL LINKS

  • 24 Hour Hotline for Alameda County-   (800) 309-2131

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline-  (800) 273-TALK

  • Berkeley Parents Network-  very useful information and advice from Berkeley parents on a variety of topics.    http://berkeleyparentsnetwork.org/

  • Clinica de la Raza-   low cost mental and primary health care services in Alameda County.    http://www.laclinica.org/

  • SAMHSA-  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.   http://www.samhsa.gov/

  • NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)-  national organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.    http://www.nami.org/

  • Answers to Questions about Panic Disorder-  American Psychological Association  http://www.apa.org/topics/anxiety/panic-disorder.aspx

  • National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-   http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

  • Attention Deficit Disorder Association-    http://www.add.org/

  • How Psychotherapy can help people recover from depression-  American Psychological Association    http://www.apa.org/topics/depress/recover.aspx

  • Suicide: Read this first-     http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

  • The National Domestic Violence Hotline-  http://www.thehotline.org/

  • Anxiety and Depression Association of America-  http://www.adaa.org/http%3A/%252Fwww.adaa.org/resources-professionals/depression-and-anxiety-journal

  • Depression Screening Test-   http://whatsmym3.com/screening/support/screen.aspx

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Depression and Anxiety

  • Feeling Good by David Burns, MD

  • How I stayed Alive when my Body was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention by Susan Rose Blauner

  • An End to Panic by Elke Zuercher-White, PhD

  • You can Feel Good Again by Richard Carlson PhD

Attention Deficit Disorder

  • ADD Friendly Ways to Organize your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau, PhD 

  • Driven to Distraction by Edward Hallowell, MD

Relationships

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine, MD and Rachel S. Heller M.A.

  • Becoming Attached by Robert Karen

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman, PhD 

  • The Science of Trust by John Gottman, PhD

Divorce and Co-Parenting

  • The Co-Parenting survival guide: Letting Go of conflict after a difficult divorce by Elizabeth Thayer, PhD and Jeffrey Zimmerman, PhD

  • Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way by Gary Neuman

Happiness

  • Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson, PhD

  • Positivity by Barbara Fredrickson, PhD

  • Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Mindfulness

  • Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield, PhD

  • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle 

Parenting

  • How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Fiber and Elaine Mazlish

  • Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers by Michael Riera

  • Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel Siegel, MD

  • The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel, MD

Substance Abuse

  • Being Sober by Harry Haroutunian, MD

Vilma Sylvester, LMFT provides psychotherapy online and in person to individuals, couples and families in the San Francisco Bay Area.    Contact me to arrange a free consultation.

 (925)640-7481

 vilmasylvesterlmft@gmail.com