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 and coaching to individuals, teens, children, couples and families in English and Spanish.  Her office is close to Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Oakland, Piedmont and Lamorinda.      1664 Solano Ave. Berkeley, CA 94707

    Contact me to arrange for a free consultation.

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