Mental Health Crisis
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County (800.309.2131)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800.273.8255)
Trans Lifeline translifeline.org (877.565.8860)
- Blackline (prioritizing BIPOC) callblackline.com/ (800-604-5841)
- More Mental Health Crisis Resources available here
Low Fee, Sliding Scale and Community Mental Health
BIPOC Mental Health Resource List: Mental Health Resources
Sliding Scale Community Mental Health: https://www.liberationinstitute.org
Pacific Center for Human Growth: https://www.pacificcenter.org
- Rainbow Community Center: https://www.rainbowcc.org/
National Queer and Trans Therapist of Color Network: http://www.nqttcn.com/
Bay Area Open Minds (While I am no longer a part of this network due to their stance on Palestine, they are still a resource for finding therapists who can support folks exploring non-normative lifestyles): http://bayareaopenminds.org/
General LGBTQ+ Cancer Support Groups & Other Resources: https://www.mesotheliomahope.com/resources/lgbtq-cancer-support/
- “You’ve got this” Mental health resources (books, podcasts, terminology, research, how to find a therapist, etc): https://innerdemons.me/#
Therapy, Healing and Anti-racism Resources
Whiteness on the Couch by Natasha Stovall
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by Resmaa Menakem
Resmaa Menakem On Being podcast: Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence
Thread on trauma, somatics and social justice by Kai Cheng Thom
Recording of Abolitionist Social Work: Possibilities, Paradox and Praxis, through Haymarket Books.
Resources on Prison-Industrial Complex Abolition & Anti-Carceral Social Work (compiled by Dr. Sophia Sarantakos)
Signs and Symptoms of White Racial Shame (Otherwise Known as Shame Survival Strategies) & From White Racial Shame to Empathy for People of Color by Vanissar Tarakali
Black Lives Matter: Anti-Racism Resources for Social Workers and Therapists by Dorlee Michaeli
ASMR for White Liberals by andall Otis