Suggested Reading
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Emergency Services
EMDR
Getting Past Your Past by Francine Shapiro
​Tapping In by Laurel Parnell
Brainspotting
Brainspotting with Young People: An adventure into the mind by Mark Grixti
Brainspotting: The Revolutionary New Therapy for Rapid and Effective Change by David Grand PhD
Parenting
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J.Seigel
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Laura Markham
Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges by Patty Wipfler and Tosha Schore, M.A.
What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew by Sharon Saline
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
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Children & Adolescent Books
A Child's First Book About Play Therapy by Marc A. Nemiroff
Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations by Gabi Garcia
Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids by Kelli Miller LCSW
What Should Danny Do? (Power to Choose Series) by Air Levy
The Confidence Code for Girls by Katty Kay
Me and My Feelings by Vanessa Green Allen
Breathe Like a Bear by Kira Willey
Relationships
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson EdD
We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love by Robert Johnson
How to Be An Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
Break up/Divorce
Conscious Uncoupling by Katherine Woodward Thomas
How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams, Harold Bloomfield and Melba Colgrove
The Co-Parenting Handbook by Kareen Bonnell
Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce by Jo-Ann Pedro-Carroll
Building Inner Resources
Your Body Knows the Answer by David I. Rome
Gestalt as a Way of Life Awareness Practices by Cyndy Sheldon
Living Like You Mean It by Ronald J. Frederick, Ph.D.
The Mindfulness Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff, PhD and Christopher Germer, PhD
A combination of stress, problems, and old behaviors can create a crisis or an emergency in our lives and in the lives of our children. The following is a list of agencies that are available to assist you. If you are in need of immediate help, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency hospital.
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1(800) 273-8255
www.sucidepreventionlifeline.org
Santa Clara County
http://www.sccgov.org/sites/mhd/Pages/default.aspx
Emergency Psychiatric Services
871 Enborg Lane
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: 1 (408) 885-6100
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Parental Stress Hotline and Teen Line
24-hr help line (408) 279-8228
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San Mateo County
http://smchealth.org/mentalhealth
Psychiatric Emergency Services
San Mateo Medical Center
222 West 39th Ave., San Mateo, CA, 94403
Phone: (650) 573-2662
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center
1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone: (650) 696-5915
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Additional Resources
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Parents Helping Parents
Support groups for parents of children who have speech problems language delays, motor, emotional and learning problems. See www.php.com for listing of more support groups. (408) 727-5775
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The Warm Line- Teen Line
Confidential non-crisis toll free line.
https://teenlineonline.org/yyp/the-warm-line/
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