Local Crisis Resources

Trauma Support:
Alameda Family Services (510) 629-6300
California Youth Crisis Line (800) 843-5200
Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse Resource Center (415) 206-8386
Community United Against Violence (CUAV) hotline (415) 333-HELP
San Francisco Suicide Prevention Hotline (415) 781-0500
San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR) hotline (415) 647-7273

Addiction & Recovery:
Alcoholics Anonymous (415) 674-1821
Al-Anon (415) 834-9940
Asian American Recovery Services (415) 762-3700
Castro Country Club: (415) 552-6102

Housing & Shelters:
East Bay Community Recovery Project (510) 446-7100
Housing Rights Committee (415) 703-8644
La Casa de las Madres (877) 503-1850
S.F. Rent Board (415) 252-4602

Community Support:
Access Institute (415) 861-5449
East Bay Meditation Center (510) 268-0696
Healthy San Francisco (415) 615-4555
Jewish Family & Community Services (510) 704-7475
La Clínica (510) 535-4000
Native American Health Center (510) 434-5421
Oakland LBGTQ Community Center (510) 882-2286

Books, Thinkers & Podcasts

Books:
Soul without Shame, Byron Brown
Quiet, Susan Cain
Start Where You Are, Pema Chödrön
Polysecure, Jessica Fern
Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski
Self-Compassion, Kristin Neff
Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel
The Body Is Not an Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor
The Noonday Demon, Andrew Solomon

Influential Thinkers and Teachers:
Tara Brach
Brené Brown
Ijeoma Oluo

Podcasts:
On Being
Where Should We Begin?
Mental Illness Happy Hour

Well Being & Advocacy

About Face
Headspace
It Gets Better
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
TED Talks on Understanding Racism
10 Percent Happier