Resources

• Hotlines, Warmlines, Crisis
• Apps
• Books
• Central Valley Therapists with Evening and Weekend Availability
• Chronic Pain
• Climate Change
• Groups
• * Online Only Groups
• * Local/Central Valley Groups
• Identity and “Success“
• Mindfulness
• Personality Tests
• Psychiatrists
• Recovery
• * 12 Step Groups
• * Secular or Alternate Recovery
• Self-Soothing
• Simplicity
• Social Justice
• Relationships
• Self-Care
• Ted Talks

Hotlines, Warmlines, Crisis

• Emergency – Dial 911
• Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline1-800-273-8255
• Text GO to 741741 to reach a trained Crisis Counselor through Crisis Text Line, a global not-for-profit organization. Free, 24/7, confidential.
• Fresno County Department of Behavioral Health Warm Line: 559-600-WARM (9276), Monday – Friday, 8:00AM to 5:00PM
• NAMI-Fresno Warm-line (559) 224-2469
• Department of Public Health 600-INFO – for general information about COVID-19
• 211 (general resources)
• California Peer Run Warm-Line 1 (855) 845-7415
• Fresno County Access Line 1-800-654-3937
• Elder/Senior Friendship Line: 800.971.0016 (crisis and warmline)

Apps

• Excel At Life – Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy (MBCT) – https://excelatlife.com
• Fabulous – Build Better Habits and Achieve Your Goals – https://www.thefabulous.co/
• Insight Timer – https://insighttimer.com/
• Mindfulness Coach – https://mobile.va.gov/app/mindfulness-coach
• Shine – https://www.theshineapp.com/

Books

• Dreams by Olive Schreiner (open source)
• The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz
• The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
• The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• Love’s Executioner by Irvin Yalom
• Shadows Before Dawn – Finding the Light of Self-Love Through Your Darkest Times by Teal Swan
• You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero

Chronic Pain

• Lucid Lane Support Groups – https://www.lucidlane.com/support-groups
• Sisters for Pelvic Health – Free Monthly Support Group – https://www.facebook.com/sistersforpelvichealth
• Movement with Penny – https://www.facebook.com/movementwithpenny
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain – https://www.va.gov/PAINMANAGEMENT/CBT_CP/Providers.asp
• EMDR for Chronic Pain – https://overcomingpain.com/

Climate Change

350. org – https://350.org/
Cliimate + Mind – https://www.climateandmind.org/
Talk Climate – https://talkclimate.org/

Groups

Online Only

• Lucid Lane Support Groups – https://www.lucidlane.com/support-groups
• Men’s Group – The Leader In Online Men’s Groups & Men’s Community (mensgroup.com)

Local/Central Valley Groups

Addiction

• Healthcare Professionals Addiction Recovery – Don Farmer, LMFT
• LifeSTAR of the Central Valley – Sexual Addiction – Classes, Workbooks and Group, Individual, Couples Therapy – Jeff Crane, PhD, AMFT and Kyle Weir, PhD LMFT and Stacey B Thacker, MA, LMFT
• Lifestyle Transformation – Compulsive Eating – Stacey B Thacker, LMFT
• YouthSTAR of the Central Valley – teens with pornography or sexual addictions – Kyle N Weir, PhD, LMFT

Anger Management

• Anger Management (Christian Counseling) – Dr. and Mrs. Antionette Brookins, LMFT
• Anger Management (Meets Court Requirements) – Susan S. Hill, MS, LMFT, CAMS-I
• Anger Management – Tiffany Gorham, Townsend Therapy Services
• Anger Management – Samantha Lewis, MS, LMFT

Anxiety

Anxiety Phobias and Fears Workshop – Tiffany Gorham, MS, LMFT

Autism

Spectrum Skills Co-Ed Group (Ages 7-9) – Blanca Alvarez, LMFT

Caregivers

Caregiver Group – Nnenna Ndika, PhD

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – Mrs. Laura R. Ballard, MS, MFT, LPT, AOD

Couples

Hold Me Tight Workshop – Krystal Castillo, MA, LMFT

Coparenting

One Heart, Two Homes – Livewell Behavioral Health Counseling Center

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

• DBT Skills Group – Blanca Alvarez, MS, LMFT
• DBT Skills Group – Narine Zilfugharyan, LCSW, DBTC (Clovis)
• Dialectical Behavioral Skills Training – Dr. Nicole R. (Harder) Luk, PhD

Eating and Weight Management

MB-EAT: Mindfulness Based – Eating Awareness – Jaryn Warren, MA, LMFT, CEAP

Healthcare Providers

• Healthcare Professionals Addiction Recovery – Don Farmer, LMFT
• Support Group for Healthcare Providers – Dawn Keller, MA, LMFT

Insomnia

Insomnia Treatment – Betty Liao, PhD

LGBTQ+

Gay Men’s Groups – Scott C Polenz, MA, MFT
LGBTQia Teen (14-18) Group – Scott Polenz, MA, MFT
LGBTQ Support – Gina M Keller, PsyD, LMFT

Mindfulness

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) – Lee Ann O’Neal, MA, LMFT

Parenting

Relationship-focused Parenting Group – Laura Slagle, MA, LMFT And Olive Leaf Family Therapy Inc

Pregnancy and Postpartum

• Growing through Postpartum – Kelsey B. Garcia, MS, AMFT
• Mindful Mommas – Postpartum Depression, Cheryl Hixson, LMFT
• Pregnancy and Postpartum Wellness – Melissa Wagner, PsyD

Spanish-Speaking

• Entre Mujeres – Spanish speaking processing group – Blanca Alvarez, LMFT

Spirituality

• SoulCollage: Dancing with Inner Light

Women

• Empower the best version of yourself – Bernadine Bermudez, LCSW
• Women’s Empowerment Therapy Group – Cara Jean Emes, PhD (Clovis)
• Women’s Group – Kelly Winter, MS, LMFT, CTHP, CLC
• Women’s Group – Laura Slagle, MA, LMFT and Olive Leaf Family Therapy Group

Trauma

• Trauma Group – Nnenna Ndika, PhD

Youth

Children

• Social-Emotional Group for Children (Ages 6-10) – Laura Slagle, MA, LMFT

Teenagers

• Girls Group for teens – Eunice Uribes, LCSW
• Self Harm No More – Rebecca Otten, MA, LMFT, PPS
• Social Skills Group for Teens – Janet Toribio, PhD

Identity and “Success”

• Gifted Kid Syndrome – https://chsprospector.com/3125/a-e/gifted-kid-syndrome/
• Imposter Syndrome – The Neil Story (with Additional Footnote) – https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2017/05/the-neil-story-with-additional-footnote.html

Mindfulness

• Mindfulness Coach (basic principles and practices)
  https://mobile.va.gov/app/mindfulness-coach
• Insight Timer (can search meditations, shows others meditating around the world, themed programs)
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotlightsix.zentimerlite2&hl=en_US
• Stop Panic & Anxiety Self-Help App – Recommended by APA’s Div 12 – Society of Clinical Psychology (a very reputable source): https://www.amazon.com/Excel-At-Life-Anxiety-Self-Help/dp/B0064OSV66
• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program (taught in hospitals and clinics around the world): https://palousemindfulness.com/index.html

Personality Tests

• MBTI – https://www.16personalities.com/
• Enneagram (if you get other people to take the test, you can look up what it looks like to be in relationship between your number and theirs) – https://enneagram.bz/en

Recovery

12-Step Groups

• AA – Alcoholics Anonymous https://www.aa.org/
• ACA – Adult Children of Alcoholics for those who were raised in alcoholic and other dysfunctional families https://adultchildren.org/
• Al-Anon/Alateen, for friends and families of alcoholics, associated with AA https://al-anon.org/
• CA – Cocaine Anonymous https://ca.org/
• CLA – Clutterers Anonymous https://clutterersanonymous.org/
• CMA – Crystal Meth Anonymous https://www.crystalmeth.org/
• Co-Anon, for friends and family of cocaine addicts, associated with Cocaine Anonymous https://co-anon.org/
• CoDA – Co-Dependents Anonymous, for people working to end patterns of dysfunctional relationships and develop functional and healthy relationships https://coda.org/
• COSA – a friends and family group associated with Sex Addicts Anonymous https://cosa-recovery.org/
• COSLAA – CoSex and Love Addicts Anonymous, for friends and family of people with a sex or love addiction, associated with SLAA
• DA – Debtors Anonymous https://debtorsanonymous.org/
• EA – Emotions Anonymous, for recovery from mental and emotional illness https://emotionsanonymous.org/
• FA – Families Anonymous, for relatives and friends of addicts https://www.familiesanonymous.org/
• FA – Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous https://www.foodaddicts.org/find-meeting
• FAA – Food Addicts Anonymous https://www.foodaddictsanonymous.org/
• GA – Gamblers Anonymous http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/ga/content/recovery-program
• Gam-Anon/Gam-A-Teen, for friends and family members of problem gamblers https://www.gam-anon.org/
• HA – Heroin Anonymous https://heroinanonymous.org/
• MA – Marijuana Anonymous https://marijuana-anonymous.org/
• NA – Narcotics Anonymous https://www.na.org/
• N/A – Neurotics Anonymous, for recovery from mental and emotional illness
• Nar-Anon, for friends and family members of addicts https://www.nar-anon.org/
• NicA – Nicotine Anonymous https://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/
• OA – Overeaters Anonymous https://oa.org/
• PA – Pills Anonymous, for recovery from prescription pill addiction. https://www.pillsanonymous.org/
• RA – Racists Anonymous http://rainternational.org/
• RCA – Recovering Couples Anonymous https://recovering-couples.org/
• SA – Sexaholics Anonymous https://www.sa.org/
• SAA – Sex Addicts Anonymous https://saa-recovery.org/
• SCA – Sexual Compulsives Anonymous https://sca-recovery.org/WP/
• SIA – Survivors of Incest Anonymous https://siawso.org/
• SLAA – Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous https://slaafws.org/
• SRA – Sexual Recovery Anonymous https://sexualrecovery.org/
• UA – Underearners Anonymous https://www.underearnersanonymous.org/
• WA – Workaholics Anonymous https://www.workaholics-anonymous.org/

Secular or Alternate Recovery

• LifeRing https://lifering.org/
• Secular Recovery Meetings https://secularrecoverygroup.org/
• SMART Recovery https://www.smartrecovery.org/
• Refuge Recovery https://refugerecovery.org/
• Recovery Dharma https://recoverydharma.org/

Relationships

• Codependent Patterns and Characteristics – https://coda.org/meeting-materials/patterns-and-characteristics-2011/
• Esther Perel – https://www.estherperel.com/
• “Love is Not Enough” – https://markmanson.net/love
• SexTherapy.com – Professionals Who Care about Sexual Health
• “The Four Agreements” – https://www.thefouragreements.com/
• The Four Horsemen: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling – https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-recognizing-criticism-contempt-defensiveness-and-stonewalling/
• The Four Horsemen: The Antidotes – https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-the-antidotes/
• The Golden Ratio – https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-magic-relationship-ratio-according-science/
• The 5 Stages of Relationships – https://www.loveatfirstfight.com/relationship-advice/relationship-stages/
• Triangular Theory of Love – https://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/community/slzctr/stdcsl/stdcsl_triangular.pdf
• Trauma Bonding (see below) from @alyssamariewellness
• What is the Sound Relationship House? – https://www.gottman.com/blog/what-is-the-sound-relationship-house/

Self-Soothing

• Clarity – Jorge Anderson Collazo
• Favorite BLS Track – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k2HMSIxK0k
• F*CK THAT – An Honest Meditation

Self-Care

• Wellness Recovery Action Plan – http://namirockland.org/uploads/2/7/4/0/2740404/blank_wrap_forms_with_mc_permission.pdf

Simplicity

• Checking Your Phone as Soon as You Wake Up (video) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUCQDnCvX-Q
• The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Book) by Marie Kondo
• The Simplicity Project – exercises in elective deprivation – (article) – https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202002/the-simplicity-project
• Voluntary Simplicity (Book) by Duane Elgin

Social Justice

• The Iceberg of Trauma Includes Oppression by Jen Alexander – https://msjenalexander.com/the-iceberg-of-trauma-includes-oppression/

Ted Talks

• “We’re all hiding something. Let’s find the courage to open up.” – https://www.ted.com/talks/ash_beckham_we_re_all_hiding_something_let_s_find_the_courage_to_open_up
• The Magic of Not Giving a F*** – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwRzjFQa_Og
• “Greening the Ghetto” – https://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_greening_the_ghetto/transcript