Books that I highly recommend on parenting:
Transforming the Difficult Child, Howard Glasser,
Parenting from the Inside Out, Daniel J. Siegel, MD
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
You can order these books at www.difficultchild.com, www.barnesandnoble.com or www.amazon.com
Marin County, California - 24 hour Hotline
If you are feeling suicidal, call the 24-hour confidential hotline at 415-499-1100 for crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and grief counseling--provided free of charge to Marin County residents
www.fsamarin.org/suicideprevention.htm
California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (CAMFT):
Site includes California statewide 'therapist finder'.
www.therapistfinder.com
Marin CAMFT:
Contains a directory of local psychotherapists from the Marin Chapter of CAMFT
www.marincamft.org
Internet Mental Health
A free encyclopedia of mental health information.
www.fsamarin.org/suicideprevention.htm
Anger Online
An extensive list of articles, self-tests and other information compiles by a Toronto-based therapy center.
www.angeronline.com/html/links.html
Child Abuse Prevention Network
This site was originally launched as an outreach effort of the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University; provides information, links to other resources
www.child-abuse.com
Online Depression Screening Test
From the National Mental Health Association.
www.depression-screening.org
Family Violence Prevention Fund
A San Francisco based nonprofit organization working to end domestic violence and help women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse.
www.endabuse.org
National Center on Elder Abuse
A non-profit clearinghouse of articles, statistics, laws, conferences, research and links.
www.elderabusecenter.org
AARP Grief & Loss
A collection of resources and information for people of all ages who are grieving.
www.elderabusecenter.org
The Shiva Foundation
A nonprofit organization formed to open the dialogue around issues of grief and loss in such a way that honors loss in the cycle of life; links, FAQ's , workshops, book.
www.goodgrief.org
National Center for PTSD
Information about various traumas, their consequences and treatment.
www.ncptsd.va.gov/
The Difficult Child-Howard Glasser's site
www.difficultchild.com
The Gottman Institute, Inc.
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent child, The Heart of Parenting, John Gottman, Ph.D. an acclaimed psychologist and researcher. Many good books and research on couples work as well as parenting.
www.gottman.com