Therapist In-Person San Rafael, CA
& Online Therapy in CA
For trauma, anxiety, health issues, and life transitions
Grief and Hope
By the Bay Health-Beyond Hospice
Compassionate Friends, Support for the Loss of a Child
The Dinner Party-grief support for 20-40 year olds
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center-Grief and Growing Groups
Four Tasks of Mourning by William Worden, Ph. D
Center for Loss and Life Transition, Articles on Loss, Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D
HAND-Helping After Neonatal Death
Healing Through the Dark Emotions, Miriam Greenspan
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief, Martha Hickman
Good Grief: Healing Through the Shadow of Loss, Deborah Coryell
A Widow’s Story: A Memoir, Joyce Carol Oates
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
Suddenly Alone: A Women’s Guide to Widowhood, P. Gates
Move on Without Me: The Power of A Woman To Create A New Life After Widowhood, Susan Beer
Widower: When Men Are Left Alone, Scott Campbell
Losing a Parent, Alexandra Kennedy
The Infinite Thread: Healing Relationships Beyond Loss, Alexander Kennedy
Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman
Fatherless Women: How We Change After We Lose Our Dads, Clea Simon
Father Loss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms with the Deaths of Their Dads, Neil Chetnik
Midlife Orphan: Facing Life’s Changes Now That Your Parents Are Gone, Jane Brooks
Losing Your Parents, Finding Yourself: The Defining Turning Point of Adult Life, Victoria Secunda
Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying (book and CD)
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Courses:
Kaiser Permanente offers MBSR classes at various locations
Guided Imagery
Belleruth Naparstek, Health Journeys
Healing and Transformation Through Self-Guided Imagery, Leslie Davenport
Trauma & Traumatic Psychotherapy
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Freedom from Pain, Peter Levine, PhD
Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine, PhD
Becoming Safely Embodied Book and Workbook, Deirdre Fey, LCSW
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors, Janina Fisher, PhD. Also any workbooks by her.
Menopause Transition
North America Menopause Society (NAMS)
The Upgrade by Louann Brizendine, MD
The Wisdom of Menopause by Christiane Northrup, MD
The Secret Pleasures of Menopause by Christian Northrup, MD
The Wild Genie, The Healing Power of Menstruation, by Alexandra Pope
Her Blood is Gold, Awakening to the Wisdom of Menstruation by Lara Owen
The New Return to the Great Mother by Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D
The Seven Sacred Rites of Menopause by Krisiti Meisenbach Boylan
The Queen of Myself by Donna Henes
Taking Charge of the Change by Lennie Martin, FNP and Pam Jung
New Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way by Susan Weed
The Second Half of Life by Angeles Arrien
A Woman’s Book of Life by Joan Boryshenko
Perinatal Support
Postpartum Support International—great resource for information on perinatal mood disorders and loss, support groups, finding providers, etc
DONA International-Doula support
Beyond the Blues, A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression, Shosana Bennett, Ph.D and Pec Indman, Ed.D, MFT
The New Return of the Great Mother by Isa Gucciardi
Eating Disorders Support
Association for Professionals Treating Eating Disorders
It’s Not About the Food, Carol Normady and Laurelee Roark
Women, Food, and God, Geneen Roth
When Food is Love, Geneen Roth
Eating in the Light of the Moon, Anita Johnson, Ph.