Mental Health Resources
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
1-800-273-8255 (TALK)
National Domestic Violence Hotline
www.thehotline.org
1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)
National Alliance on Mental Illness
www.nami.org
1-800-950-6264
National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA)
www.samhsa.gov
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.aa.org
Santa Barbara Office: (805) 962-3332 (24 Hours)
Adult Children of Alcoholics
www.adultchildren.org
Mental Health America
www.mentalhealthamerica.net
Recommended Books
Anxiety
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway: Dynamic Techniques for Turning Fear, Indecision, and Anger into Power, Action, and Love – Susan Jeffers, PhD
Stress Management Made Simple: Effective Ways to Beat Stress for Better Health – Jay Winner, M.D.
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmund Bourne
Depression
I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression – Terence Real
The Scarred Soul: Understanding & Ending Self-Inflected Violence – Tracy Alderman, PhD
Substance Abuse
Adult Children of Alcoholics – Janet G. Woititz, Ed.D
Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives – Pia Mellody
Struggle for Intimacy – Janet G. Woititz
The Addictive Personality: Understanding the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior – Craig Nakken
General Well-Being
A Path with Heart: A Guide through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life – Jack Kornfield
Buddha Doodles: Imagine the Possibilities – Molly Hahn
How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People: Their Secrets, Their Stories – Rick Foster & Greg Hicks
Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance – Joseph M. Marshall III
Loving What Is: Four Question That Can Change Your Life – Byron Katie
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain – John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman
The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time – Cheryl Richardson
The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz
The Happiness Choice: The 5 Decisions that Will Take You from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be – Marilyn Tam
Relationships & Gender Issues
Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work – Matthew McKay, PhD, Patrick Fanning, Kim Paleg, PhD
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss – Hope Edelman
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls – Mary Pipher, PhD
The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships – Harriet Lerner PhD
The Dance of Intimacy: A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships – Harriet Lerner PhD
You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation – Deborah Tannen, PhD
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last – John Gottman, PhD