Resources

• GoodTherapy.org – has extremely helpful information about choosing a therapist and ethical therapy
• Article: “What Happens in Play Therapy” (Susan Scheftel) – Excellent description of one of my favorite parts of therapy with kids!
• Video: “Play Therapy Works” – An overview of play therapy and the importance of play for children 
• Article: “5 Common Fears That Keep People Out of Therapy” (Megan Hale) – Helpful article to help you think about your fears about therapy before coming in. Sharing those fears with your therapist can be very helpful in developing a collaborative relationship!
• Article: “Five Ways to Get the Most Out of Therapy” (Sarah Noel, MS, LMHC) – Helpful information to guide you towards making therapy work best for you. 
• Article: “10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Therapy” (Megan Hale) – I agree with all of these and these are questions and feelings that come up often with my clients in therapy. 

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• Created a better way for students to learn
• Proven learning philosophy, EMPOWER
• Develops habits and mindsets that empower students to create their own future

• Facilitate individual growth
• Self-awareness
• Exceptional academic achievement
• Holistic approach

• Access and Crisis Line – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – Call: 888-724-7240
• Information Hotline – Call: 2-1-1 (211 San Diego)
• Peer2Peer – Text and Chat Support and Referral Services: Text: 619-377-7111
• NAMI San Diego – Call: 619-543-1434 for the Helpline
• Check ou  for further information and resources, particularly about suicide prevention 
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of San Diego 
• Mental Health America of San Diego – Call: 619-543-0412

Here are some useful resources to help families move through this time of uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scroll down below to locate different tips and tricks to help ease anxiety, homeschool children, and find comfort in chaos.

​Hopefully these resources are useful to you and your family and help calm nerves to transition into this new normal.

Tips on homeschooling children:

• Free Broadway plays
• Free Math Games
• Touring the National Parks Virtually
• Free Subscriptions/ Activities 
• Bedtime stories (there are lots celebrities doing these)
• BBC school lessons 
• Museum tours
• Global museum tours 
• Free Online Art Gallery
• Online Social and Emotional Learning Resources
• 500 Free online courses from Ivy league schools
• Amazon kids shows free to stream!

Additional Resources (PDFs)

• New fall learning programs (La Jolla Learning Works)
• Click here for information about ways parents can keep calm and supported during the coronavirus. 
• An informational post from National Alliance on Mental Illness on the coronavirus and ways to help mental health during this time.  ​
• General resources regarding living at home during a pandemic by Bright, Quirky, & Coping 
• Relationship Resource http://myencinitastherapist.com/couples-workshop/

Provided below are some helpful resources for parents to help talk about race with their kids or with others in general as allies who are trying to be anti-racist.

Hopefully these resources will be beneficial in navigating through this time.

Articles and information:

• Free Online Courses on Race, Racism, and Racial Justice
• 9 Phrases Allies can say when called out instead of getting defensive 
• An Age by Age Guide to talking to your kids about racism
• ​Talking to Kids About Racism – early and often (contains link to book list in article)
• A list of 10 documentaries to watch about race
• This is the conversation about race that we need to have now
• Your Kids Aren’t Too Young To Talk About Race – resource roundup
• What do we tell our children? (About police brutality and recent murders specifically)
• ​How to Be a Good White Ally According to Activists
• Dear White People, This is what we want you to do

Books for adults:

• Raising White Kids, Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing
• How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X
• A Drop of Midnight, a Memoir by Jason Diakité
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
• How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
• The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander
• Divided Sisters – Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
• Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
• They Can’t Kill Us All – Wesley Lowery
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
• The Miner’s Canary – Lani Guiner and Gerald Torres
• The Wretched of The Earth – Frantz Fanon
• Stamped – Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
• White Rage – Carol Anderson
• My Grandmother’s Hands – Resmaa Menakem
• Beneath the Tamarind Tree – Isha Sesay
• In the Country We Love – Diane Guerrero
• Eloquent Rage – Brittney Cooper
• Just Mercy- Bryan Stevenson
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts
• Locking Up Our Own by James Forman

Watchlist for adults:

• 13th (Netflix)
• ​American Son (Netflix)
• Dear White People (Netflix)
• If Beale St Could Talk (Hulu)
• King in the Wilderness (HBO)
• See You Yesterday (Netflix)
• The Hate You Give (Cinemax)
• When They See Us (Netflix)
• I am Not Your Negro (Netflix)
• Just Mercy (Amazon Prime)
• Selma (Amazon Prime)
• Blindspotting (Amazon Prime)
• LA 92 (Netflix)
• Fruitvale Station (Amazon Prime)
• Strong Island (Netflix) 
• A list of 30 Black Movies and Shows on Netflix 
• 19 Black TV shows to watch
• 14 Films by Black Filmmakers to Watch ​

Podcasts (to listen to)

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• ​Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Seeing White Parenting Forward podcast episode “Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons”
• Pod For The Cause (Leadership Conf on Civil and Human Rights)
• ​Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Fare of the Free Child Podcast

Social media accounts to follow:

• @Hereweread
• @Laylafsaad
• @Austinchanning
• @thegreatunlearn
• @theconsciouskid
• ​@rachel.cargle

Children’s Books:

• >37 Children’s Books to Help Talk about Discrimination and Race
• >31 Diverse Books for Children
• 21 Children’s Books that Spark Conversations about race
• 10 Children’s books about Racism and Activism
• Books to help explain racism and protests to your kids

Anti-racist books for Kindergarten-5th grade

• The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
• Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano
• Not My Idea – Anastasia Higginbotham
• Can I Touch Your Hair by Irene Latham
• I am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes
• Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• ​A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
• This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
• The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/parenting/kids-books-racism-protest.html
• https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/06/06/871023438/this-list-of-books-films-and-podcasts-about-racism-is-a-start-not-a-panacea
• https://sowwelltots.com/
• http://hereweeread.com/instagram
• https://linktr.ee/1thatgotawayy
• https://linktr.ee/laylafsaad
• https://www.embracerace.org/resources

• Alcoholics Anonymous (San Diego) – Call: 619-265-8762 
• Gamblers Anonymous (San Diego)  – Call: 888-233-8547 
• Narcotics Anonymous (San Diego) – Call: 619-584-1007 
• Practical Recovery – Non-12 Step Drug and Alcohol Rehab in San Diego – Call: 858-412-0304 
• AToN Center – an integrative program of recovery in a beautiful setting – Call: 888-535-1516
• True Life Center for Wellbeing – Outpatient treatment, rehab, and wellness center – Call: 858-202-1822
• SMART Recovery San Diego – Self-empowering addiction recovery support group 
• Recovery Works – Intensive Outpatient Addiction Treatment Program – Call: 858-530-9112  
• CoDa – San Diego Co-dependents Anonymous
• Information about local rehabilitation and recovery services can be found on Recovery.org, Rehabs.com, https://www.drugrehab.com/treatment/, as well as addictioncenter.com

• Controlling Anger Before It Controls You – An overview of anger management and strategies of support from the American Psychological Association
• Article: “From Sad to Mad: How Suppressing Your Sadness Invites Anger” (Joshua Nash, LPC-S)
• Article: “Mindful Breathing for Anger Management” (Michael Schreiner) Discusses using mindful breathing and a different mind set to help disarm, understand, and release anger rather than venting it. 

• Domestic Violence Hotline: 888-385-4657 (888-DV-LINKS)
• Center for Community Solutions – Counseling, Legal, Advocacy, and Shelter services 
• Child Abuse Hotline – Call: 1-800-344-6000 or 858-560-2191 
• Promises2Kids – An organization focused on creating a brighter future for foster children 
• Becky’s House Domestic Violence Program through YWCA 

• National Eating Disorders Association – Call: 800-931-2237 to reach their Helpline
• Eating Disorder Center of San Diego – Outpatient treatment and free support programs 
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders – Online resources, information, and listing of support groups by area 
• Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center – Listing on treatment in San Diego
• Overview of Eating Disorders from PsychCentral
• The Eating Disorder Foundation – Helpful information and resources 
• Article: “The Weekly Spark, Consider your Consumption” (Rosie Molinary) – Discussion of media consumption and how it relates to body image. I fundamentally believe that our media consumption directly impacts our negative views of ourselves and the media fast recommended in this article is an excellent start for building your awareness of this phenomenon. 
• Articles about body image from EDreferral.com 
• The Center for Mindful Eating – Professional resources and online listing of providers 
• Overview of Mindful Eating from AmIHungry.com 

• Article: “Striving Forward While Appreciating Where You Are” (Michael Schreiner) – An interesting perspective on how we make changes while accepting ourselves
• Article: “3 Tips to Embrace Imperfections and Bounce Back from Mistakes” (Jennifer Twardowski) – Simple suggestions to manage the belief that we need to be perfect
• Video: “A Buddhist Nun Says That at Some Point Your Life Will Fall Apart. Then Gives You One Way to Prepare” (Pema Chodron) – She discusses the importance of knowing how to fail really well. Discusses the opportunity of failure and how failures can lead you to better places. 
• Article: “Moving On Isn’t Failure: 5 Lessons on Changing Paths” (Ashley Arcel) – A personal account of how to cope with changing directions in life. 
• Article: “Taking the Shame and Fear out of Mistakes” (Sue Adair) – Strategic look at how to restructure the way you think about mistakes. 
• Article “Do You Think You Need to be Perfect to be Accepted?” (Jessica Jimenez) – Discussion of perfectionism and acceptance. 
• Article: “How a Major Crisis Can Sometimes be a Blessing in Disguise” (Lyn Delmastro) – An inspirational look at how one woman’s crisis helped her move her life in a more authentic and fulfilling direction. 

• Benefits of Mindfulness – A wonderful guide for those interested in learning more about mindfulness from Helpguide.org.
• Article: “6 Mindful Ways to Calm Your Mind and Heal Your Heart” (Denise Conway) – A very powerful look at what beautiful changes can come when things are falling apart, focusing on mindfulness, yoga, and meditation. 
• Article: “Mindfulness: Finding Peace in the Midst of a Storm” (Cindy Ricardo, LMHC, CIRT) – An introduction to the benefits of mindfulness and ways to start a mindfulness practice. 
• Article: “The Fallible Mind, Why We’re All Overwhelmed Today” (Richard E. Cytowic, MD) – An interesting discussion of why we are so overwhelmed and struggling to manage the demands of modern life. 
• Article: “Inviting Vulnerability: Five Steps to Letting Go” (Erin Moline, MA, LPC) – Wonderful exercise to permit yourself to let go and access your vulnerability.

• TeensHealth from KidsHealth.org – Tons of Resources for Teens
• TeenMentalHealth.org – Also, lots of resources for Teens, with downloadable content free of charge
• List of Coping Skills for Teens from American Psychological Association
• Article/Video: “Depression in Teens Looks Almost Nothing Like Depression In Adults” (Phoebe Gavin) – Fantastic overview of depression in teens with statistics, symptoms, warning signs, and impact in LGBTQ community. 
• Video: “Jim Stickley Demonstrates “Virually Casing” Your Home” (Jim Stickley) – Discusses dangers of social media