Wellness, Healing, & Support!
We do not need to do this alone.
BAY AREA RESOURCES
Psychotherapists
Rachel Kaplan (Berkeley, San Francisco)
www.healingfeelingshitshow@gmail.com
Individuals & couples.
Rivka Geoghehan
www.Bekeley-therapist.com
Niall Geoghehan (Berkeley)
www.berkeley-psychologist.org
Ben Ringler (Berkeley, San Francisco)
www.benringler.com
Specializing in Freudian Psychotherapy.
Charna Cassell
www.Passionatelife.org
Specializing in sex, sexuality, developmental & incidental trauma.
Yana Schekvod
www.Yanashevkhod.com
Laurel Fine (remotely)
www.Laurelfine.com
Sara Nicoletti (Berkeley) * EMDR
www.Eastbaytherapy.net
Lisa Petras
Individual, Relationship, & Sex Therapy
Jana Schustack - grief focused
www.anamcaratherapycenter.com/our-practitioners/jana-schustack
Sige Weisman
http://sfwomenstherapy.com/
Zoe Sippe
Adults & couples all areas of relationships & sexuality, & an AASECT certified sex therapist.
Shannon Valentine
www.shannonvalentine.com
Couples Therapists
Serena Miller-Sears
http://www.serenamillersears.com/
EFT: Emotionally Couples (focused) Therapy
Maya Diamond
mayadiamond.com
Child Focused
Alexis Lowenstein (Berkeley)
www.Alexislowensteinmft.com
Lori Goldman (currently working remotely)
Specialties: women, girls, teenage and college-aged girls
Depression, Existential despair, Suicidal feelings and thoughts, Search for meaning, passion and purpose, Anxiety, attachment wounds and trauma.
I'm well versed in eating disorders and self-harm (cutting), and can support clients to get the wrap around help they need from a distance, however, it is important that their parents are involved and/or the client is highly motivated.
Gender Spectrum Focused
Gender Spectrum
www.genderspectrum.org
Ann Martin Center
www.annmartin.org
Diane Ehernsaft
www.dianeehernsaft.com
Grief Counselors/Chaplain
Simcha Schwartz
www.simcha-schwartz.jimdosite.com
Psychiatrists
Dr. Walter Sippe (also does therapy)
www.Confluencepsychiatry.org
Specializes in anxiety, PTSD, complicated grief, developmental trauma, Somatic symptom disorder, & o-existing medical illness/chronic pain.
Dr. Michael Freeman (bi polar specialist)
www.michaelafreemanmd.com/Home.html
Psychics/Energy Workers
Zoe Innman
www.Getdownwithyourbadassself.com
Debrae Firehawk
www.debraefirehawk.com
Dating Coaches
Maya Diamond
www.mayadiamond.com
Sexological Body Workers
Kait Singley
Chiropractors
Eric Rubin, North Point Chiropractic
www.Northpointchiro.com
Awaken Chiropractic
Armene Lamson, Kenda Burke
www.awakenoakland.com
Bodyworkers
Elisabeth Becker
www.elisabethbecker.com/grief-counseling.html
Adam Kurzfelds
www.Circle-within.com
Haley Winter
https://www.strategicbodywork.com/
Acupuncturists
Shoshana Uribe
www.manzanitawellness.com/
John Nelson
510) 280-4987
Bob Levine
(510) 528-8980
Ashyanna Keli (Alameda)
Has a non-profit portion of her practice with a focus on victims of sexual assault.
Books on Living
John Kabat Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living
Russ Harris, The Reality Slap
Books on Death
Irving Yalom, Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Stephen Jenkinson, Die Wise
Books on Trauma
Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger
Mark Epstien, The Trauma of Everyday Life
Books on Loss
Elizabeth Lesser, Broken Open
Martine Prechtel, The Smell of Rain on Dust
Stephen Levine, Unattended Sorror
Books on Attachment Issues
Sue Johnson, Hold Me Tight
Amir Levine, Attached
Stan Tatkin, Wired for Love
Books on Anxiety
Gabor Mate, When the body says no
Women’s Health
Dr. Julie Holland, Moody Bitches
Louann Brizendine, The Female Brain
Books on Depression
Mark Williams, The mindful way through Depression
Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half
Podcasts
Healing Feeling Shit Show (launching Feb 6th)
Healingfeelingshitshow.com
Where Shall we begin Esther Perel
Resources in LA
Robert Ashley MD
Sex therapists
Stella Resnick
http://www.drstellaresnick.com
Psychotherapists
Shana Kale
Www.shanakalemft.com
Resources in NYC
Rebecca Stone
www.brooklynsomatictherapy.com
Benjamin Kagedan
www.nycsomatictherapy.com
Michael Aaron, PHD
Top of his game. Sexologist & sex therapist. Incredibly skilled at what he does. Runs the AltSex Conference out of NYC. Wrote a book - Modern Sexuality.