Helpful Links
Online Resources
The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information and counseling resources, including helpful links and resources about mental wellness, mental health concerns, giftedness, high sensitivity, intensity and much more.
Disclaimer: TheraThrive, Dr. Grace Malonai, or therapists or staff associated with TheraThrive are not responsible for the content, claims or representations of the listed sites, and do not necessarily support nor endorse the following resources. The links are listed below because many people have found them to be helpful or useful in some manner.
Topics are listed in alphabetical order
Addiction and Recovery
Alcohol Rehab Guide
Alcoholics Anonymous
Contra Costa AA
Drug and Alcohol Recovery Guides
Life Ring
Net Addiction
Rational Recovery | Frequently Asked Questions
SAMHSA’s Substance Abuse/Addiction
Step 4 Inventory Worksheets for AA’s 12 Steps
Anxiety
Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder
Anxiety, Mayo Clinic
National Center for PTSD
Associations and Organizations (Mental Health)
American Counseling Association
American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
American Psychological Association
Association for Teaching Psychology
Association for Women in Psychology
Asian American Psychological Association
Board of Psychology
California Association for Licensed Clinical Counselors
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
California Psychological Association
Contra Costa Psychological Association
NAMI of Contra Costa County
National Board For Certified Counselors
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADDA – Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIMH
O*NET OnLine
Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
Childhelp USA®
National Domestic Violence Hotline Website
Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse
Trauma and Violence, SAMHSA
Chronic Fatigue
Depression and Bipolar
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Bipolar Disorder News – Pendulum.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, DBSA
Depression and How Therapy Can Help
Existential Depression In Gifted Individuals (Article)
The Misunderstood Face of Giftedness (Article)
Dyslexia and Twice Exceptional (2e)
Dyslexic Advantage
Dyslexic Advantage – What You May Not Have Heard About Dyslexia (video)
Dyslexia Institutes of America
Dyslexia The Gift-Davis Dyslexia Association
International Dyslexia Association
Learning Ally
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Stealth Dyslexia, Davidson Gifted
Twice Exceptional-2eNewsletter
Uniquely Gifted
Eating Disorders
Are Individuals with Eating Disorders More Likely to be Gifted? (Article)
Impact of Giftedness on Psychological Well-Being (Article)
Something Fishy
Gender and Sexuality
LGBT National Help Center
PFLAG
LGBTQ College Resources
Rainbow Community Center
The Trevor Project
Gifted
Asynchronous Scholars Fund
California Association for the Gifted
California Gifted Network
Camp Galileo
Center for Talent Development
CTY-Center for Talented Youth-Johns Hopkins University
Dabrowski: Biography of Kazimierz Dabrowski
Davidson Database Gifted Issues Forum
Davidson Institute
Destination Imagination
EPGY
Gifted Development Center
Gifted Homeschoolers Forum
Gifted Identity℠
GT World
GRO-gifted (Gifted Research and Outreach)
Helios School for Gifted Children
High Ability
Hoagies’ Gifted Page
Kazimierz Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration
Lyceum of Santa Clara County
NAGC – The National Association for Gifted Children
Neag Center for Gifted Education & Talent Development
Nurturing Social-Emotional Dev. of Gifted Children
Profoundly and Exceptionally Gifted Youth
Psychology and neuroscience of gifted children « Mind Hacks
Psychotherapy Services For The Gifted
Roeper Consultation Services
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
Twice Exceptional Newsletter
Grief
Compassionate Friends
Fernside
Grief and Mourning
National Hospice and Palliative Care
Hospice of the East Bay
Help Links
Bay Area Rescue Mission
California Suicide Hotlines
California Youth Crisis Line
Contra Costa Child Care Council
Contra Costa Crisis Center
Contra Costa County Mental Health Services
NAMI Contra Costa
STAND! Against Domestic Violence
High Sensitivity/Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
Highly Sensitive
Highly Sensitive People
Highly Sensitive Person
Science May Explain Why Some People Have Deeply Sensitive Personalities (Article)
Sheep Dressed Like Wolves
Mindfulness
About: Everyday Mindfulness Exercises For Stress Relief
Meditation and the Art of Diabetes Management
Mindfulness in Everyday Activity
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
Meditations and Relaxations
Meditate with Brother Camillus Chavez (St. Mary’s College of California)
All About Depression: Online Relaxation Exercise
Progressive Relaxation Techniques (video)
UCLA Free Guided Meditations
Narrative Therapy
Narrative Approaches
Narrative Therapy Centre
Parenting, Families – Bipolar in Children
BPChildren
Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation
Parenting, Families – Bullying
No Bully — Stopping School Bullying
Challenge Day — The Program
Parenting, Families – Disabilities in Children
Northern California Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities
Parents Helping Parents
Parenting, Families – Parenting Support Tools
Hand In Hand
Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)
6seconds.org
Parenting, Families – Sensory Issues
Auditory Processing Disorder, check-list by age
Handle Institute
Sensory Integration: Tips to Consider
Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
The Spiral Foundation at OTA Watertown
The Swain Center
The Visual-Spatial Learner (Article)
Therapro, Inc. (OT supplies)
Visual-Spatial Resource
Parenting, Families – Speech, Language, Social Learning
CW Therapy
School Of Imagination-Happy Talkers
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder and The Winter Blues (Article)
Seasonal Affective Disorder, Mayo Clinic
Suicide Awareness and Hotlines
LifeLine
Suicide Prevention, SAMHSA
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
Suicide: Read This First
Trauma
The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime (CVVC)
Parent Trauma Resource Center