Resources:
San Diego Access & Crisis Line: Call or Text 888-724-7240
Crisis Services: Warm-lines that do not use police intervention
The warm-lines below offer transparency about their reporting and tracing policies:
Call Blackline Call or text: 800-604-5841
Blackline: Peer support and counseling prioritizing BIPOC, with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. "We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent."
Trans Lifeline US: 877-565-8860 Canada: 877-330-6366
Trans Lifeline: Trans peer support for Trans community that’s been "divested from police since day one. Run by and for Trans people."
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line 888-407-4515
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: Warmline answered by a trained peer supporters. "We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent." See hours here.
StrongHearts Native Helpline Call 1-844-762-8483
or chat online StrongHearts: 24/7 confidential and anonymous culturally-appropriate domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans. "advocates do not request or record the contact’s identification and/or address."
Thrive Lifeline Text 24/7: 1-313-662-8209
Thrive Lifeline: Trans-led and operated, focusing on people with intersecting marginalized identities. Does not "engage in non-consensual active rescue"
LGBT National Help Center
National Hotline: 888-843-4564
Coming Out Support Hotline: 888-688-5428
Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743
Senior Hotline: 888-234-7243
LGBT National Help Center: free and confidential support for LGBTQIA+ people and those with questions about sexual orientation and/or gender identity. "We will not contact any authorities or other services or programs on your behalf."
More Crisis Services
Some crisis line workers below are mandated to report calls regarding suicide to the police- if you are concerned about that, ask what their reporting mandates are when you call.
Trevor Hotline for LGBTQ+ youth 866-488-7386
Text "START" to 678678 Trevor Hotline for LGBTQ+ youth
NAMI Helpline 24/7 Text "NAMI" TO 741741
NAMI Helpline to talk to a trained crisis counselor 24/7
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
(800) 273-8255
(800) 799-4889 Deaf or hard of hearing
(800) 273-8255 Video relay service and voice/ caption
(888) 628-9454 Red de prevención de suicidio en Español
National Domestic Violence Hotline (800) 799-7233
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (800) 656- 4673
Veterans Crisis Line (800) 273-8255
National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline (800) 656-4673
Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Hope Line (800) 622-2255
Lines for Life 800-273-8255
Lines for Life: talk to a suicide or substance use specialist. They also offer support for: military & family, senior loneliness, teen-to-teen crisis help, and racial equity support.
Books we love
Neurofeedback
A Symphony in the Brain by Jim Robbins
The Neurofeedback Solution: How to Treat Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, Brain Injury, Stroke, PTSD, and More by Stephan Larsen, PhD.
Trauma
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, by Dr. Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Trauma and Recovery by Judith L. Herman, MD
Addiction
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Dr. Gabor Mate
The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Mate
Growth & Learning
Burnout by Dr. Emily Nagoski and Dr. Amelia Nagoski
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell
TBI & Head Injury
Documentary - “The Crash Reel” by Kevin Pearce, former Olympic Snowboarder
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks, PhD.
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V.S. Ramachandran, PhD., Sandra Blakeslee
Racing Uphill: Confronting a Life with Epilepsy by Stacia Kalinoski
Music & Art
New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks, PhD.
Spirituality
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, MD
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thicht Nhat Hanh
God of Our Understanding by Rabbi Shais Taub
Grief & Loss
Grief is Love by Marisa Renee Lee
On Grief and Grieving by Elizabeth Kubler Ross (author of On Death and Dying) and David Kessler