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Women's Therapy Center
Skilled, mature therapists in training, with excellent supervision and specialized training in the psychology of women. (East Bay)
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Feminist Therapy Referral Project
Experienced, Licensed psychotherapists specializing in the issues of women, and committed to making psychotherapy available to all kinds of women.
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Pacific Center for Human Growth
Therapists in training with excellent supervision and specialized training and interest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgendered people. (Berkeley)
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Suicide Hotlines
If you feel in danger of killing yourself, or allowing yourself to die, please go here first!
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National Institute of Mental Health
The largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research focused on the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health.
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National Association for Mental Illness
Good source of information about mental illness and support for people coping with mental illness.
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New Leaf
Sexual minority focus. HIV, substance abuse, general mental health, and child and family treatment are all available. (San Francisco)
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Potatoes Not Prozac
This is a website that offers amazing researched information about how sugar affects depression, anxiety, alcoholism, weight, ability to organize and think, relationships and more, as well as a clear path for overcoming these problems. I have personally worked with the mastermind of the book and website, and found her to be quite brilliant. The work she does has saved many lives.
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San Francisco Sex Information
This is a purely educational site that provides answers to questions about everything sexual. They have a hotline, and recommendations for related books and websites.
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Columbia Psychotherapy Associates
Anyone who has concerns about the intrusion of managed care into her therapy should take a look at this website. This is a group of experienced therapists who advocate for patient privacy and effective treatment as an alternative to managed care.
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Women's Therapy Services
A group of experienced, licensed women psychotherapists offering individual, couple, and group psychotherapy, committed to serving the needs of Bay Area women coming from diverse backgrounds, ages, and economic levels. Located in San Francisco.
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Marybeth Viglione, PhD
San Mateo County, CA psychologist treating adults and older adolescents for depression, anxiety, and relationship problems; individual and couple therapy.
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GAYLESTA
A group of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered, and queer-identified psychotherapists in the SF Bay Area. Contact them and tell them your needs and they will refer you to someone they think will be a good match for you.
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Lubricants: Climatique is a sexual lubricant gel made by women for women who want to enhance their sexual experience. It can make orgasms possible, more intense, quicker and easier to achieve, and/or more in number. It is all-natural, and recommended by professionals. They offer a money-back guarantee. Zestra is another brand that has a stronger effect, and a stronger odor. It is also all natural, scientifically tested, and recommended by professionals.
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Women to Women
This is a website associated with the clinic Christine Northrop founded, and it addresses women's health issues, including sexual issues. It's not the most inclusive site, but it's got some good information for many women.
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Mental Health Links by Dr Bob
This is an amazing collection of links to information about all things psychological. It's kind of like an online psychology encyclopedia.
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Enneagram Institute
This is a great resource for finding out more about your characteristic ways of being in the world, in relationships, and at work. You can take a validated test to see which personality style is yours, your partner's, you children's, your boss's.... This is not one of those stupid tests you see in popular culture all the time--this one is scientifically tested and based on an ancient Sufi system of personality typing. It is enormously helpful for some people and couples, and of course it doesn't help others.
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Helen Palmer's Enneagram Site
Helen Palmer is a psychotherapist who has worked with the enneagram very thoughtfully for many many years. Her books are the most helpful I have found.
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Our Bodies Ourselves
The website based on the classic book about women's health from a politically conscious and sensitive perspective. Lots of great, up-to-date information about women's bodies and health.
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Refdesk list of Women's Issues Sites
I can't vouch for them, but this is a impressively long list of sites Refdesk has put together related to women's issues. There appears to be a wide variety of sites, many of them very woman-affirming and interesting--like the museum of menstruation, an international feminist organization, women nobel prize laureates, info about women's health and politics, etc, etc.
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Teen Source
TeenSource.org is an educational website that appeals to its audience with music, videos, contests and prize giveaways. The main objective was to offer education to youth at the same level that an outreach worker would and do so in an entertaining and interactive format. The website offers educational and funny streaming videos about sexual and reproductive health, celebrity testimonials, links to several other youth oriented health and social service websites, information and links to free and low cost clinical services throughout California, and virtual clinic tour videos. The website has won the 2003 Golden Web award for health information.
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