Helpful Places
Recommended Organizations
Mental Health & Safety
Suicide prevention hotline https://988lifeline.org/
Crisis Text line https://www.crisistextline.org/
Mass Behavioral Health Help Line: https://www.masshelpline.com/ phone or text: 833-773-2445
Families for depression awareness http://familyaware.org/
Riverside Trauma Center http://riversidetraumacenter.org
Interface Therapy Referral Service https://interface.williamjames.edu
Racial Identity & Culture
Reversing racial trauma through collective healing www.blacktherapistsrock.com/
Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness - Asian mental health: https://www.mghstudentwellness.org/
Stop hate against Asian American Pacific Islanders https://stopaapihate.org/
South Asian Mental Health Initiative & Network https://samhin.org/
NAMI: Latinx/Hispanic https://www.nami.org//Hispanic-Latinx
Sexuality & Gender
Gender resources: teens, families, professionals genderspectrum.org/
Sexual education for the real world http://www.scarleteen.com/
Trans student educational resources http://www.transstudent.org/gender
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network http://www.glsen.org/
What are personal pronouns https://www.mypronouns.org/
QueerMed https://queermed.com/
Body
Virgie Tovar https://www.virgietovar.com/
MEDA Inc., https://www.medainc.org/about-meda/
Akiera Gilbert https://www.theprojectheal.org/
Christy Harrison https://christyharrison.com/
Neurodiversity
Embrace Autism https://embrace-autism.com/
Jonathan Mooney https://eyetoeyenational.org/
Relaxation/Mindfulness Resources
Insight Timer
Free mobile app with virtual “bells” to time and support your meditations, and access to lots of guided meditations by many different meditation teachers.
Calm
Free website and mobile app with guided meditation and relaxation exercises.
Headspace
Meditation made simple. This app has a free introductory period, after which it requires a paid subscription to continue to use.
Breathr
Dr. Vo helped to develop this mindfulness app for youth with the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre (British Columbia, Canada). Free for Apple and Android mobile devices!
MindShift
Free mobile app for teens developed by AnxietyBC, with mindfulness and other coping skills for anxiety.
Plum Village: Zen Meditation
Free app for iOS, loaded with beautiful meditations and teachings in the Plum Village / Thich Nhat Hanh tradition.
Quick mindfulness exercises - WILD PEACE
When Kids Struggle, Parents Do Too.
This resource-packed website looks beyond the rise of emotional, behavioral, developmental, and learning challenges to care for the caregivers.
Smiling Mind
Free mobile mindfulness app for young people, from Australia.
Stop, Breathe, and Think
Web and mobile app for youth, with meditations for mindfulness and compassion.
Waking up
Waking Up is a guide to understanding the mind, for the purpose of living a more balanced and fulfilling life. Sam Harris—neuroscientist, philosopher, and New York Times best-selling author— explores the practice of meditation and examines the theory behind it.