Bay Area Somatic Therapy Center
Trauma-informed • Body-based • Community care
Free or low-cost resources
Free online monthly somatic groups
Books
Emotions
Letting Go - David Hawkins
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Lindsay Gibson
Grief
The Smell of Rain on Dust - Martín Prechtel
The Wild Edge of Sorrow - Francis Weller
Nervous system
Anchored - Deb Dana
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk
CPTSD memoir
Educated - Tara Westover
What My Bones Know - Stephanie Foo
Trauma
What Happened to You? - Oprah & Bruce Perry
Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma - Peter Levine
Somatic theory
Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices, Toward an Inclusive Somatics
Bones, Breath, Gesture, Practices of Embodiment - Don Johnson
Non-western healing
The Healing Wisdom of Africa - Malidoma Patrice Somé
Voices From the Ancestors, Xicanx and Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing Practices
The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
The Presence Process - Michael Brown
Crisis support
If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 911. If you prefer not to involve emergency responders, below is a list of free warm or hotlines.
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call: 988
MHASF Warmline
Provides peer-led, non-coercive, and stigma-reducing support
Call or text: 855-600-9276
Wildflower Alliance
A hotline answered by a trained peer supporter who has their own first-hand experience with psychiatric diagnosis, trauma, addiction, and/or other crises
Call: 888-407-4515
Mon - Thu: 4pm - 6pm PT
Fri - Sun: 4pm - 7pm PT
Call BlackLine
A hotline geared towards the Black, Black LGBTQI, Brown, Native and Muslim community
Call or Text: 1-800-604-5841
LGBT National Help Center
Free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources for and by the LGBTQIA+ family community
Hotline: 888-843-4564
Coming Out Support: 888-688-5428
Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743
Senior Hotline: 888-234-7243
Mon - Fri: 11 am - 8 pm PT
Sat: 9 am - 2 pm PT
Trans Lifeline
A peer support and crisis hotline run by trans people for the trans, nonbinary, agender, and questioning community
US: 1-877-565-8860
CA: 1-877-330-6366
Fireside Project
A psychedelic support line that provides non-clinical emotional support during and after psychedelic experiences
Call or Text: 623-473-7433
11 am - 11 pm PT