Links updated frequently! 

  

MEDIA (Beth's media coverage)

Elle Magazine.com - Article on Couples

http://www.elle.com/Life-Love/Sex-Relationships/Living-Apart-Together/Why-a-little-distance-can-bring-couples-closer

 

Quoted in an article soon to be published in Heart & Soul Magazine, Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011 issue!  More info. forthcoming.

    

ADDICTION & COORDINATED RESOURCES

RETHINKING DRINKING -

Offers valuable, research-based information to help anyone who drinks reflect on their drinking habits & how their health maybe affected:  http://rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/

UCLA offers Integrated Substance Abuse Programs with lots of info! http://www.uclaisap.org/cod

Al-Anon and Al-Ateen - for loved ones and a separate group for teens.

http://www.al-anon.alateen.org

 Co-dependents Anonymous

http://www.coda.org/

The Partnership For A Drug-Free America

http://www.drugfree.org/

 Sex and Love Addiction

http://slaafws.org

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous

http://www.sca-recovery.org/

Street Drugs - become as smart as your kids!

http://www.streetdrugs.org/

Narcotics Anonymous - find meetings, get information

http://www.na.org/

Cocaine Anonymous - find meetings, get information

http://www.ca.org/

National Association for Children of Alcoholics

http://nacoa.org/

 

2010 AWARENESS DATES

March 7-13 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week

www.npgaw.org

April 1-30 Alcohol Awareness Month

http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/seasonal/aprilalcohol/

April 3 National Alcohol Screening Day - Check-out Free Screening!

http://www.nationalalcoholscreeningday.

April 1-30 National AUTISM Awareness Month

http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

   

MEDITATION/STRESS RELIEF - (VIDEOS AND INFO.)

Transformation Meditation Studies/Tapes

Transformation Meditation.com

UCLA Mindful Awareness Center

http://marc.ucla.edu/

Mayo Clinic - Stress Management

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meditation/HQ01070

 Jon Kabat-Zinn Leads  MINDFULNESS AT GOOGLE!    VIDEO ON YOUTUBE. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwwKbM_vJc

Meditation VIDEO - by MAYO CLINIC  (HAS SOUND)

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meditation/MM00623

SELF-HELP SITES

A Self Help Site

Self-Growth.com

MENTAL HEALTH SITES

National Alliance on Mental Illness

http://www.nami.org/

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) Center of Los Angeles

http://www.ocdla.com/

 National Institute of Mental Health/ Resource Center

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/index.shtml

 National Child Traumatic Stress Network (bilingual)

http://www.nctsn.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main

 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (bilingual)

http://tfcbt.musc.edu/

Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)

http://www.adaa.org/

 Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home

National Mental Health America (Non-Profit)

http://www.nmha.org/

 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists

http://www.aamft.org/

Los Angeles Grief-Based Support for children, adolescents, and adults.

http://www.ourhouse-grief.org/

 

 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

September 24, 2008. CLARE Foundation, Santa Monica, CA. Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Addiction Technology Transfer Center (www.nattc.org).