resources
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If you or your child is experiencing a mental health crisis, please use the below resources and/or go to the nearest emergency room or crisis response center.
National Suicide Hotline (988- call or text)
Philadelphia Suicide and Crisis Center Hotline: (215) 686-4420
Local Crisis Response Centers
Center City & South: Hall-Mercer / Pennsylvania Hospital - (215) 829-5249 / (215) 829-5433
Northeast: Friends Hospital - (215) 831-2600
Northwest, Germantown, & Roxborough: Einstein Hospital at Germantown - (215) 951-8300
North: Temple/Episcopal Hospital - (215) 707-2577
West & Southwest: Mercy Hospital / HUP Cedar - (215) 748-9525 / (215) 748- 9000
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For Learning More About Your Child’s Identity/Sexuality
Children’s Books
The Gender Book: Girls, Boys, Non-Binary, and Beyond, Cassandra Jules Corrigan
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We've included a few recommended books, linked to the authors' websites. If you are interested in reading, please consider renting from a library or buying directly from the publisher or a locally-owned retailer.
Sexuality and Identity
Taking Sexy Back: How to Own Your Sexuality and Create the Relationships You Want, Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD
Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski, PhD
The Ethical Slut, Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy
Relationship with Others
Set Boundaries, Find Peace, Nedra Glover Tawwab
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, Susan Cain
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Dr. Sue Johnson
Relationship to Self
Mindfulness
Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Trauma and Somatic Experiencing
My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP
The Wisdom of Your Body, Hillary L. McBridge, PhD
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, Stephanie Foo
The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning, Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP
Other Favorites
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho