Jennifer Seidner (Kuchler), MA LMFT, APCC (formerly Kuchler)
"When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen." Anonymous
Psychological Services
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Emergency Resources
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning) young people.
The national network of local crisis centers providing free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Harbor UCLA (Psychiatric Unit)
Harbor UCLA Psychiatry in Torrance, CA is an emergency psychiatric unit. If you or a loved one is feeling suicidal or having a psychiatric episode you can call 911 or drive to the Harbor UCLA emergency psych unit. They will evaluate you or your loved one on the spot.
Del Amo Psychiatry in Torrance, CA is an emergency psychiatric unit. If you or a loved one is feeling suicidal or having a psychiatric episode you can call 911 or drive to the Del Amo emergency psych unit. They will evaluate you or your loved one on the spot.
Mental Health Information and Resources
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Youth Talkline provides telephone, online private one-to-one chat and email peer-support, as well as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States. The services are free and confidential and provided to teens and young adults up to age 25.
800-246-PRIDE (7743)
Intermountain Residential Treatment: When families need help with the complex emotional challenges children and teens sometimes face, Intermountain offers innovative treatment developed from years of experience. Our caring professionals rely on our relationship-based approach and client-centered treatment solutions to meet the individual needs of each child and family and help them heal. Our goal is to help every child and family we serve thrive and grow.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): Visit www.thecalmzone.net or UK residents call 0800-58-58-58
Crisis Text Line: Visit www.crisistextline.org/ or Text “START” to 741-741
List of International Suicide Hotlines: Visit www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
Love is Respect: Visit www.loveisrespect.org/, text “LOVEIS” to 22522, or call 1-866-331-9474 to talk with a peer advocate to prevent and end abusive relationships
National Eating Disorder Association: Visit www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ or call 1-800-931-2237
Foster/Adoption
RESOURCES
What is Adoption?: Just For Kids Book Click Here
10 Parenting Skills An Adoptee Wants Parents to Know: Click Here
How to Build Trust with Your Adopted Child: Click Here
How to Discipline a Foster Child Adopted Parenting Skills: Click Here
What is the difference between Shame and Guilt in Adoption: Click Here
Attachment-Focused Parenting Class: Click Here
How to Parent a Child with Attachment Trauma: Click Here
Parents Seeking Hope, Peace and Harmony for Parenting a Foster or Adopted Child: Click Here
Books:
Bowlby, John: A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development (1988)
Brodzinsky, David: Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self (1993)
Eldridge, Sherrie: Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew (2015)
Eldridge, Sherrie: Twenty Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed (2009)
Fessler, Ann: The Girls Who Went Away (2001)
Forbes, H. & B.: Post Beyond Logic, Consequences, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children with Severe Behaviors (2006)
Verrier, Nancy: The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child (2003)
Verrier, Nancy: Coming Home to Self: Healing the Primal Wound (2010)