National Organizations:
The APA
(American Psychological Association) Help Center
An excellent resource for mental health related issues.
American
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
Information and resources concerning the Marriage and Family
Therapy Profession (MFT) and educational programs.
California
Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
is an independent professional organization representing the
interests of licensed marriage and family therapists.
National Board of
Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Non-Profit certification board for counselors.
The National
Council on Family Relations
Resources for members of the helping professions.
National
Association of Social Workers (NASW)
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest
membership organization of professional social workers in the
world.
American
Counseling Association
The National
Institute of Mental Health
National Healthy
Marriage Resource Center
a clearinghouse for high quality, balanced, and timely
information and resources on healthy marriage. The NHMRC's
mission is to be a first stop for information, resources, and
training on healthy marriage for experts, researchers,
policymakers, media, marriage educators, couples and
individuals, program providers, and others.
International
Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
Division of ACA, is an organization
that promotes excellence in the practice of couples and family
counseling.
HelpGuide.org
Helpguide’s mission is to help people understand, prevent, and
resolve life’s challenges. Their goal is to give you the
information and encouragement you need to take charge of your
health and well-being and make healthy choices.
Marriage
and Family Dynamics Institute
Training counselors, church leaders and lay couples to lead
marriage-enrichment classes and programs. Also provides articles
and seminars for relationship issues.
E-Zines & Self-Help
Marriage
Advice Forums
Talk About Marriage is a public forum to discuss marriage and
relationships. With FREE membership available to anyone, you can
anonymously post your own problems, provide feedback to others,
or just browse the forums and read the experiences of others
that are similar to your own.
TwoOfUs.org - Marriage Advice
The consumer site for the The National Healthy Marriage Resource
Center (NHMRC), purposed to provide educational resources for
people in relationships.
Marriage Fitness
Mort Fertel teaches you to
neutralize your problems and put into practice 20 positive
relationship habits that will shift the momentum of your
marriage.
The Us Factor
One of the best self-help programs for marriage yet, created by
Dr Joseph Melnick using evidence based therapeutic techniques,
this program comes provides specific advice about dealing with
some of the most common problems that marriages face.
Save My Marriage Today!
Find out ways to assess your failing marriage and take positive
steps to resolve your problems and re ignite the passion you
once had.
LightYourFire
Dr. Ellen Kreidman's popular self-help programs for
relationships have been featured on programs like the Today
Show, The View, Oprah, Montel, CNN, and The New York Times.
HedyYumi.org
Fueled by their own emotional scars from the Holocaust and
their power struggles during their four decades of marriage,
Hedy and Yumi teach a skill set for couples that leads to
passionate, rewarding, and lasting relationships. They now
travel the globe promoting the "power of connection" among
couples and nations.
Life
Challenges
Lifechallenges.org has 600 pages of articles, self help tools
and inspirational stories to help people face and transcend
adversity, including family and relationship issues.
Jungle
of Love : Stress Management Strategies for Love Relationships
Author Dr. John J. Parrino applies
what scientists know about mind-body interactions to help
partners achieve health and happiness in their marriage.
Information for Practice
IP is a new, free, resource for social service professionals that
is updated daily. The focus is on: professionally relevant stories
in the world’s news outlets; new articles in scholarly journals;
and new resources appearing in the grey literature.
Your Marriage Counselor .Com
YourMarriageCounselor.com is designed
to make your relationships more satisfying and help you with what
to do if they’re not. Provides a wide variety of select articles
from some of the leading members of the counseling profession.
Psychologically Speaking, with Dr. Jack Singer
Why be unhappy even one day longer? CNN, MSNBC, FOX and ESPN all
consult with Dr. Jack for his expertise. Now you can have access
to his self-help articles and even consult with him personally.
Self
Help Magazine
Quality information for professionals and non-professionals
interested in mental health related information.
The Mental
Help Net
A comprehensive website dealing with mental health related issues.
Family
eJournal - Connecting parents and their children
Family eJournal is an interactive website designed to improve
family closeness by allowing parents and their children to share
their thoughts and feelings through online, guided communication.
Parenting Adolescents
Here parents have access to extended responses to questions
about parenting teens and preteens. Teens and preteens
can also get information to help them understand parents!
At Risk
At-Risk.org has been compiled as a resource for parents and the
general public in search of information about at-risk youth. This
site will present you with information and articles about helping
at-risk youth.
Mind Tools’ Stress Management Skills – Tips and techniques that
help you manage the stress in your life.
Divorce
Magazine
Divorce Magazine is a compassionate self-help resource for people
in need of information about separation and divorce.
Self
Growth.Com
Self improvement and personal growth.
The
ABC's of Self-Help
A directory of self help resources.
FREE Marriage Advice
Marriage Fitness with Mort Fertel. An alternative to counseling.
Get FREE advice and a FREE marriage assessment immediately. No
strings attached.
Universities & Education
Tulane University School of Social Work
"To conserve, communicate, and advance knowledge; to enhance the
capacity of people to care for one another; to build communities,
and through the profession of Social Work, to advance the ideals
of a humane and just society."
Doane College - Master of Arts in Counseling
Doane College offers a Master of Arts in Counseling Degree at its three campuses in Nebraska.
The
Social Work Access Network (SWAN)
Resources and links to organizations and general Social Work Info.
Provided by University of South Carolina.
Good-Touch / Bad-Touch®
A positive, research-based curriculum
designed to provide prevention and education activities toward
eliminating childhood abuse. Accredited by the Georgia Department
of Education for staff development requirements.
Practitioner Resources
Therapy
Sites
Use coupon code promoFMC to get a
month FREE. TherapySites.com specializes in websites for
therapists.
Information for Practice
IP is a new, free, resource for social service professionals
that is updated daily. The focus is on: professionally relevant
stories in the world’s news outlets; new articles in scholarly
journals; and new resources appearing in the grey literature.
Successful Therapist
Provides custom web design for therapists at reasonable pricing.
Uncommon Practices
Learn how to get more referrals and apply solid business
principals to your practice.
Private Practice Success
It's our mission to help health and wellness professionals
develop private practices that sustain them, allow them to
pursue the work they love, and to bring healing and joy to the
planet - one client at a time.
Interactive Teddy Bears
Play therapy tools.
Treatment Centers
Castlewood Treatment Center
Residential treatment center for eating disorders.
Monte Nido
Treatment Center
Residential treatment center for eating disorders.
Other Resources
Childhelp
Childhelp® is a leading national non-profit organization
dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.
Gift
From Within
Dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized
individuals.
Eating
Disorder Referral and Information Center
The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center is dedicated
to the
prevention and treatment of eating disorders. They provide
information and treatment resources for all forms of eating
disorders.
