Recommended Links:

I have listed these web sites with the understanding that I am not endorsing any of them as being better or more ethical than any others. As far as I know, all of the following sites are honest and ethical. If you find a link that is broken, please let me know. Or if you have unsatisfactory relationships with any site listed here, please let me know. Please use your good judgement when assessing any site on the web. If you have feedback or suggestions, please send me your comments.

Local Professional Organizations for Therapists:

North County Chapter of California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists

Sister organization for San Diego

California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists

Cosmetic Surgery Support & Information:

The CosmeticSurgerySupport site is the online community for women who have chosen to have cosmetic surgery, or who are thinking about having surgery.

Susan Gail, Cosmetic Surgery Consultant, Author, Patient Advocate

For anyone recovering from cosmetic procedures. Susan Gail's Survive and Thrive® Post-op Survival Kit contains the best products for your safe and speedy recovery.

Cosmetic Surgery Message Board

This message board by Healthboards.com presents a message board dedicated to cosmetic surgery.

Makemeheal.com

This site is devoted to providing women and men with a one-stop gateway to all the vital surgery recovery products, services, and information resourcesneeded to help patients become educated, prepare better, heal faster and more safely, and obtain the best cosmetic outcomes from their procedures.

Safe Cosmetic Surgery.com

This plastic surgeon referral site is the only one of its kind that formally screens and credentials plastic surgeons based on the highest quality standards that do not exist in any other surgeon referral service. They state that they go beyond regular board-certification and use many factors, criteria, databases, and information that is unavailable to the public.

Psychological Aspects: Your self image and plastic surgery

The latest news in plastic surgery, including psychological aspects.

International Plastic Surgery Support Site

This UK site provides on-line MONITORED CHAT and MESSAGE FORUMS and is HOSTED by qualified psychotherapists, counselors and licensed-chartered psychologists, as well as women and men who have undergone cosmetic surgery and/or body enhancement procedures.

Information Sites:

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect

This site may be of interest to lay persons as well. It is extensive, well organized and well written. Excellent site!

EnterTheFreudianSlip.com

This site is your source for information on how to help children and adolescents use popular music, something they already listen to and enjoy, as a way to express their feelings.

HowKidsDevelop.org

Information regarding child development in children ages 0-5 years, helpful tips for enhancing your child's development, and resources for child development such as, local(San Diego) agencies and programs, support groups, books, websites, and national organizations.

Center for Online Addiction

Interesting views on cyber-addiction

Borderline PD Central

Excellent site for all interested in Borderline Personality Disorder.

Sites Exploring Psychology and Psychotherapy on the Internet:

Mental Healthnet Online Info

Mental Help Net is the most comprehensive source of online mental health information, news and resources.

Sociology of Cyberspace

Journals and Hi-tech Sociology links - rich resource and sites studying www behavior.

The Shrink Tank

A slightly chaotic, but interesting resource site for both lay persons and professionals. Check it out!

Self-help & Psychology Magazine

One of the largest and most visited mental health sites on the Net, owned by local San Diego therapist, Marlene Maheu, Ph.D.

Intern'tl Society for Mental Health Online

Legal and ethical discussions of online therapy.

Self Growth and Self-Improvement Online

The recognized leader for Self Improvement on the Internet.

ABCs of Self-Help

Explore the extensive self help resources here, including the wide-ranging personal health and self help directory and various tests, such as E-IQ.

The ABC's of "Internet Therapy"

Find out about cybertherapy! Is it for you?

Internet Guided Learning site

Provides training in Internet skills to keep up with developments in the mental health field using online clinical resources and research. Excellent site!

Informational Sites:

Dr. Grohol's Mental Health Online

Really excellent for anyone interested in therapy.

Conscious Choices

Peter Chechele, an MFT in San Francisco

Employee Assistance Page

Great Resource for 800 #s and a lot of self-help handouts, good book recommendations.

Misc Resources:

Dictionary.com

Absolutely fabulous Dictionary, Thesaurus, & instant Translator.

www.BDDCentral.com

Excellent resource for information on Body Dysmorphic Disorder. People with BDD are tormented by the notion that some part of their body is ugly, abnormal, or deformed, when it is actually not. This site is excellent for sufferers, professions, and family of sufferers.

MFT Resources Library Syracuse University

Library Research Tools.

National Hotline phone numbers

It is what it is--1-800 numbers to all kinds of resources for which you may be looking. Check it out!

Sandplay Therapists of America

Information about Sandplay therapy.

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Site

This site provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. Their goal is to provide assistance, in the form of information and resources, to those suffering with eating disorders to get them started on the road to recovery and healthy living.

Online courses: Mira Costa College

Excellent site for a variety of online courses.

Digital Storytelling

Wonder what this is? Check it out!

LifeBio.com

LifeBio simplifies the task of writing a biography or an autobiography. They have a question template as a guide; you can create an onine autobiography for free about yourself or a loved one.

Zen Stories to tell your neighbor

These stories capture all sorts of truths about life and death. But they are also witty, entertaining, humorous, and at times puzzling, even mind-bending.

The Therapist Directory of San Diego

Online resource for those looking for San Diego Therapists

 Dating and mating on the Internet

MSNBC & Elle.com article, " What's the Web doing for our real-world love lives?"

KidsHealth.org

KidsHealth.org is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. This award winning site has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone. There are literally thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations, games, and resources - all original and all developed by experts in the health of children and teens.

Do Good with a Click:

The Hunger Site

Donate food just by clicking on the link.

The Breast Cancer Site

Help fund free mammograms

FreeDonations.com

You can make donations free of charge to important causes such as AIDS and cancer research, food for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, vaccines for children and more. All you have to do is to click on the donation button and our sponsors will pay for your donation

http://www.redjellyfish.com

Click-to-give for rain forests.

e-inclusion.com

The consortium subscribes to the dream of an Information Society for All, and contributes with this website to help in the battle against the digital divide. The aim of the website is to stimulate strong flows of solidarity and resources (i.e., funds, knowledge, experience, etc.) between rich and poor areas of the world, starting with a focus on educational projects.

NetworkForGood.org

Network for Good is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the Web to help people get more involved in their communities - from volunteering and donating money, to getting involved with issues they care about.

Habitat for Humanity.org

Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 50,000 houses with families throughout the United States and another 100,000-plus houses in communities around the world. Now at work in 92 countries, they are building a house every 26 minutes. By 2005, Habitat houses will be sheltering 1 million people.

UN Population Fund

Even a small donation can help improve or even save the lives of women, men and children around the world. UNFPA ensures safe motherhood, prevents HIV/AIDS, reduces violence and discrimination against women, and helps families stay healthy and pull themselves out of poverty by planning the number of children they have.

Teachers Without Borders

Closing the educational divide through teacher training, community teaching & learning centers.

Tests Online:

Keirsey Temperament & Character Web Site

Stephen Montgomery offers a fresh new look at the four temperamentsfound in David Keirsey's book, Please Understand Me II.Citing dozens of characters from popular books, movies, and TV --from Harry Potter and The Wizard of Oz to Sex and the City and Star Trek -- Dr. Montgomery brings alive the four basic "people patterns" that hold the key to personality types. Features a new short-form personality test (the "Shorter Sorter") and easy-to-read portraits of the Sixteen Types.

Queendom.com

A pioneer and leader in online testing, Queendom.com has served more than 300 million tests in nine different languages to help you grow, jump-start your career and improve your interpersonal communication skills.

Healthy Place.com:

These online psychological tests are for your entertainment and possibly educational use only and do not replace in any way a formal evaluation. Remember for a diagnosis, you need to contact a licensed mental health professional.

New York University School of Medicine:

An Online Depression (& others) Screening Test

Group Therapy Sites:

The American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama:

Good group site.

American Group Psychotherapy Association:

Provides support to enhance your work as a mental healthcare professional or your life as a member of a therapeutic group.

Group Psychotherapy:

This is the site for group therapists.