Crisis Support via SMS/text message
text HOME to 741741 to talk
Crisis Text Line - Link
Thrive Lifeline - text THRIVE to 1-313-662-8209 to begin a conversation anytime
Also see Thrive Lifeline's extensive Crisis Resources Page - Link.
Crisis Support for LGBT older folx
SAGE National LGBT Elder Hotline - Link
Crisis Support via phone
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, call 988
Mental Health Clinics that are also LGBTQIAP+, kink, and non-monogamy affirming practices offering individual, relationship, family, and gender-affirming therapy.
Ann Arbor
Amplify Colectivo English and Spanish
Lansing
Wild Ferns Wellness also massage therapy, cosmetology, and electrolysis.
Plymouth/Livonia, Royal Oak, Grosse Pointe
Rochester Hills
Ypsilanti
Medical providers accepting new clients who I've experienced as being supportive of the LGBTQIAP+, and non-monogamous communities
Psychiatry
Harrinder Rai, MD of Dharma Psychiatry, PLLC
Primary care, OB/GYN
Halley Crissman, MD, MPH of Michigan Medicine for HRT and other gender affirming medical needs, and OB/GYN care.
General Information
The Trevor Project Supporting Black LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
Affirmations Community Support Services in the Detroit Area
Jim Toy Community Center Community Support Services in the Ann Arbor Area
It gets better Project - stories from the community
Scarleteen - Sex education for teens and emerging adults
SafeHouse Center Domestic Violence Services
RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)
Support Groups
Anna Konigsberg, LMSW, runs a free parent support group for parents/guardians of trans people over Zoom, once monthly, contact her for information and to be added to email reminders: annatranquilwaters@gmail.com, 734-307-0254
Stand with Trans (Michigan non-profit organization) runs many support groups for parents and youth (separate groups) https://standwithtrans.org/support-groups/
Gender Spectrum (national organization) runs support groups for parents https://genderspectrum.org/audiences/parents-and-family
PFLAG (national organization) link
Online Resources
Client-centered Assessment and Management of Suicidality
Networking with other affirming providers
If you would like to receive more information about networking, please complete the interest form at bit.ly/CHAIConnections.
Affirming Tasks
Take the Trans-inclusive Provider Scale developed by Dr. Shanna K. Kattari - link
Sign the Gender Affirming Letter Access Project (GALAP) and find letter writing resources - link
Professional Development, Personal Growth Trainings
Video Links
What is intersectionality Link
The urgency of intersectionality: TED Talk video link
You Don’t Need Gender Dysphoria To Be Trans - video link
Professional Development
Publications
Singh, A., Chang, S. C., dickey, l.m. (2018). A Clinician’s Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients. New Harbinger Publications. Link
Skinta, M.D. & Curtin, A. (Ed.). (2016) Mindfulness and Acceptance for Gender and Sexual Minorities: A Clinician’s Guide to Fostering Compassion, Connection, and Equality Using Contextual Strategies. New Harbinger Publications. Link
The informed consent model of transgender care: an alternative to the diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Journal of humanistic psychology, 58(1), 72-92.
Websites, Books
PACT: an adoption alliance supports adopted children of color and their families. Link https://www.pactadopt.org/resources/resource-library.html
You don’t look adopted by Anne Heffron
Substance Abuse
Dawn Farm Dawn Farm is a Michigan addiction treatment center with an emphasis on the recovering community as the most important source of healing and recovery support for our clients. Dawn Farm is a a 501c(3) non-profit organization.
Health Professional Recovery Program "The HPRP aims to protect the public and support the health professional in recovery. Where these interests compete, decisions must be made on the side of protecting public safety first."
Eating Disorders