Referrals
Resources & Referrals
Click each category for a list of web-based references & information
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Northern NJ Meetings
- For families concerned for loved ones Al-anon
- Local Al-anon meetings
24 Hour Crisis Hotline: 201-336-7575
To support those dealing with Domestic Violence and to develop a better understanding:
- Alternatives to Domestic Violence
- What is domestic Violence?
- NJ State Police Domestic Violence
- Center for Hope and Safety: 24-Hour Hotline: (201) 944-9600
- New Jersey Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-572-SAFE (7233)
- 24-Hour Hotline -Linea Estatal de Violencia Domestica en New Jersey
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 / TTY 1-800-787-3224
- Linea National de Violencia Domestica: 800-799-7233
- Lundy Bancroft: Author, workshop leader, and consultant on domestic abuse and child maltreatment.
- Women’s Rights Information Center
- Menstrual Cramps and Pelvic Pain : Dr. Christiane Northrup
- Treating Female Infertility and Improving IVF Pregnancy Rates With a Manual Physical Therapy Technique
- Medscape Article, June 18, 2004
- Enhancing Fertility: A Mind/Body Perspective : Dr. Christiane Northrup
- Mayan Womb Massage
How an ancient technique can prepare your body for conception and ease menstrual cramps
Mothering Magazine, April 2010 - A Midwife’s Voice: Mindbody Care for Pregnancy and Birth : by Trish Detura
Science & Sensibility Magazine, April 28, 2012
- http://www.evidencebasedbirth.com
- http://www.improvingbirth.org
- http://www.ican-online.org
- http://www.vbac.com
- http://www.spinningbabies.com
- www.childbirthconnection.org ~ Evidence-based info regarding pregnancy
- www.Lamaze.org ~ Childbirth education for parents
- www.InfantMassageUSA.org ~ Infant massage info & links to classes in your community
- www.nvic.org (vaccine info)
- www.llli.org (breastfeeding info, la lache league)
- www.ICAN-online.net (post cesarean section support)
- www.holisticmoms.org
- www.ACNM.org (to locate a CNM, or nurse-midwife)
- Consumer Reports: What to Reject When You’re Expecting
- www.bigelowchemists.com (a pharmacy in NYC)
- www.hahnemannlabs.com (located in San Rafael CA)
- www.homeopathyovernight.com (located in New Jersey)
To support those with mental illnesses and to develop a better understanding:
- To help heal abortion: www.rachelsvineyard.org
- To heal sexual abuse: www.grieftograce.org
- Natural Family Planning: www.symptopro.org
- Great place to learn holistically-based modalities that enhance transformation in individuals and the world : www.opencenter.org
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network Hotline (RAINN):
1 (800) 656-4673, or online hotline at online.rainn.org
- NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault / Resources
- Support Group for Survivors of incest:
Meetings in Bergen County NJ: “Better Together”
St. Marks Church Episcopal Church
118 Chadwick Rd. Teaneck, NJ 07666 (Meet: room to the left of Kitchen)
Meets: first and third Thursday of month, 6:30-8:30 PM
Contact: pilarts@aol.com / www.Sianewyork.com
Recommended Reading List
- Sastun
- Rainforest Home Remedies
- Rainforest Remedies
- Spiritual Bathing
- Food of the Gods: Vegetarian Cooking in Belize
- Taking Care of your Fertility by Toni Weschler
- Cycle Savy: The Smart Teens Guide to the Mysteries of the Body by Toni Weschler
- The Garden of Fertility by Katie Singer
- Making Babies: A Proven 3 Month Program for Maximum Fertility by Sami David, MD and Jill Blakeway, L.Ac.
- The Infertility Cure by Randine Lewis PhD.
- Birthing from Within by Pam England
- Birth Matters by Ina May Gaskin
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
- The Birth Partner by Penny Simpkin
- The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
- The Natural Pregnancy Book by Aviva Jill Romm and Ina May Gaskin
- Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley MD
- Wisewoman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susan Weed
- Natural Health After Birth: The complete Guide to Post Partum Wellness by Aviva Jill Romm
- Maternity Fitness by Julie Tuppler
- Ending Female Pain by Isa Herrera, MSPT
- The Wild Feminine by Tami Lynn Kent
- Women’s Optimal Pelvic Health With Mercier Therapy by Jennifer Mercier
- Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom by Dr. Christiane Northrup
- Mother-Daughter Wisdom by Dr. Chistiane Northrup
- Journeys in Healing by Donna Zubro
- Aviva Romm, MD