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Single Parent Support

Bananas
bananas@bananasinc.org
510-658-7353

Berkeley YMCA Program-Family Program
510-665-3238
Edna O’Brien-Brenner
eobrienbrenner@baymca.org

East Bay Single Parents Network (SPN)
EastBaySPN@yahoogroups.com
510-528-2797

Single Mothers by Choice
bayareasmc@hotmail.com
510-550-4748

Support Groups for Single Mothers
Jan Chess, PhD, MFT
Janananda@aol.com
510-601-9082
1. Single Adoptive Mothers -with children under the age of 3.
2. General Group for Single Moms- with children under 5.

Children of Divorce Group
Milton Kalish
This group runs simultaneously with Support Group for Single Parents listed below.
925-258-9759

Support Group for Single Parents
Liz Hannigan
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
925 855 1745
This group runs simultaneously with the Children of Divorce Group listed above

Check UCB Parents site for resources.

Check Neighborhood Parents Network (start your own group if necessary)
877-648-KIDS (5437) ext 81

Divorce & Separation Support

Bay Area Children First in SF 415- 643-4863

Bonus Families

Children of Divorce Group
Milton Kalish
925-258-9759
This group runs simultaneosly with Support Group for Single Parents listed below.

Divorce With Dignity- Cindy Elwell 510-523-7290
dwdignity@aol.com

Kid Turn 510-835-8445

Parenting After Divorce Group (Free)
Temple Sinai in Oakland
Ellen Dekker, MFT
ellendekker@earthlink.net
415- 979-6830

Separation and Divorce Articles
by Gary Direnfeld, MSW

Support Groups For Relationship Loss/Separation/Divorce/Transition
Facilitated by licensed therapists
*Barbara McMahon , Orinda, 925-254-8510
*Audry Spector, Berkeley, 510- 704-5502

Step Parenting Support

Miriam Levine-Alcala, LCSW
510-849-1295
Miriamla@Hotmail.com

Neighborhood Parents Network
Support Group for Moms who are also Stepmoms
Ruth 510-235-1245
doctorruth@attbi.com

Step-Parenting Support- Bananas Group
Anthony Carpentieri, MFT
stephelp@onemain.com
510-849-1626

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