Violent Loss Resources

A partial list of

Community Resources for San Diego County Violent Loss Community

Survivors of Violent Loss Clinical Services contact information.

Team includes: Laura Carr, MFT, Director  lauracarrmft@gmail.com                 Website:    http://www.cfmrsandiego.com/

Michelle Illiff, michelle.i.cfmrsvlp@gmail.com

Phone: 619-685-0005.      Email:    svlp@svlp.org     Website:    www.svlp.org

Violent Death Grief and Trauma Specialists

  • Training and support available for various levels: peer, agency, professional .   Provide information on your  interests.  Inquire about our scholarship-no fee training availability.
  • Available for clinical services, training, support and/or consultations.

Community Advocates  Contact Dayna Herroz   daynaherroz@gmail.com   re: upcoming Events

Connie Saindon, MA, MFT, Survivor, Founder and Clinical Director of the Survivors of Violent Loss Program.  Connie has conducted research in treatment interventions, provided training on the grief and Trauma after Violent Loss. She is the  author of The Journey Workbook: An adult self help guide to learning to live with violent death available at Compassion Books.  Her work has extended to both National and Global arenas .   Connie began her specialization in violent death grief and trauma  in 1995.   Contact her at 619-685-0005 or connie.saindon@gmail.com

Kerry Barth, MFT, PsyD,  La Mesa. Provides clinical services, consultation and training. Served both assistant clinical director as well as program manager at the Survivors of Violent Loss Program for over four years.  Has conducted research on couples resiliency after losing a child to a violent death. Contact her at 619-800-8438.

Erin Falvey, MFT, Ph.D ,Mission Valley. Provides clinical services, consultation and training.  Served as clinician, training and program manager for the Survivors of Violent Loss for over four years. Contact her at (619) 261-4221 or erin@narrativetherapysd.com

Silvia Aguayo-Lopez, PhD, MFT   Chula Vista, CA.    Provides clinical services and is bilingual Spanish. contact her at Office (619) 737-9029 .
SELF-Help Workbook: The Journey

OTHER Community Resources are:

Hotline:  Call: 211

VACC     Victim Assistance Coordinating Council  service providers who meet every other month and are vitally involved in various aspects of crime victim assistance. The website is designed to provide information, options and resources available to victims and survivors of crime. http://www.sdvacc.com/

UCSD HEAL         Heal Emotions after Loss.   no cost for Individual talk therapy and/or medication. Contact Ilanit Young, PhD for more information at 858-552-7598

DROP-IN Peer Support Groups and additional resources:

District Attorney’s Office:  Cynthia Charlebois                   cynthia.charlebois@sdcda.org

The Compassion Project:   Rene Colon                                   colonrene@gmail.com

Crime Victims Fund:   Patti Colston                                         patti@crimevictimsfund.org

Crime Stoppers:   Sally Cox                                                          sally@sdcrimestoppers.com

Jenna Druck Foundation:   Dayna Herroz                               daynaherroz@gmail.com

ACE:   Celeste Hunter                                                                    chunterupacsd@gmail.com

MADD:  Paula Myers                                                                      paula.myers@madd.org

Survivors of Suicide:  Bonnie Bear                                           info@soslsd.org