She recently moved out of her parent's house and is striking out on her own. She's low income (well, no income yet. Just moved and still looking), enough to qualify for food stamps. She's sharing a room with a close friend with Major Depressive Disorder. The friend joined her in the move at the last minute to escape her own parents, parting on not-so-great terms.

Between the stress of moving, the stress of looking for a job, hating her weight, hating her disorder, and other chronic health problems, she's in a really really bad place and with the two of them sharing a room, the bad moods build off each other terribly. My partner needs therapy badly and has said so herself. What can she do? Is there some sort of government assistance she can look for to help with this? I don't think she can survive without therapy much longer.

Another topic linked [this book](http://www.amazon.com/Dialectical-Behavior-Therapy-Skills-Workbook/dp/1572245131). Does anyone here have experience with it? What about [this one?](http://www.amazon.com/Borderline-Personality-Disorder-Survival-Guide/dp/1572245077)

Edit: Suggested the workbook. She said it wouldn't be effective for her. She needs the interpersonal part of therapy, to bounce ideas off someone...