Mental Health
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D'Veal Family and Youth Services, our school-based mental health provider is accepting new students for counseling services. Please email numana@duarteusd.org or call (626) 599-5712 for more information (se habla español)
Foothill Family offers several youth and family programs such as mental health care, early childhood development, parent education and school-based services. Visit www.foothillfamily.org for more information on their services or call (626) 993-3000.
Offers a variety of services to the community, ranging from mental health, group therapy, utility assistance and more.
for more information call (626) 263-9133 www.maryvale.org/communitybased
LA County Department of Mental Health has published materials to address the mental health & wellbeing needs and concerns of the community
Margaret’s Place offers FREE, confidential mental health services to students at Duarte High School. Program services are provided by the Margaret’s Place Counselor, Benyapa Bakewell, ACSW. Margaret’s Place is located on campus when school is open in room 605. The Margaret’s Place Counselor is available Monday through Friday during the school day. Please feel free to contact her with any questions, or if you would like more information about connecting your student to services.
(626) 599-5865 benyapa@joetorre.org
NAMI has created a comprehensive mental health resource guide full of mental health resources and COVID-19 information. Click here to access the resource>>.
Call the NAMI HelpLine at 800-950-NAMI (6264). They are available Monday through Friday, between 10 AM and 6 PM EST for mental health resources.
As kids are back at school, many students and parents may find themselves in need of support with processing the emotions related to the pandemic and navigating a new learning environment. To promote discussions at home, Each Mind Matters has activities for all students (from kindergarten through college) available for FREE. https://emmresourcecenter.org/resources/school-mental-health-activities
All LA County residents have free access to the Headspace App (a meditation app). Visit headspace.com/lacounty for more information (o visite headspace.com/lacounty-es para información en español).
211 LA is the central source for providing information and referrals for all health and human services in LA County. Our 2-1-1 phone line is open 24 hours, 7 days a week, with trained Community Resource Advisors prepared to offer help with any situation, any time. Call 211 within LA County. If you are calling from outside Los Angeles County or cannot directly dial 2-1-1, call (800) 339-6993.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
Knowing the signs is a suicide prevention hotline you can call if you or someone you know needs help.
Online screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition.
Following screening, you will be provided with information, resources and tools to help you understand and improve your mental health.
Visit http://mhascreening.org/ to take a mental health screening.
Please note: Online screening tools are meant to be a quick snapshot of your mental health. If your results indicate you may be experiencing symptoms of a mental illness, consider sharing your results with someone. A mental health provider (such as a doctor or a therapist) can give you a full assessment and talk to you about options for how to feel better.
LACDMH is partnering with iprevail so that all Los Angeles County residents can get a free iprevail subscription with access to 24/7 mental health support.
Azusa Pacific University Community Counseling Center provides free life coaches and support counselors for our students.
To register, email mbresch@apu.edu