Your primary care practitioner can be an important resource, providing initial mental health screenings and referrals to mental health specialists. If you have an appointment with your primary care provider, consider bringing up your mental health concerns and asking for help. Click on this article -- Tips for Talking with your Mental Health Provider
2-1-1 Ventura County is a comprehensive information and referral service. By simply dialing 2-1-1, texting or going to http://www.211ventura.org/ you can be connected to a specialist for personalized assistance with health and human services. 2-1-1 is available in multiple languages, is free, confidential and is one of the best places to gather information for a variety of family and mental health needs.
Interface Children and Family Services is based in Ventura County. Their core programs Include: 2-1-1 Information and Referrals, Child Abuse Prevention, Domestic Violence, Early Child and Family Development, Human Trafficking, Justice Services, Mental Health, and Runaway and Homeless Youth. www.icfs.org or call (805) 485-6114.
Ventura County Behavioral Health: https://www.venturacountylimits.org/
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Divorce: A Parent's Guide to Supporting Children from NASP: http://www.naspcenter.org/parenting/divorce_ho.html
This website is specific for Ventura County and covers a wide variety of concerns: http://www.wellnesseveryday.org/
Bereavement Support Groups and individual counseling are offered through Livingston Memorial, free of charge to the community. Services are also available in Spanish. Their groups include the Good Grief Club (ages 6-14) and Teenage Grief (ages 15-19). https://www.lmvna.org/grief/ or call (805) 642-0239.
The National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC) is a nonprofit organization that provides resources for anyone supporting a child or teen grieving a death. https://nacg.org/resource-library/.
The Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children & Families. https://www.dougy.org/.
PFLAG is an organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents, families and allies experiencing issues related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity: https://www.pflag.org/.
The LGBT National Youth Talkline provides telephone, online, private, one-to-one chat and email peer-support, as well as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States. They serve youth through age 25, but also serve parents who have questions or concerns they need to talk about: https://www.glbthotline.org/talkline.html or call 1-888-843-4564.
National Suicide Prevention Crisis Line- is a 24 hour crisis line for individuals who are contemplating, threatening, or attempting suicide, including their family and friends. An online chat is also available on the website: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ and call 988.
The Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text from anywhere in the USA: TWLOHA to 741-741 to be connected to a trained Crisis Counselor.
Self Abuse Finally Ends (S.A.F.E.)- Addresses individuals coping with non-suicidal self-injury, including locally-based information, support and therapy referrals. https://selfinjury.com/ or call 1-800-366-8288
Mental Health Awareness for Teens: http://onlinemph.unr.edu/mental-health-awareness-for-teens/.
Teen Line (6PM–10PM PST) - a hotline for teens operated by teens: (800) 852-8336/(800) TLC-TEEN. Text "TEEN" to 839863 between 6PM-9PM PST. https://teenlineonline.org/.
Trevor Project (24 hour hotline) - Is providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. www.trevorproject.org and call (866) 488-7386 or text "START" to 678-678.