Crisis Hotlines 📱
Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States - 24/7, free, confidential. Crisis Text Line (CTL) is here for you. A live, trained volunteer Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from their secure onine platform. Crisis Counselor will help you move from a hot moment to a cool calm.
The NAMI OC (National Alliance on Mental Illness) WarmLine is a free and confidential telephone service providing emotional support and resources to Orange County residents, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Call or text: (714) 991-6412
Toll Free: (877) 910-9276
Through the 988 Lifeline, you have access to free, quality, one-on-one assistance. Their skilled, judgement-free counselors are here to provide compassion support. You deserve to feel heard and cared about anytime, anywhere, 24/7/365.
Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org
Suicide Prevention 💛
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services provides free mental health, substance use disorder, and suicide prevention services. The Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center is the nation's first and international leader in training, research, and crisis services.
The Jed Foundation is a non-profiit that protects the emotional health of teens by providing helpful skills and knowledge to prevent suicide.
How to help a friend or family member in need and learn what you can do to help.
Wellness Resources
The goal of the app is to help improve your health and happiness. Do you want to reduce stress and anxiety? This app is for you! It is the #1 app for meditation and sleep.
This site includes Mental Health in Schools Toolkits, mental health disorder one-page resources and videos, and distance learning handouts organized by both audience (parents, educators, and children) and grade level.
Each Mind Matters is California’s Mental Health Movement. We are millions of individuals and thousands of organizations working to advance mental health. The mental health movement certainly didn’t start with us, but Each Mind Matters was created to unite all of us who share a vision of improved mental health and equality.
Interactive website that provides various opportunities for self-reflection and self-awareness by offering guided exercises and tutorials. You can create your own Self-Care Toolkit!
Try headspace for yourself and learn about meditation and mindfulness at your own pace. Even if you have a few minutes or hours, you are more than likely going to find an exercise that will fit your schedule.
LGBTQ+🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
At the LGBTQ Center OC, all members and allies of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community of Orange County join together in a network of support and unity. Our life-affirming programs focus on empowerment, and our advocacy efforts focus on speaking out against hate and discrimination. We exist so that every segment of the LGBTQ population of Orange County has the resources needed to thrive in their own lives and communities.
The Trevor Project offers accredited life-saving, life-affirming programs and services to LGBTQ youth that create, safe, accepting and inclusive environments over the phone, online, and through text.
Peer Support Trans Lifeline connects trans people to community support and resources to survive and thrive.
Kinder Future supports school district efforts to improve school climates, culture and positive outcomes for all students by working with students, parents, and school and district staff to increase equity and engagement among LGBTQ+ youth and their families and to make schools safer and more supportive for all students.
