If you need immediate support between therapy appointments, there are crisis services available locally and nationally. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, an endorsement of the content of a particular site, or a substitute for mental health counseling services.
LINKS TO CRISIS RESPONSE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT RESOURCES
24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress
Rochester Regional Health Crisis Center
Help with mental health and substance abuse without a trip to the emergency department
24/7 access to peer support specialists
Text HOME to 741741 for free, 24/7 crisis counseling
Monroe County Mobile Crisis Team
A mobile psychiatric emergency team for individuals and families within Monroe County
Connecting people with services in the Finger Lakes Region 24/7
Rochester Behavioral Health Services Guide
Supporting providers and consumers in navigating our community's resources
Rochester Alcoholics Anonymous
Enabling members to stay sober and help others achieve sobriety
Enabling members to stay sober and help others to stay clean and help others abstain from drug use
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Providing care and support to survivors of abuse and concerned friends or family members
RESTORE
24-hour sexual assault services
24-hour LGBTQ youth hotline
LINKS TO WELLNESS AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES
Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
A trusted source for knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL)
Resource for children's mental health information
Insight, information, and inspiration to help us all live more mindfully
Special NY collection of meditation, sleep, and movement exercises
Resources to strengthen children's social and emotional health
Strengthening executive function skills in children
Resources to foster inclusive communities
Helping to realize a free, just, and equitable society
Center on the Developing Child
Strategies designed to achieve significantly better life outcomes for children
Confident Parents Confident Kids
A site for parents actively supporting kids' social and emotional development
Mindfully focusing on wellness in our lives