LibGuides: Counseling: Self-Care and Crisis Resources

Free Cell Phone Apps

Aura
"Prioritize health & happiness with 3-minute meditations"
Booster buddy
"BoosterBuddy is a free app designed to help teens and young adults improve their mental health.
Manage your personal wellness journey and earn achievements as your sidekick guides you through a series of daily quests designed to establish and sustain positive habits."
Bliss
"Unlock a happier, more successful life with the most powerful, scientifically-proven exercises from positive psychology."
Calm
"Calm is the #1 app for mindfulness and meditation to bring more clarity, joy and peace to your daily life. Start your journey to a calmer mind with the app that’s trusted by millions and featured in the New York Times.
Calm is the perfect meditation app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced meditators and gurus."
Happify
"Happify is the single destination for effective, evidence-based solutions for better emotional health and wellbeing in the 21st century.
Our proven techniques are developed by leading scientists and experts who've been studying evidence-based interventions in the fields of positive psychology, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral therapy for decades."
Insight Timer
"Home to more than 2,500,000 meditators, Insight Timer is rated
as the top free meditation app on the Android and iOS stores."
Stop, Breathe & Think
"Check in with how you’re feeling and try short activities tuned to your emotions."
What's Up?
"Free app utilising some of the best CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) methods to help you cope with Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Stress and more!"
7 Cups: Anxiety & Stress Chat
"Feeling worried, sad, stressed or lonely? Need to talk to someone? Download 7 Cups now for FREE anonymous emotional support & counseling from trained active listeners. Easy to use text chat. Real listeners available for you 24/7, 300 free mindfulness exercises, Boost your mood with simple activities, Learn & grow from short videos"

On Campus Resources (They're here for you!)

Ratoya Mason

Director of Counseling and Career Services

Email: lccounseling@lagrange.edu

Phone: 706-880-8177

Roselyn Arnold

Assistant Director of Counseling

Email: lccounseling@lagrange.edu

We are located in Smith Hall- 2^nd floor.

Bookings Information:

https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/LaGrangeCollegeCounselingCenter@lagrange0.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/

Rev. Ashley Jenkins

LaGrange College Chaplain

Email: ajenkins@lagrange.edu

Office: Smith 228

Drop by my office, email me for an appointment, or see me on campus.

Resources and Helplines

988 - Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

• Georgia Crisis & Access Line 1.800.715.4225

• Harmony House: Domestic/Sexual Violence Shelter (LaGrange, GA): 24 hour hotline 706- 885-1525 / General 706-882-4173 – an advocate can assist a student seek medical treatment at the Coleman Health Clinic where the student can be seen by a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) as well as provide additional advocacy and support following the incident

• LaGrange Police Department (LaGrange, GA): dial 911 for emergencies or contact the domestic violence investigator, Investigator Brown at 706-883-2606 – the department can assist a student seek medical treatment at the Coleman Health Clinic where the student can be seen by a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) as well as provide additional information about options moving forward (if a student visits West Georgia Health, the hospital will call the police for assistance)

• Sexual Assault Support Center, Inc. (Columbus, GA): Crisis line 706-571-6010 / General 706- 221-1033

• West Georgia Rape Crisis Center (Carrollton, GA): Crisis line 770-834-7273 / General 770- 834-8905

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)

• Domestic abuse Helpline for Men & Women: 888-7HELPLINE (888-743-5754)

Depression and Anxiety

https://www.anxiety.org/university-student-anxiety-resources
www.campushealthandsafety.org

www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/depression

www.learnpsychology.org/mental-health/

Dating Violence
www.Loveisrespect.org

www.Breakthecycle.org

breakthecycle@harmonyhousega.org

Eating Disorders
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

www.eatingdisorderhope.com/

Crisis Resources (Georgia)
A Crisis Resources Directory for the state of Georgia (2017)

Self-Care Related Print Resources

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Call Number: RC552 .P67 V355 2014
ISBN: 9780670785933
Publication Date: 2014-09-25
“Packed with science and human stories, the book is an intense read. . . . The struggle and resilience of [van der Kolk’s] patients is very moving.” —New Scientist
CBT for Occupational Stress in Health Professionals by Martin R. Bamber (Editor)
ISBN: 0203966031
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
"An overview of stress in the occupational context the standard CBT approach to assessment, formulation and treatment a new schema-focused approach to treating occupational stress."
Surviving Fears in Health and Social Care by Martin Smith
ISBN: 1846421187
Publication Date: 2004-11-15
"Fear can have significant and complex effects on the lives of those working in health and social care, yet it is rarely discussed or investigated. Drawing on powerful first-hand accounts, this book explores the fears experienced when working in child protection, mental health, and with marginalized groups of people, and suggests how these fears can be understood and managed."
Pain of Helping by Patrick J. Morrissette
ISBN: 0203333756
Publication Date: 2004-07-01
The purpose of The Pain of Helping is to provide a source that identifies, condenses, and consolidates information pertaining to psychological injury.
Stress Management for Primary Health Care Professionals by Usha R. Rout (Editor); Jaya K. Rout (Editor)
ISBN: 0306476495
Publication Date: 2007-05-08
This book is the first one to examine stress in primary health care professionals in the UK - the professionals who are in the frontline of medical care in a rapidly changing society. It contains extensive material from face-to-face interviews with each profession and practical advice on how they can manage stress.
The Resilient Practitioner by Thomas M. Skovholt; Michelle Trotter-Mathison
Call Number: RC451.4 .M44 S57 2016
ISBN: 9781138830035
Publication Date: 2016-03-07
"The Resilient Practitioner, 3rd edition, gives students and practitioners the tools they need to create their own personal balance between caring for themselves and caring for others. "

DVDs

Paper tigers by Redford, James, 1962- film producer, film director.
Call Number: DVD LC46.5 .W3 P37 2015
Publication Date: 2015
"'Paper Tigers' chronicles a year in the life of Lincoln High School in the community of Walla Walla, Washington. The kids who come to Lincoln have a history of truancy, behavioral problems and substance abuse. After Lincoln's principal is exposed to research about the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), he decides to radically change the school's approach to discipline."