Counseling Resources
Mental Health Resources
Mass 2-1-1: People can dial 2-1-1 or log on to the website, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to talk to a counselor about available resources such as: food, shelter, rent assistance, counseling, child care, senior services, and much more -http://www.mass211help.org/
Ulifeline: Mental health resources for college students – http://www.ulifeline.org/
Virtual Pamphlet: Psychoeducational pamphlets organized by topic – http://www.dr-bob.org/vpc/index.html
Community Health Link: The Outpatient Mental Health Department specializes in services for individuals in Worcester and Worcester County with serious mental illness. Outpatient care might include individual, family or group psychotherapy, psychiatric services, medication management, crisis management or case management.
Bilingual staff who speak Spanish and Vietnamese are available to assist clients.
Community Health link, Inc. counseling centers are located in Worcester, Clinton, Fitchburg, Leominster, and feature services for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.
Worcester, Massachusetts 508-860-1260
Emergency Services
If you have a Mental Health Emergency,
CALL: 1-800-977-5555 or 1-866-549-2142
If you are in immediate danger, call 911
http://communityhealthlink.org
North Central Human Services: Mental health counseling, medication assessment, intensive case management, substance abuse treatment and Adult Family Care (AFC).
31 Lake Street
Gardner, Massachusetts 978-632-9400
Clinical and Support Options, Inc: Clinical and Support Options provides outpatient services to individuals and families who need help dealing with mental health and/or substance abuse issues.
491 Main Street
Athol, Massachusetts 978-249-9926
http://www.csoinc.org/aos.htm
South Bay Mental Health: South Bay provides a continuum of community-based services to children, adults and families in Massachusetts. South Bay offers Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse counseling, Day Treatment and Partial Hospital Programs and Early Intervention services. This comprehensive range and intensity of services, combined with our community-based approach to treatment, makes South Bay expertly qualified to care for children, adults and families at its Centers, or in the client’s natural environment.
80 Erdman Way Leominster, Massachusetts 508 791 4976 www.southbaymentalhealth.com
Social Work Therapy Referral Service: A free telephone referral service that is user-friendly and confidential. The network of licensed therapists provide services to most Massachusetts areas. Personal information is not disclosed to any outside parties:
Massachusetts 800-242-9794
http://www.therapymatcher.org/find_counselor.htm
info@therapymatcher.org
Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center, Inc: Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center, Inc.
The Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center provides food panties, benefits assistance, veteran disability, veteran support groups, specialized information and referral. Provides individual and group support and counseling for veterans
268 Central Street
Gardner, Massachusetts 01440
978 632 9601
http://www.veterans-outreach.com
Massachusetts Department of Veterans Services: Vet Centers
Vet Centers provide readjustment services to war veterans and assist him/her and his/her family members toward a successful post-war adjustment in or near their respective communities.
Massachusetts
http://mass.gov/veterans
Military Mental Health: https://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/programs/military/
MentalHealth.Gov: http://www.mentalhealth.gov/index.html
The White House launched its website featuring “stories of hope and recovery from mental health problems”, intended to instigate a “national dialogue” about mental health and to de-stigmatize mental illness in our culture, encouraging people to “get the help they need.” The website features, among other testimonials, actress Glenn Close’s challenge to “every American family to no longer whisper about mental illness behind closed doors.”
