Stress and Anxiety
Calm App's Breathe Bubble - use this when you need a break or a few deep breaths!
Managing Stress - Video by BrainSmart BBC
Coping Skills, Self Care and Self Regulation Strategies
12 Ways Mindfulness Can Improve Your Mental Health
Here's a great technique to calm yourself called "Havening" - try it out!
General Resources:
Psychology Today: is a media organization with a focus on psychology and human behavior. The Psychology Today website features therapy and health professionals directories and hundreds of blogs written by a wide variety of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, medical doctors, anthropologists, sociologists, and science journalists.
H-K Youth and Family Services
H-K Recreation Department
211 Info Line
Department of Children and Families
Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
The Trevor Project Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ kids, including a hotline.
Helping Hands of Killingworth (food pantry) 860-663-3526
Town of Haddam
United Way 211: free, confidential information and referral service that connects people to essential health and human services 24 hours a day, seven days a week online and over the phone.
Parent Toolkit: Developed by NBC News Learn and supported by Pearson, includes information about child’s development.
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator: A confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities for substance use/addiction and/or mental health problems.
Autism Speaks: An organization dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.
Child Mind Institute: an independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
Local Counseling Resources
H-K Youth and Family Services: a private, non-profit Youth Service Bureau (YSB) committed to providing high-quality human health services to promote the development and well-being of the local community.
Pathways Center for Learning and Behavioral Health: counseling and behavioral health services in Essex, East Lyme, and Guilford.
Family Advocacy Program at Middlesex Hospital:comprehensive behavioral health outpatient services, emergency Mobile Psychiatric Service (EPMS), and Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS)
Coastal Counseling Associates: a full-service psychotherapy practice that provides personalized, high-quality behavioral health counseling on an as-needed or preventative basis.
The Cove Center for Grieving Children
Self-Harm
Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Click Here for resources
Infoline Crisis Services:
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Call Infoline by dialing 2-1-1 from anywhere in Connecticut. You will speak to a caseworker who can help make it easier for you to find information, discover options or deal with a crisis. Infoline is certified by the American Association of Suicidology.
Other Support Services:
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The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Connecticut (NAMI of CT)
Ph: 800-215-3021
NAMI of CT is a statewide organization for the families and friends of persons who have a psychiatric disability. Its activities include support, education and information, and advocacy. -
The Connecticut Mental Health Association
Ph: 800-842-1501 or 860-529-1970
The Connecticut Mental Health Association is dedicated to the promotion of mental health, prevention of mental illness, and improved care and treatment of persons with mental illness. -
Prevent Suicide CT 1-800-273-8255