Mental Health Resources
HOTLINES
Call the hotline during times of crisis
Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)
Crime Victims: 1-855-484-2846
Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to 741-741
Disaster Distress Hotline: 1-800-985-5990
Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
Runaway Safeline: 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929)
Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
Street Harassment Hotline: 1-855-897-5910
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-9474
Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255
International Hotlines - click the link(s) below for more info
Canadian Mental Health Resources
Crisis Line Association of British Columbia, Canada
International Suicide Hotlines
Find a Helpline in Your Country
Warm Lines
Call the warm line when you need an empathetic ear and are not in crisis. Run by individuals who have been through similar experiences. Click on the link to find a warm line for your state.
Warm Line Directory
Mental Health America Warm Line Directory
Vets4Warriors: 1-855-838-8255
Therapist / Counselor / Coach / Treatment Facilities
Search for Christian therapists if it is a generic therapist website
Abide Counseling
Asian Mental Health Collective
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator
Christian Counselor Directory
Inclusive Therapists
Mango Tree Counseling & Consulting (AAPI community)
Mental Health Match
Mindcare (childhood trauma)
Ministry Care Line (pastors, teachers, staff, and their families)
Orchid Exchange, Inc. (AAPI community)
Pearls to Wholeness Health Coaching (Free Consultation)
Psychology Today Therapist Directory
Psychologist Locator
Scrupulosity Solutions LLC (religious OCD)
South Asian Therapists
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Teen Counseling
The Shrink Space (college students)
Support Groups / Group Counseling / Group Coaching / Group Therapy
Some groups are either therapist led or peer led support groups. Refer to each resource for more details.
Abide Counseling Phone Support
Celebrate Recovery
DivorceCare
GriefShare
Mango Tree Counseling & Consulting (AAPI community)
Mindcare (childhood trauma)
Orchid Exchange, Inc. (AAPI community)
Scrupulosity Solutions LLC (religious OCD)
Assessments
ACEs Assessment (find out your risk of physical and mental health problems due to childhood trauma)
AAP Clinical Assessment Tools (assessment tools from the American Academy of Pediatrics)
Boundaries Quiz (find out how well you keep your boundaries with others)
Empathy Assessment (find out how empathetic you are)
Mental Health Assessments (multiple assessments for variety of mental health issues)
Rest Assessment (find out if you are getting enough rest)
Scrupulosity Quiz (find out if you have religious OCD; has other quizzes, too)
Self-care Assessment (find out how well you take care of yourself)
Stress Assessment (find out your stress level)
Books
Boundaries by Cloud & Townsend
Sacred Rest by Saundra Dalton-Smith
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass
The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Wray Gregoire et al.
The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans
Advocates/Podcasts/Websites/Other Resources
Project Safe Church (abuse reporting within the Adventist community)
Diane Langberg, PhD
Down To Earth with the Burucharas
Essential Oils Masterclass (learn the basics of how to use EOs safely for FREE)
Mental Health Coach (certification course to become a mental health coach)
Trauma Healing Institute
Wilderness to WILD (affiliate link to classes to heal from trauma and abuse)
Lifestyle Centers & Clinics
A Pattern Health Retreat
Black Hills Health & Education Center
Eden Lifestyle
Eden Valley Institute of Wellness
Hartland Lifestyle Center
NEWSTART Lifestyle Center
Pathways Lifestyle Medicine Clinics (Canada)
Uchee Pines Institute
Wildwood Lifestyle Center
Wildwood Medical Clinic
Wellness Retreats
Silver Hills Guesthouse (Canada)
Balm From Gilead provides a list of mental health resources to help you get started in your journey to healing, continue your healing journey, or to give back by helping others. Some resources may or may not be helpful to you, depending on where you are in your healing process. Take what resonates with you where you are today, and leave the rest to explore another time. If you are blessed by this ministry, please share this blessing with others.
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We appreciate your support and your prayers. May God abundantly bless you.
There are affiliate links on this website as this is one of the ways we are able to fund our ministry. Additionally, we would appreciate your financial support of our ministry. You may send your donations through PayPal to https://paypal.me/BalmFromGilead.
We appreciate your support and your prayers. May God abundantly bless you.