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Emergency Hotlines and Mental Health Resources

Resource Contact Info

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Suicide prevention telephone hotline. Provides free, 24-hour assistance.

 Call or text 988
Crisis Text Line
Free text-based prevention service that provides 24-hour assistance.		 Text “Hello” to 741-741
Kara Grief Services  650.321.5272

Trevor Project
Suicide prevention and crisis counseling for questioning
and LGBT teens 

 866.488.7386 (24-hour hotline)
Text “Start” to 678678

It Gets Better Project
Uplift, Empower, Connect, LGBTQ Youth Worldwide

 https://itgetsbetter.org/

Trans Lifeline
Peer Support hotline.

 877.565.8860

RAINN: Rape Abuse Incest National Network
Anti-sexual violence organization

800.656.4673 (HOPE)
National Sexual Assault Hotline
Rape Trauma Services

650.692.7273 (24-hour crisis hotline)
1860 El Camino Real #406, Burlingame, CA 94010

YWCA Silicon Valley Crisis Team
Domestic violence or sexual assault counseling, emergency youth services, social/racial injustice

 800.572.2782 (24-hour hotline; English and Español)

Planned Parenthood (Redwood City)
Information and services for adolescent sexual health
  • National: 800.230.7526 (PLAN)
  • Redwood City: 650.503.7810
    2907 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94061

The Addictions Institute
Stephanie Brown, PhD

  650-329-9779

445 Burgess Drive, #150, Menlo Park, CA

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Teen/Young Adult Meeting:

  • Saturdays, 7:30 pm, All Saints Church, Palo Alto
  • Sundays, 6:00 pm, Palo Alto Community Church, Palo Alto
  • San Mateo: 650.577.1310
  • Santa Clara: 408.374.8511
  • 24-Hour Helpline: 650.577.1310
  • Español: 650.679.2374

Al Anon - Substance Recovery Program (Alateen)
Family support for alcoholism

  650.592.7935

The Healthy Teen Project
A Place for Adolescent Eating Disorder Recovery

650.941.2300 
919 Fremont Avenue, Los Altos, CA 94024
Intake line: 844.845.5510
Mid-Peninsula Eating Disorders Clinic  650.319.7225, ext. 701

220 California Avenue, Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA  94036
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program  650.498.4468

Children’s Health Council

 English: 650.688.3625
Español: 650.688.3650

Child Mind Institute
Child-focused therapeutic care with no waitlist and affordable care.

 650.931.6565

Embark Family Support Program
Family Support Program, Therapeutic Mentorship, and Family Coaching Home Visits

 770.710.4943
Cognition Builders
Whole-family therapeutic support. Home visits. 		 646-284-6083
Stanford/Lucile Packard Teen & Young Adult Clinic 650.694.0600

Police Departments Closest to Campus 
Phone Numbers
Atherton Police  650.688.6500
Menlo Park Police  650.330.6300
You can also contact the department in your home town.  

Additional Resources

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, E-Resource Center
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
NIMH, Depression in Children & Adolescents
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Crisis Line for Teens Resource List from PAMF
Important Menlo Numbers
  
Menlo Security (24 hrs.) 650.799.4993
Adam Gelb, Upper Assistant Director 650.330.2001 ext. 2323

Tracy Bianchi, US Counselor

 650.330.2001 ext. 2227

Stefie Dominguez, US Counselor

 650.330.2001 ext. 2316
Jake Fauver, US Counselor 
 650.330.2001 ext. 2228
Kaila Uniacke, MS Counselor 650.330.2001 ext. 2461
Joan Barada, RN, Health Services 650.330.2001 ext. 2530
Than Healy, Head of School 650.330.2001 ext. 2520
John Schafer, US Director 650.330.2001 ext. 2222
La Vina Lowery, MS Director 650.330.2001 ext. 2472
Joe McDonald, MS Athletic Director 650.330.2001 ext. 2456
Aubrey Yanda, Athletic Trainer 650.330.2001 ext. 2249

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Emergency Hotlines and Mental Health Resources

 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Suicide prevention telephone hotline. Provides free, 24-hour assistance.

 800.273.TALK (8255)
Crisis Text Line
Free text-based prevention service that provides 24-hour assistance.		 Text “Hello” to 741-741
Kara Grief Services  650.321.5272

Trevor Project
Suicide prevention and crisis counseling for questioning
and LGBT teens 

 866.488.7386 (24-hour hotline)
Text “Start” to 678678

It Gets Better Project
Uplift, Empower, Connect, LGBTQ Youth Worldwide

 https://itgetsbetter.org/

Trans Lifeline
Peer Support hotline.

 877.565.8860

RAINN: Rape Abuse Incest National Network
Anti-sexual violence organization

800.656.4673 (HOPE)
National Sexual Assault Hotline
Rape Trauma Services

650.692.7273 (24-hour crisis hotline)
1860 El Camino Real #406, Burlingame, CA 94010

YWCA Silicon Valley Crisis Team
Domestic violence or sexual assault counseling, emergency youth services, social/racial injustice

 800.572.2782 (24-hour hotline; English and Español)

Planned Parenthood (Redwood City)
Information and services for adolescent sexual health
  • National: 800.230.7526 (PLAN)
  • Redwood City: 650.503.7810
    2907 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94061

The Addictions Institute
Stephanie Brown, PhD

  650-329-9779

445 Burgess Drive, #150, Menlo Park, CA

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Teen/Young Adult Meeting:

  • Saturdays, 7:30 pm, All Saints Church, Palo Alto
  • Sundays, 6:00 pm, Palo Alto Community Church, Palo Alto
  • San Mateo: 650.577.1310
  • Santa Clara: 408.374.8511
  • 24-Hour Helpline: 650.577.1310
  • Español: 650.679.2374

Al Anon - Substance Recovery Program (Alateen)
Family support for alcoholism

  650.592.7935

The Healthy Teen Project
A Place for Adolescent Eating Disorder Recovery

650.941.2300 
919 Fremont Avenue, Los Altos, CA 94024
Intake line: 844.845.5510
Mid-Peninsula Eating Disorders Clinic  650.319.7225, ext. 701

220 California Avenue, Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA  94036
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program  650.498.4468

Children’s Health Council

 English: 650.688.3625
Español: 650.688.3650

Child Mind Institute
Child-focused therapeutic care with no waitlist and affordable care.

 650.931.6565

Embark Family Support Program
Family Support Program, Therapeutic Mentorship, and Family Coaching Home Visits

 770.710.4943
Cognition Builders
Whole-family therapeutic support. Home visits. 		 646-284-6083
Stanford/Lucile Packard Teen & Young Adult Clinic 650.694.0600
Police Departments Closest to Campus 
Phone Numbers
Atherton Police  650.688.6500
Menlo Park Police  650.330.6300
You can also contact the department in your home town.  
Additional Resources
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, E-Resource Center
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
NIMH, Depression in Children & Adolescents
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Crisis Line for Teens Resource List from PAMF
Important Menlo Numbers
  
Menlo Security (24 hrs.) 650.799.4993
Adam Gelb, Upper Assistant Director 650.330.2001 ext. 2323

Tracy Bianchi, US Counselor

 650.330.2001 ext. 2227

Stefie Dominguez, US Counselor

 650.330.2001
Jake Fauver, US Counselor 
 650.330.2001 ext. 2228
Kaila Uniacke, MS Counselor 650.330.2001 ext. 2461
Joan Barada, RN, Health Services 650.330.2001 ext. 2530
Than Healy, Head of School 650.330.2001 ext. 2520
John Schafer, US Director 650.330.2001 ext. 2222
La Vina Lowery, MS Director 650.330.2001 ext. 2472
Joe McDonald, MS Athletic Director 650.330.2001 ext. 2456
Aubrey Yanda, Athletic Trainer 650.330.2001 ext. 2249