Presented By The Youth Center Leadership Council

Hotlines

California Peer-Run Warm Line

(855) 845-7415

A non-emergency resource for anyone seeking emotional support

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

(800) 273-8255

If you are feeling suicidal or if you are concerned about someone, there is help available right now. A trained counselor is ready to talk and provide help.

Suicide Prevention 24-Hour

(800) 799-889

Free 24-hour hotline that has TTY capability via one of its national call centers

California Youth Crisis Line (CYCL)

800-843-5200

24/7 emergency response for youth (ages 12-24) and families in crisis. Trained staff provide confidential crisis intervention counseling and refer callers to local service providers for issues like suicide, depression, bullying, health, identity, trauma, and human trafficking. The hotline offers compassionate listening without judgment, focusing on support rather than advice.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

(888) 628-9454


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Our Resources

Meeting Mindfulness Workshops

Meeting Mindfulness is the name of our youth-led and youth-based initiative, encompassing an innovative, engaging set of workshops created by the Youth Center’s Leadership Council and in collaboration with mental health professionals.

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View U

  A group therapy program for kids in middle school aimed to connect and empower youth through interactive therapeutic sessions. View U will provide them opportunities to look deeper into themselves, learn more positive lifestyles, and enhance their capacity to make healthier life choices.

View U

Wellness Center

The Wellness Center was developed as a Gold Award to promote wellness at The Youth Center.

- By Ally Hatakeyama

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Take Action for Mental Health is the campaign for California’s ongoing mental health movement. It builds upon established approaches and provides resources to support Californians’ mental health needs.

Learn how to recognize the warning signs of suicide, how to find the words to have a direct conversation with someone in crisis, and where to find professional help and resources.

Walk in Our Shoes is a great resource for your kids or students to learn the facts about mental health issues.

Orange County specific information, services, resources, hotlines, and programs for mental health.

An online resource for millions of Californians coming together to fight stigma and promote awareness, compassion and acceptance.

NAMI California is a leading organization of individuals working with mutual respect to provide help, hope and health for those affected by serious mental health challenges.

TakAn initiative of concerned citizens, nonprofit leaders, and leaders from the private sector who have come together to create a new story in America about mental health, mental illness, and wellness.

A non-profit organization working together to end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness through widely distributed public education.

A non-profit organization working together to end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness through widely distributed public education.

The national institute transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses.

An online source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities for substance abuse/addiction and/or mental health problems.

An online source that offers advice on dealing with mental health. It explains strategies that reduce the effects of mental health issues.

An article that gives short and simple advice you can incorporate into your daily life. A little goes a long way.

Hosted by Saleem Reshamwala, this podcast goes through many emotions and how to deal with them, giving insightful advice.

Every episode of the podcast, host and mental health writer Anna Borges explores one new way we can cope with our feelings, our baggage, or the world around us.

A podcast made for teens addressing mental wellness while providing a safe space to feel validated and build your life worth living.

An app that offers anxiety relief strategies and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools to help reduce worry, stress, and panic using techniques like writing in journals, building fear ladders, doing comfort zone challenges and much more.

The Calm Harm app can help a teen resist or manage the urge to self-harm using evidence-based therapy principles of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) focusing on Comfort, Distract, Express Yourself, Release, Random and Breathe activities.