Mental Health
Emotional Support and Counseling
School Counselor - Lisa Durham - ldurham@excelacademy.education
Office Phone: 949-387-7822
Call the CalHOPE Warm Line
(833) 317-HOPE (4673)
The CalHOPE warm line connects callers to other people who have persevered through struggles with stress, anxiety, depression—emotions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The peer counselors listen with compassion, provide non-judgmental support and guide you to additional resources that can give hope and help them cope.
Crises Hotlines
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255
- Suicide Hotline - 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
- National Runaway Safeline - 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929)
- S.A.F.E (Self Abuse Finally Ends) - 1-800-DONT-CUT
- National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-SAFE
- Crisis support in the US - Text HOME to 741741 - free, 24/7
Mental Health
- California Department of Public Health
- Orange County Department of Education
- Orange County Health Care Agency
- Los Angeles Department of Public Health
- Los Angeles Health Care Agency
- Riverside County Department of Public Health
- San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency
For General Support and Non-Emergencies
- Text TEEN to 839863 or Call 310-855-4673 - Confidential Teen Line for teen-to-teen support every evening from 6:00PM to 10:00PM PST
Teaching Kindness and Compassion to our Kids
Check out this article here to learn ways to lead your child towards kindness and away from bullying.
Please reach out. You are important. You are loved. We are here for YOU.