Resources
Get help, stay in school.
College students may develop negative coping mechanisms to deal with overwhelming situations. Capstone College is here to help students find healthier ways to cope, grow and change and mature into healthy adults.
National Resources
- Call 911 if the crisis is a life-threatening emergency.
- Notify the operator of a psychiatric emergency and ask for an officer trained in crisis intervention or in assisting people during a psychiatric emergency.
- If you live in the state of Georgia, call the Georgia Crisis and Access Line (GCAL) at 1-800-715-4225 to get support and access services.
- Text NAMI HOME to 741-741 to receive support from a trained crisis counselor via text message
- Call 800-273-TALK (8255) for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center – Visit the website to find resources on suicide prevention to help yourself or someone you care about.
- National Eating Disorders Association to offer support in need
- Call 1-866-488-7386 for the Trevor Project for LGBTQ+ Specific suicide support
- Call 800-799-SAFE (7233) for the National Domestic Violence Hotline
- RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)
- Call 800-656-HOPE (4673) for the National Sexual Assault Hotline
- Crisis chat support available: Online Hotline
- Call The Cottage Sexual Assault and Children’s Advocacy Center in Athens, GA at 706-353-1912 or 877-363-1912
- If you are a UGA student, call 706-542-SAFE (7233) or 706-542-8690 to reach the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (RSVP)
Additional Resources
- Stress Management and Meditation:
- Techniques:
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center – Guided MeditationsStress management/ meditation sites:
- Theater Seat Store offers tips on how to meditate and positive affirmations
- Fragrant Heart – Heart Centered Meditations offer free audio meditations with and without music
- Techniques:
- Brene Brown–professor, social worker, author, and host focused on shame, vulnerability, and leadership–resources:
- TED Talk: The power of vulnerability
- TED Talk: Listening to shame
- TED Talk: Anatomy of trust
- Book: Gifts of Imperfection: Let go of who you think you are supposed to be and embrace who you are
- Book: Daring Greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead
- Book: Rising Strong: The reckoning, the rumble, the revolution
- Book: Braving the Wilderness: The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone
- Book: Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
- Book: I thought it was just me (but it isn’t): Making the journey from “What will people think?” to “I am enough
