RESOURCES
The Ryan Bartel Foundation promotes awareness about youth suicide prevention and organizes and facilitates programs and activities to address the problem. The Foundation does not have professional mental health staff and is not qualified to provide counseling, nor is it intended to be a suicide outreach or hotline service. Always seek professional help for yourself or loved ones when conditions warrant.
Below are some helpful resources both locally and nationally. The resources found here are for informational purposes only. Ryan Bartel Foundation does not recommend or endorse any clinicians, counselors, psychiatrists, social workers, physicians, products, procedures, or opinions. We welcome your calls and your posts, but if you have a crisis of any sort, seek immediate help by calling 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or one of the crisis intervention groups below.
Crisis Intervention & Prevention Services, Education
PRS Crisislink
Hotline 800 273-talk(8255) or Text 'CONNECT" to 85511. Through a variety of programs, CrisisLink aims to educate, support and empower youth to make a difference within themselves and our community. Standard msg&data rates may apply. Text STOP to opt-out. For end user privacy and terms and conditions of texting with 85511, go to: http://www.preventionpaystext.com/policies/
Arlington, VA
Loudoun County Crisis Intervention Team
CIT provides individuals experiencing a mental health emergency the opportunity to meet with a mental health professional for evaluation, crisis intervention and stabilization services, as well as links to various resources. 102 Heritage Way, N.E., Suite 102 in Leesburg, 7.00am-11.00pm, tel 703-777-0320
Leesburg, VA
Information, Support, Advocacy for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health
Active Minds
Active Minds is a national leader for young adult mental health advocacy and suicide prevention. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Active Minds brings to mental health what no other organization can — the voice of young people who are disproportionately affected by mental illnesses and the way mental health is addressed on campuses and in society at large.
Washington, DC-based with chapters at more than 600 colleges
Friends of Loudoun Mental Health
We are an all-volunteer, community-based, non-profit organization that helps those disabled by mental illness better their lives by providing assistance for living arrangements, advocating on their behalf for improved care and resources, and promoting recovery and community awareness.
Leesburg, VA
Medical, Clinical Services
Dominion Hospital
Inpatient Hospitalization for Children, Adolescents and Adults and Partial Hospitalization for Adolescents. From our convenient location in suburban Falls Church, Virginia, we offer hope, help, encouragement, support and a full range of treatment options with a distinctive focus on crisis intervention and stabilization.
Falls Church, VA
Inova Keller Center
Inova Kellar Center has provided behavioral health services for children, adolescents and their families for more than twenty-five years. Their comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder treatment programs and an innovative special education school support families throughout Northern Virginia and continue to expand to meet future needs.
Sterling, VA
Psychotherapy, Counseling, Wellness
Comprehensive Behavioral Health
We are a young, expanding, energetic group of Child/General Psychiatrists, Therapists, and Nurse Practitioners, helping address the mental health crisis. We value and encourage diversity and authenticity in all that we do. We help individuals with mental health concerns. With a wide range of specialties, leading technology, and caring staff, we offer a positive and supported experience every step of the way.
Winchester, Ashburn, Arlington, VA; Bethesda, MD
Karen Bruecken, LPC
I am blessed to be able to come alongside teenagers, adolescents (both guys and gals to age 22) as well as women who are struggling with issues of anxiety and fear and help them to discover their root cause and experience clarity and confidence in moving forward. I love helping people discover or renew their passion in life by breaking down invisible prisons that keep them captive due to self-limiting thoughts and behaviors.
Purcellville, VA
Denisha Johnson LLC
Denisha Johnson Hamilton (formerly Denisha Johnson) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker that can work with many issues and ages. Denisha is well versed in dealing with issues of trauma, attachment disorder, anxiety, depression, gender/sexuality issues, as well as a variety of other issues that impact children, teenagers, and adults.
Leesburg, VA
Dr. Cameron Caswell
Dr. Cam helps parents build peaceful, positive relationships with their teens through improved communication and deeper understanding. Put simply, she helps parents understand their teens and teens understand their parents which greatly improves trust, respect, and harmony.
Ashburn, VA
Animal Assisted Counseling
Heeling House
Heeling House’s PACK is a completely unique new social club for young adults aged 12-17. The PACK’s focus is on animal related community service and education. Lessons the youths learn, by training the dogs, can be applied to the various challenges they face in their daily lives. Members will learn critical skills that will help them in their interactions with people (and animals) in school, at home, and later on in the workplace.
Sterling, VA
Bullying & Cyberbullying
Young Adults
Active Minds
Using a peer-to-peer approach, Active Minds changes the conversation about mental health among adolescents and young adults, reduces stigma associated with mental health conditions, and establishes a culture of caring on college and university campuses. Programs and resources are built for students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the broad campus community to ensure long-term change at the individual, campus community, and policy levels. Active Minds prioritizes the student voice to ensure a student-driven and student-focused approach in mental health promotion.
National