The Student Assistance Counselor offers short-term personal counseling including assessment, referral and general information regarding personal issues, including substance abuse.  Counseling sessions are confidential.  Please contact the Student Assistance Counselor.

Local referrals to community agencies include:

24 Hour Psychiatric Emergency Services

• Mobile Community Outreach – Screening Center · 908-994-7131
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline · 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
  The call will be routed to the closest possible crisis center in your area. They also welcome calls for those concerned about someone they care about. You don’t need to be suicidal to call. www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
• Overlook Hospital · 908-522-2000 / Emergency Psychiatric Services
• Trinitas Hospital Psychiatric Hotline · 908-351-6684

Counseling

• Counseling Center for Human Development · 908-276-0590
  201 Lincoln Avenue East, Cranford. www.cchdnj.org
  
• Family Resource Center · 908-276-2244
  300 North Avenue East, Cranford www.trinitashospital.org/behavioral_health_family_resource.htm
  
• NJ Psychological Association · 1-800-281-6572 · www.psychologynj.org
  Provides referrals to licensed psychologists throughout NJ. Click on Visitor & Referral Service
  
• Resolve Community Counseling Center · 908-322-9180
  1830 Front Street, Scotch Plains. Sliding scale. www.resolvenj.com
  
• Summit Psychological Services · 908-273-5558
  86 Summit Avenue, Summit www.summitpsychologicalservices.com
  
• Trinitas Hospital – Behavioral Health Services, Adult Outpatient
  908-994-7556, 7557 or 7558 · 655 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth.
  Charity care available. Services provided in many languages. www.trinitashospital.org/adult-outpatient-behavioral-health-services.htm
  
• UCPC Behavioral Health Care
  117 Roosevelt Avenue, Plainfield 908-756-6870
  2204 Morris Avenue, Union 908-686-0560
  
• Youth and Family Counseling · 908-233-2042
  233 Prospect Street, Westfield. Serving the needs of individuals and families in Berkeley Heights, Clark, Cranford, Garwood, Mountainside, Rahway, Scotch Plains and Westfield.

Information & Referral

• NJ 211 Information Helpline · Call 211 or 1-800-435-7555 / Speak with a community resource specialist. A statewide number that connects people with the resources they need to solve problems. They assist with basic needs like food, housing and healthcare to legal services, drug treatment, job assistance, childcare, mental health services, transportation, financial assistance and more. www.nj211.org or www.211firstcall.org

• NJ Mental Health Cares · 1-866-202-4357
  NJ mental health information and referral service. www.njmentalhealthcares.org

24 Hour Hotlines

• Contact We Care · 908-232-2880 (24 Hour Hotline)
  When you need someone to listen, someone to care. www.contactwecare.org
• Domestic Violence Hotline · 1-800-572-7233 (24 Hour Hotline) · www.njcbw.org
• Rape Crisis Center · 908-233-7273
  300 North Avenue East, Westfield. www.ucnj.org/humansvcs/planning/rape.html
• Project Protect · 908-355-HELP (4357) Union County Domestic Violence Hotline
  Individual and group counseling, shelter, court advocacy. www.ywca-euc.org
• Women’s Referral Central · 1-800-322-8092 (24 Hour Hotline)www.state.nj.us/dca/dow/wrch.shtml

Alcohol and Drug Dependency

• Addictions Hotline of New Jersey · 1-800-238-2333
  http://www.addictionshotlineofnj.org/addiction/addiction_types.html
• NJ Self-Help Clearinghouse · 1-800-367-6274
• Find local AA and other groups · www.selfhelpgroups.org
• Prevention Links · 732-381-4100
  35 Walnut Ave, Suite 17, Clark. · Alcohol and drug information, resources, and referral. www.preventionlinks.org
• Summit Oaks Hospital · 908-522-7000
  19 Prospect Street, Summit · A private psychiatric and chemical dependence center.
  www.psysolutions.com/facilities/summit/

Family Violence

• Domestic Violence Hotline · 1-800-572-SAFE(7233) (24 Hour Hotline)
  www.njcbw.org
• YWCA of Eastern Union County · 908-355-1500
  www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=ddJDKLNsFoG&b=2507073
• Project Protect · 908-355-HELP (4357) · 24 Hour Domestic Violence Hotline
  They offer individual and group counseling, emergency shelter and other support services.
  www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=ddJDKLNsFoG&b=2507073
• Union County Rape Crisis Center · 908-233-RAPE(7273) · 1-877-424-1234
  Call their 24 hour hotline for a referral to confidential individual and group counseling for victims of sexual assault including incest, and for their families and significant others. They also provide crisis intervention and victim advocate services. www.ucnj.org/humansvcs/planning/rape.html

Quit Smoking Resources

• American Cancer Society · 908-354-7373 · 1-800-ACS-2345
  507 Westminster Avenue, Elizabeth. www.cancer.org
• NJ Quitline · 1-866-NJ-STOPS (657-8677)
• NJ Quitnet · www.nj.quitnet.com
• Proceed · 908-351-7727
  1126 Dickinson Avenue, Elizabeth. www.proceedinc.com
• St. Barnabas Tobacco Dependence Treatment Program · 973-926-7978
  Find a local Quit Center. Receive an assessment and a customized quit smoking plan.
  www.instituteforprevention.com

Other Resources

• Grief Support · 908-276-8440 / Call to register. Healing the Grieving Heart
  First Presbyterian Church, Cranford. Continuous support group offered year round.
• HIV Hotline · 1-800-624-2377
  Counseling and testing sites listed by county · www.state.nj.us/health/aids/ctsites.shtml
• Legal Services – Central Jersey · 908-354-4340
  60 Prince Street, Elizabeth · A non-profit law firm that provides free representation in civil cases to low-income people who live in Central New Jersey. www.lsnj.org/cjls/
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Union County · 908-233-1628
  Provides support, education and advocacy for people with mental illness and their families.
  www.nami-nj-uc.org
• NJ Self-Help Clearinghouse · 1-800-367-6274 · Support groups · www.selfhelpgroups.org
• Organ Donor · Access to U.S. Government information on organ and tissue donation and transplantation. www.organdonor.gov
• Partners for Women and Justice · 1-973-233-0111 · www.pfwj.org
  Promoting equal access to the judicial system for low-income and abused women in NJ.
• Women’s Referral Central · 1-800-322-8092 (24 Hour Hotline)www.state.nj.us/dca/dow/wrch.shtml

Faculty Advising Program

The Faculty Advising Program is coordinated by Counseling Services.  The purpose of the program is to match students with a faculty member to serve as their advisor.  The student meets with the faculty advisor to schedule appropriate classes for registration as well as to discuss transfer and career plans.