Resources
This page will be updated periodically with helpful counseling/mental health related resources.
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Grounding, Self-Care, and Emotion Regulation Resources
GritX - Create a Self-Care Tool Kit - Practical self-care strategies from GritX. GritX is a fantastic website with self-care resources and skills for getting through difficult times. From the Young Adult and Family Center at UCSF.
GritX Emotion Regulation Skills Practice - Practical, concrete skills to manage difficult emotions. GritX is a fantastic website with self-care resources and skills for getting through difficult times. From the Young Adult and Family Center at UCSF
Self-Care During COVID-19 For Teens - Comprehensive Self-Care Guide (specific to COVID-19) for Teens. Good tools for coping with uncertainty, loneliness, and pandemic anxiety
You Feel Like Sh*t - A Self-Care Game - Really great interactive guide to self-care. This will walk you through a series of questions to help figure out what kind of self-care you need. Highly recommend when you are feeling "meh" but don't know exactly what you need.
Box Breathing - Quick 2 minute video that walks you through a simple grounding exercise. Useful when feeling overwhelmed, panicky, or out of touch with the present.
Supporting a Friend
BeThere.Org - a website that outlines the "5 Golden Rules" of checking in with a friend you are worried about
Seize The Awkward - a useful companion to BeThere, Seize the Awkward offers helpful videos and tips for starting the (sometimes awkward) conversation when you are worried about a friend.
Jed Foundation Guides - The Jed Foundation has several "what to do if" guides to help you navigate many different scenarios in which you are worried about a friend, a loved one, or yourself. Includes guides for helping a friend who might be suicidal, helping someone with depression or anxiety, what to do if a friend won't accept support, and more.