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Resources
This page aims to provide useful online resources to support our clients and the community in their mental health, social health, and general wellness goals. These materials are not to be used as a substitute for therapy, and they may not be effective or sufficient to address an individual's particular needs or concerns on these topics. Please reach out to us at the button below to schedule a counseling session with one of our professional therapists to ensure you receive the help you need.
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Crises & Emergencies
Dial 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. When people call, text, or chat 988, they will be connected to trained counselors who will listen, understand how their problems are affecting them, provide support, and connect them to resources if necessary. This number is active across the United States.
If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health or emotional crisis in Chester County, please call 610-280-3270 or walk-in to 469 Creamery Way, Exton, PA 19341. Valley Creek Crisis Center is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Referrals
Dori Middleman, MD, is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and Temple University School of Medicine. She has been in private practice as a psychiatrist since 1992. She is board certified in child and adult psychiatry.
Sanare Today offers mental health Intensive Outpatient (IOP) for ages 10 and up. IOP is for individuals in crisis or who are struggling with maintaining emotional stability. At Sanare Today, IOP groups are held 4 days a week to provide more support and direction than traditional outpatient care. Each group session runs for 2 ¼ hours. Family support groups are scheduled weekly or every other week.
Grief & Loss
A talk provided by several therapists and the Director of the Peacemaker Center, Judy Reid, on the topics of dealing with grief, feelings of guilt, preventing suicide, and providing care to those who are hurting.
A child and family grief center. A Haven partners with you and your family to gather and weave together support, coping skills, and grief education. Their focus is to support and equip adults to lead their children through grief in a healthy trust-building way and navigate grief together as a family.
Marriage & Relationships
More than 4,000,000 couples have prepared for marriage or enriched their relationship through taking the Prepare/Enrich assessment and working with a Certified Facilitator. The assessment itself has been proven to improve relationship satisfaction; however there is something extraordinary about the relationship a Facilitator develops with a couple that truly helps the couple grow more than they would on their own. A few therapists at The Peacemaker Center are certified to offer this assessment.
The 5 Love Languages® is a simple and effective way to strengthen your connections, so you can experience greater joy and harmony in all of your relationships. Join the millions of people strengthening their relationships with The 5 Love Languages®.
Addiction
Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-Centered, 12-Step recovery program for anyone struggling with a hurt, hang-up, and habit of any kind. It is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that can control out lives.
Fight the New Drug is a non-religious, non-legislative, non-profit organization that exists to raise awareness on the harmful effects of pornography using only science, facts, and personal accounts.
Domestic Violence
Please call 1-888-711-6270 or 610-431-1430 to talk to someone 24 hours a day, seven days a week – holidays and weekends. This hotline can be used to get additional information about our services, referrals to other services, or just talk to someone about your experiences so you feel less alone.
All services are free and confidential. If you are not ready to disclose abuse or receive additional services, you may make your hotline call anonymously.
DVCCC is committed to empowering survivors of domestic abuse through providing information and supporting them as they reclaim their lives. DVCCC provides services at our main, confidentially located site and satellite sites in Coatesville, Kennett Square, Oxford, and Phoenixville. Services are available in English and Spanish. The mission of the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County is to reduce, remedy, and prevent domestic violence in Chester County.
Apps
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