Mental Health
Mental Health and Social Emotional Support for Students
In addition to supporting students with academics and post-high school planning, your counselors can also help with mental health and social emotional needs. Mental health and social emotional health encompass many different things, but they can generally be described as:
The ability to understand and manage one's emotions, reactions and relationships.
Being able to successfully cope with normal life stress and adversity, be productive, contribute to your community (family, school, etc.), have healthy relationships, and realize your own potential.
Some possible reasons to seek out mental health or social emotional support from your counselor may include:
Feeling sad, overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, or other negative emotions that are interfering with your daily life
Experiencing stress at home
Feeling like you may harm yourself or others
Relationship or friend conflicts
Questioning or exploring your identity
Lost motivation for activities you used to enjoy
Wanting to perform better academically
Being bullied or know someone who is being bullied
Concerned about a friend who may be experiencing any of the above
Just want someone to talk to someone, or anything else that’s a concern
To request an appointment with your counselor, please fill out the following form
988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Learn more at 988lifeline.org
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please contact Mobile Crisis at 1-888-573-1006, Vaya crisis hotline at 1-800-849-6127, call 988 or go to the nearest emergency room/hospital.
Confidentiality
What you say in the counseling office stays in the counseling office. Unless:
You are in danger of being hurt
You might or have already hurt yourself
You might or have already hurt someone else
You give me permission to share with a trusted adult
Additional Counseling Services
Your School Counselor is a great first point of contact, and may be all that you need, but sometimes students are in need of more specialized mental health support. Blue Ridge Community Health has school-based therapists, nurses, a nutritionist, and other providers available to meet with students. If you would like to schedule a counseling appointment with one of our school-based therapists, please call 828-692-4289, or you can reach out to your School Counselor if you’d like to know more about this option.