COVID-19 Updates & Resources
At Seacoast Mental Health Center the safety and health of our clients, staff, and visitors is of the utmost importance to us.
We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 (coronavirus) as the situation evolves daily, and as a result, we are taking proactive steps to stop the spread.
We are working alongside our regional hospitals, first-responders, and agency partners to create safe and supportive operating practices throughout the region. Our operations and risk management teams meet regularly and have put in place procedures to ensure we continue to provide care as safely as possible.
We will share updates to our offices, operations, and overall mental health tips and resources via this page. Please check back regularly.
We are here for you. You are #neveralone. Our Emergency Services will always remain open at 603-431-6703 AND 603-772-2710.
Portsmouth & Exeter Office Information
We highly encourage our clients to social distance and try all telephone and video services, which we now can offer. Please see some of these changes below:
Our “Open Access” (same day service) hours have re-opened in a slightly different format. Only individuals who have called to make an intake appointment will be seen. Please call 603-772-2710 to set up a same day appointment in Exeter on Mondays or Fridays. Please call 603-431-6703 to be seen for a same day appointment in Portsmouth on Tuesdays or Thursdays. No walk ins can be accommodated, so please do call.
We have transitioned to a telehealth model for most clients, during the COVID-19 crisis. Please reach out to our main office numbers to verify your appointment and verify that your provider can do this via telephone or video. For more information, please see our TeleHealth page HERE.
Our physical offices remain open for a few specific services only from 9am – 1:30pm on Tues/Thurs. We have screening processes in place prior to entry. In Exeter, enter via the front door, and in Portsmouth enter via the creek side, ramp doorway only.
We remain FULLY OPEN for care via TeleHealth options from 8am – 8pm for our community and you. We are here for YOU. Again we are FULLY OPEN via TeleHealth.
Please call before coming to verify if your appointment is in office or via TeleHealth.
* 603-431-6703 or 603-772-2710 *
*Our Emergency Services are open as always 24/7 – always call if you feel unsafe, suicidal, or have feelings of self harm! Always*
Mental Health Tips & Resources During Physical Distancing
We understand that this unprecedented time is scary and full of the unknown. We ask our staff, clients, and community to remain as calm, as possible. In times of fear, breathe deeply. We are still here for you, and all your local supports are working to keep you safe.
This list below will be an ever growing resource of virtual support groups, mental health tips, and other resources to help you through this time.
Also please check our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages daily for helpful tips and tools for managing your mental health during this uncertain time.
NH 2-1-1 Hotline for Information
211 NH is a resource to connect NH residents to the most up to date resources they need from specially trained Information and Referral Specialists. 211 NH is available 24 hours, 365 days a year. Multilingual assistance and TDD access is also available. Do not hesitate to call 2-1-1 for information or support!
Seacoast Pathways Adult Virtual Clubhouse & Activities!
Our friends at Seacoast Pathways, a Clubhouse have created an online space for anyone who feels they struggle with mental health issues to help combat isolation. During this time of social distancing and disrupted routines, it’s so easy to completely isolate. Isolation is so negative for anyone’s mental health!
Join the group HERE for safe conversation, tips, laughs, and some virtual connection! You only need to go there and click “Ask to Join”
They also have set up a whole Virtual Clubhouse from this group!
This page is kind of like their “Student Union.” They publish all our Zoom meetings with links on them. The Zoom meetings are 10 a.m – 11:30 a.m. and 2 pm – 3 pm. every day. They also have some events and activities available on the weekends.
Activities range from the usual clubhouse work activities to others – music discussion, emotional well-being check-ins, yoga, Positivity group, Café, games, and more.
Connections Peer Support Center
Connections Peer Support Center is run by and for consumers of mental health services. Connections is a place where an individual can find acceptance and encouragement, a place where no one will experience the stigma, judgement, and limitation of being labelled “mentally ill” that people often encounter from others in their lives. This is a place where both members and staff are able to give and receive support and to learn from each other’s lived experience with mental health challenges.
Please visit their website for a full list of services and options.
In the Rooms SUD Support Groups
In The Rooms is a free online recovery tool that offers 130 weekly online meetings for those recovering from Substance Use Disorder and related issues. They embrace multiple pathways to recovery, including all 12 Step, Non-12 Step, Wellness and Mental Health modalities.
Please check out In the Room HERE.
COVID-19 Planning for Older Adults
The CDC recommends that anyone over the age of 65 stay at home, as they are higher risk of complications from COVID-19. This requires planning and thoughtful conversations.
Click HERE for some tips for personal household planning
Here are some additional tips for Medicare Beneficiaries
General Beneficiary Information
How to be a Hand Washing Champion
Medical experts have hailed handwashing one of the most important ways to prevent catching COVID-19: regular and effective hand hygiene.
Please watch this Video or follow the instructions below for effective hand washing.
Good hand-washing: A step-by-step guide
1. The process should take between 40-60 seconds.
2. Wet hands with water.
3. Apply enough soap to cover the entirety of hand surfaces.
4. Rub your palms together, ensuring that lather builds up.
5. Put your right palm over your left hands, interlacing the fingers, ensuring between each finger is clean. Then put left over right.
6. Interlace your fingers with palm to palm.
7. Put the backs of fingers facing the opposing palm – ensuring you are cleaning your nails also.
8. Rotational rubbing of both thumbs.
9. Rotational rubbing, backwards and forwards between clasped fingers on right palm then on left.
10. Rinse your hands thoroughly with water.
11. Use a single-use towel to dry your hands and use that towel to turn off the tap.
25 Basic Mental Health Tips for Quarantine
MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS TIPS FOR QUARANTINE
1. Stick to a routine. Go to sleep and wake up at a reasonable time, write a schedule that is varied and includes time for work as well as self-care.
2. Dress for the social life you want, not the social life you have. Get showered and dressed in comfortable clothes, wash your face, brush your teeth. Take the time to do a bath or a facial. Put on some bright colors. It is amazing how our dress can impact our mood.
3. Get out at least once a day, for at least thirty minutes. If you are concerned of contact, try first thing in the morning, or later in the evening, and try less traveled streets and avenues. If you are high risk or living with those who are high risk, open the windows and blast the fan. It is amazing how much fresh air can do for spirits.
4. Find some time to move each day, again daily for at least thirty minutes. If you don’t feel comfortable going outside, there are many YouTube videos that offer free movement classes, and if all else fails, turn on the music and have a dance party!
5. Reach out to others, you guessed it, at least once daily for thirty minutes. Try to do FaceTime, Skype, phone calls, texting—connect with other people to seek and provide support. Don’t forget to do this for your children as well. Set up virtual playdates with friends daily via FaceTime, Facebook Messenger Kids, Zoom, etc—your kids miss their friends, too!
6. Stay hydrated and eat well. This one may seem obvious, but stress and eating often don’t mix well, and we find ourselves over-indulging, forgetting to eat, and avoiding food. Drink plenty of water, eat some good and nutritious foods, and challenge yourself to learn how to cook something new!
7. Develop a self-care toolkit. This can look different for everyone. A lot of successful self-care strategies involve a sensory component (seven senses: touch, taste, sight, hearing, smell, vestibular (movement) and proprioceptive (comforting pressure). An idea for each: a soft blanket or stuffed animal, a hot chocolate, photos of vacations, comforting music, lavender or eucalyptus oil, a small swing or rocking chair, a weighted blanket. A journal, an inspirational book, or a mandala coloring book is wonderful, bubbles to blow or blowing watercolor on paper through a straw are visually appealing as well as work on controlled breath. Mint gum, Listerine strips, ginger ale, frozen Starburst, ice packs, and cold are also good for anxiety regulation. For children, it is great to help them create a self-regulation comfort box (often a shoe-box or bin they can decorate) that they can use on the ready for first-aid when overwhelmed.
8. Spend extra time playing with children. Children will rarely communicate how they are feeling, but will often make a bid for attention and communication through play. Don’t be surprised to see therapeutic themes of illness, doctor visits, and isolation play through. Understand that play is cathartic and helpful for children—it is how they process their world and problem solve, and there’s a lot they are seeing and experiencing in the now.
9. Give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and a wide berth. A lot of cooped up time can bring out the worst in everyone. Each person will have moments when they will not be at their best. It is important to move with grace through blowups, to not show up to every argument you are invited to, and to not hold grudges and continue disagreements. Everyone is doing the best they can to make it through this.
10. Everyone find their own retreat space. Space is at a premium, particularly with city living. It is important that people think through their own separate space for work and for relaxation. For children, help them identify a place where they can go to retreat when stressed. You can make this place cozy by using blankets, pillows, cushions, scarves, beanbags, tents, and “forts”. It is good to know that even when we are on top of each other, we have our own special place to go to be alone.
11. Expect behavioral issues in children, and respond gently. We are all struggling with disruption in routine, none more than children, who rely on routines constructed by others to make them feel safe and to know what comes next. Expect increased anxiety, worries and fears, nightmares, difficulty separating or sleeping, testing limits, and meltdowns. Do not introduce major behavioral plans or consequences at this time—hold stable and focus on emotional connection.
12. Focus on safety and attachment. We are going to be living for a bit with the unprecedented demand of meeting all work deadlines, homeschooling children, running a sterile household, and making a whole lot of entertainment in confinement. We can get wrapped up in meeting expectations in all domains, but we must remember that these are scary and unpredictable times for children. Focus on strengthening the connection through time spent following their lead, through physical touch, through play, through therapeutic books, and via verbal reassurances that you will be there for them in this time.
13. Lower expectations and practice radical self-acceptance. This idea is connected with #12. We are doing too many things in this moment, under fear and stress. This does not make a formula for excellence. Instead, give yourself what psychologists call “radical self acceptance”: accepting everything about yourself, your current situation, and your life without question, blame, or pushback. You cannot fail at this—there is no roadmap, no precedent for this, and we are all truly doing the best we can in an impossible situation.
14. Limit social media and COVID conversation, especially around children. One can find tons of information on COVID-19 to consume, and it changes minute to minute. The information is often sensationalized, negatively skewed, and alarmist. Find a few trusted sources that you can check in with consistently, limit it to a few times a day, and set a time limit for yourself on how much you consume (again 30 minutes tops, 2-3 times daily). Keep news and alarming conversations out of earshot from children—they see and hear everything, and can become very frightened by what they hear.
15. Notice the good in the world, the helpers. There is a lot of scary, negative, and overwhelming information to take in regarding this pandemic. There are also a ton of stories of people sacrificing, donating, and supporting one another in miraculous ways. It is important to counter-balance the heavy information with the hopeful information.
16. Help others. Find ways, big and small, to give back to others. Support restaurants, offer to grocery shop, check in with elderly neighbors, write psychological wellness tips for others—helping others gives us a sense of agency when things seem out of control.
17. Find something you can control, and control the heck out of it. In moments of big uncertainty and overwhelm, control your little corner of the world. Organize your bookshelf, purge your closet, put together that furniture, group your toys. It helps to anchor and ground us when the bigger things are chaotic.
18. Find a long-term project to dive into. Now is the time to learn how to play the keyboard, put together a huge jigsaw puzzle, start a 15 hour game of Risk, paint a picture, read the Harry Potter series, binge watch an 8-season show, crochet a blanket, solve a Rubix cube, or develop a new town in Animal Crossing. Find something that will keep you busy, distracted, and engaged to take breaks from what is going on in the outside world.
19. Engage in repetitive movements and left-right movements. Research has shown that repetitive movement (knitting, coloring, painting, clay sculpting, jump roping etc) especially left-right movement (running, drumming, skating, hopping) can be effective at self-soothing and maintaining self-regulation in moments of distress.
20. Find an expressive art and go for it. Our emotional brain is very receptive to the creative arts, and it is a direct portal for release of feeling. Find something that is creative (sculpting, drawing, dancing, music, singing, playing) and give it your all. See how relieved you can feel. It is a very effective way of helping kids to emote and communicate as well!
21. Find lightness and humor in each day. There is a lot to be worried about, and with good reason. Counterbalance this heaviness with something funny each day: cat videos on YouTube, a stand-up show on Netflix, a funny movie—we all need a little comedic relief in our day, every day.
22. Reach out for help—your team is there for you. If you have a therapist or psychiatrist, they are available to you, even at a distance. Keep up your medications and your therapy sessions the best you can. If you are having difficulty coping, seek out help for the first time. There are mental health people on the ready to help you through this crisis. Your children’s teachers and related service providers will do anything within their power to help, especially for those parents tasked with the difficult task of being a whole treatment team to their child with special challenges. Seek support groups of fellow home-schoolers, parents, and neighbors to feel connected. There is help and support out there, any time of the day—although we are physically distant, we can always connect virtually.
23. “Chunk” your quarantine, take it moment by moment. We have no road map for this. We don’t know what this will look like in 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month from now. Often, when I work with patients who have anxiety around overwhelming issues, I suggest that they engage in a strategy called “chunking”—focusing on whatever bite-sized piece of a challenge that feels manageable. Whether that be 5 minutes, a day, or a week at a time—find what feels doable for you, and set a time stamp for how far ahead in the future you will let yourself worry. Take each chunk one at a time, and move through stress in pieces.
24. Remind yourself daily that this is temporary. It seems in the midst of this quarantine that it will never end. It is terrifying to think of the road stretching ahead of us. Please take time to remind yourself that although this is very scary and difficult, and will go on for an undetermined amount of time, it is a season of life and it will pass. We will return to feeing free, safe, busy, and connected in the days ahead.
25. Find the lesson. This whole crisis can seem sad, senseless, and at times, avoidable. When psychologists work with trauma, a key feature to helping someone work through said trauma is to help them find their agency, the potential positive outcomes they can effect, the meaning and construction that can come out of destruction. What can each of us learn here, in big and small ways, from this crisis? What needs to change in ourselves, our homes, our communities, our nation, and our world?
Virtual Yoga for All Recovery (Addiction, All Types, Cancer)
Yoga is physically and mentally immensely beneficial!!
Join a Yoga in Recovery Session Hosted by Yoga in Action
That’s right enjoy Yoga from home with our trained instructors from Yoga in Action. These are for all levels and beginners are welcome. Come check it out from the comfort of home now on Zoom’s virtual video conference platform.
It’s free and easy to download. You do NOT need to turn your video on you can watch and follow along.
Click below to join at the scheduled time!
Live Yoga for Recovery
Monday. Wednesday, Friday at 11am
Yoga in Action Videos
Here, you can find prerecorded videos of guided meditations, chair yoga, breath-work, Yoga and Cancer classes and more. These resources are presented by our Yoga in Action Faculty.
YIA online offerings
LIVE Yoga & Cancer via Zoom
Yoga and Cancer Community: Maintain your practice through these uncertain times with your Y&C teachers! Please join a class to get started. These classes are offered via Zoom. If you need the Zoom app, you will be instructed to download it when you join the class.
Yoga and Cancer w/ Marissa McAleer
Mondays @ 4:15pm
Yoga and Cancer w/ Deana Cavan
Tuesdays @ 5pm
Yoga and Cancer w/ Michelle Couture
Wednesdays @ 3:30pm
LIVE Yoga for ALL Abilities via Zoom
These classes are open to our existing Yoga for ALL Abilities clients and their care providers. Enjoy chair and/or mat based classes for clients with disabilities including traumatic brain injury, developmental, intellectual and/or physical challenges.
Yoga for All Abilities w/Maria Cousins
NAMI NH Various Resources
NAMI NH INFOLINE
info@NAMINH.org or call 1-800-242-6264 (ext. 601 for general inquiries, ext. 602 to get info. for individuals 18+, ext. 603 to get info. for children/youth under 18).
NAMI NH FB SUPPORT GROUPS
https://www.naminh.org/find-support/online-support-groups/
PARENTS MEETING THE CHALLENGE
https://www.naminh.org/…/fam…/parents-meeting-the-challenge/
NAMI NH ONLINE PARENT SUPPORT GROUP
Contact Carol Lemelin at 603-664-2116
Parents of Anxious Kids Support Group
PARENTS OF ANXIOUS KIDS SUPPORT GROUP
For parents of school-aged kids or younger w/ anxiety and OC related disorders – every Tuesday starting 3/24 8:30pm EST
Talking to Kids about COVID19
The Coronavirus Pandemic is a difficult topic for parents to explain to any child, perhaps even more so when the child has Autism Spectrum Disorder or other special needs. Many of these children process information in a concrete manner, prefer established routines, and need support to understand and interpret emotions.
Here is a simple and easy booklet to support you in these conversations.
Here are some other resources, as well for kids:
PSB kids resource list for Coronavirus. – Discussion for parents with links to free PBS video content on proper hand washing and sneeze techniques and rest.
Kids ask coronavirus questions with thoughtful answers. Good resource for kids who would benefit from factual information.
But Why? Podcast for curious kids – Episode “Coronavirus For Kids, And The Science Of Soap”
Brains On. Episodes “Staying home: How social distancing helps fight coronavirus” and “Understanding coronavirus and how germs spread.”
Parent Tools & Tips from the NH Department of Education
#NHLearnsRemotely
As the State of NH shifts to a remote instruction + remote supports = remote learning model in response to COVID-19, the Department of Education has supports for communities, educators, and students and their families.
Their new resource website contains guidance and strategies for educators, caregivers, and students to explore as we all transition to this time of remote learning.
Parents - Virtual Help from the Office of Student Social & Emotional Wellness
The NH Office of Student Social & Emotional Wellness offers virtual supports for parents, as you navigate this new world of kids learning at home (and everything else!) Please check out the following:
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Tips for Parents / Caregivers - Your Executive Skills & Remote Learning
Our kids are at home, with the expectation that they will continue to learn while schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. If this causes chest pains, shortness of breath, or full-blown panic as you figure out how to navigate your kids’ schooling while you’re doing all the other things you have to do to keep your lives stitched together during this challenging time, you are not alone.
Here is a great resource for all of us NON-teachers. You CAN do this! And you don’t need to be perfect. Let’s navigate this temporary new normal at home – together. Read this great resource here!
Age Appropriate Mental Health Resources for Kids
Our kids’ mental health is so important to watch. Unlike adults, they often are far more receptive to supports! Here is a collection of fun, easy mental health tools and games for kids!
YouTube: Cosmic kids yoga – “Owl and guard dog” anxiety discussion is linked here. Channel has lots of kids yoga videos that link to popular movies or kid friendly themes. Meditation skill building.
YouTube: Alo Yoga kids playlist. Yoga poses for kids (brave dino, puppy meditation,etc)
YouTube: Howard Wigglebottom Courage – Gently Animated story of facing fears and having courage. “Its okay to be scared.” Channel has several videos addressing emotions
YouTube: New Horizon Meditation for kids. Audio only.- several scripts to choose from.
Book/YouTube: The Rabbit Listened – link to read aloud of book. Animals offer many unhelpful solutions to Taylor’s problem. The rabbit listened. Written by Cori Doerrfeld
Book/YouTube: Grumpy Monkey – link to read aloud of the book. Monkey wakes up grumpy. “Shoulds” don’t help him feel better. The companionship of a friend helps. Written by Suzanne Lang
Book/YouTube: My No No NO Day – link to read aloud of the book. Bella is having a hard day. She gets support and a chance for a better day tomorrow. Written by Rebecca Patterson
Book/YouTube: Quick as a Cricket– link to read aloud of the book. Animals represent many aspects of the same child. “Put them all together and you’ve got me.” Written by Audrey Wood
Podcast: The Calm Kids Podcast: Stories by kids, for kids to unwind and go to sleep relaxed and happy.
Podcast :Be calm on Ahway Island is a soothing podcast to teach self-regulation and calm.
App: Breathe Think Do. Help a Sesame Street monster calm down and solve everyday problems in this interactive game. (Free)
App: Ninjafocus. Meditation scripts. Yoga poses. Mindfulness activities. Sleep music. Bedtime Stories. (Offering all content free for 90 days due to closed schools)
App: Children’s Meditations. Meditations for focus, relaxation, and sleep. (6 free scripts with option for in app purchases of additional content)
Class: Mindful Schools is offering mindfulness classes for kids free for the next few weeks! Join for mindful activities, mindful movement, read-alouds.
Resource: Printable Lego Figure emotions chart.
Fun, At-Home Learning Resources for Families
Home learning is a new world for most of us! Here are some inclusive, fun resources for parents and kids!
Family Rhythm, Discipline, and Routine
Resource: Whole Family Rhythms offer free downloadable guides that are designed to help plan, create, and animate a peaceful, balanced, and holistic rhythm at home, flowing between structured, adult-led activities and child-led, imaginative free play.
YouTube: Sundays With Sarah – ideas for crafts, stories, finger plays, and parent tips for napping, discipline and other topics. Waldorf education.
Resource: 1-2-3 Magic Blog – positive discipline tips on a variety of topics
Resource: Love and Logic Blog – Positive parenting and teaching techniques to build healthy relationships with kids.
Creating
YouTube: The Making Foundation – Roanoke-based woodworking shop that specializes in problem solving, empowerment, DIY, and working with kids. Daily #@makethemost videos/challenges for making at home during social distancing.
YouTube: Easy Kids Crafts: DIY kids craft videos with well-organized playlists for holidays and seasons
Resource: Taproot Magazine Coloring Book – free printable
Resource: Mr. Printable – free printable games, crafts, and coloring pages
Science
Podcast: But Why? Podcast for curious kids – But Why is a show led by kids. They ask the questions and we find the answers. Are unicorns real? How is paper made?
Podcast: Smash. Boom. Best Smash Boom Best is a debate show for kids and families Every episode takes two cool things, smashes them together and lets you decide which is best. Cats versus Dogs. Pizza versus Tacos. Super Speed versus Super Strength.
Podcast: Brains On. Co-hosted each week by kid scientists and reporters from public radio, we ask questions ranging from the science behind sneezing to how to translate the purr of cats.
Podcast: Earth Rangers — A sound-rich dive into nature and animal science.
Stories
Podcast: Circle Round adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 4 to 10.
Podcast: Stories Podcast: fairy tales, folk tales, Peter Rabbit, original fiction for kids.
Podcast: Myths and Legends: Stories from around the world. Best for older kids. Warnings are given for disturbing content at the beginning of the show.
Podcast: “Story Pirates” — Stories written by kids are woven into a narrative about a musical-theater company’s magical misadventures.
Podcast: “Girl Tales” — Feminist fairy tales written and performed by playwrights and actors.
Podcast: The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel. Serial Mystery Story for ages 8-12.
Music
Podcast: “Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child” — An hourlong show that will introduce the family to the best in kids’ music, every week.
Podcast:“The Music Box” — Each episode is a lesson about a musical concept featuring interactive activities.
Podcast: “Ear Snacks” — The children’s musicians Andrew & Polly explore different themes through songs and interviews.
Resources for People Experiencing Domestic Violence
For those isolated at home in an unsafe situation during the COVID-19 national emergency, the National Domestic Violence Hotline has suggestions for staying safe.
Please read these thoughtful and important resources HERE. Always still call 911 if you are in an unsafe situation.
Extension of Federal Food Assistance Program (WIC)
OCD Support Group
OCD SUPPORT GROUP
Open to individuals & family members – every Thursday starting 3/19 at 8:30pm EST
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Online Meetings
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) ONLINE MEETINGS
Seacoast Pathways Mental Health & Co-Occurring SUD Hangout Chats!
Seacoast Pathways and the Manchester Clubhouse are reaching out to anyone with a mental illness or co-occurring substance use disorder/mental illness to join their virtual clubhouse programming. They have a private Facebook group for connecting and sharing how everyone is coping as a form of support group.
The Facebook page is ‘Seacoast Pathways, a clubhouse’
They are also offering daily programming on Google Hangouts at 10 am and 2 pm and anyone is welcome to join. Participants will need to have or get a gmail account which is easy to do.
Here is the link:
Unity Recovery + WEconnect + Alano Club Virtual Meetings
Unity Recovery + WEconnect + Alano Club are now offering free virtual recovery meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. All recovery meetings are non-denominational, agnostic to any specific recovery pathway, and are open to anyone.
Check out these recovery meetings HERE.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Online Meetings
NA (Narcotics Anonymous) ONLINE MEETINGS
Al-Anon Virtual Meetings
AL-ANON VIRTUAL MEETINGS
RecoverYdia AA meetings and Live Peer Support Meeting
RecoverYdia is offering AA meetings 7 days a week at 6:30am, 12pm, and 7pm, and you may also request a Live Peer Support meeting: https://www.recoverydia.com/digital-peer-support
ALL Types of Virtual SUD Recovery Based Meetings
Think of a type of meeting you want – AA, NA, SMART, Dharma, HERREN, Secular, LGBTQ+ community, ALA-TEEN, Lion Rock, Learn to Cope….you name it – there’s a virtual meeting for it.
We’ve pulled them together here for you. We hope that you find this list HERE supportive and useful. Please, if you are struggling….reach out! You’re NEVER alone.
Peer Support Agencies in NH
Peer support consists of supportive interactions based on shared experience among people and are intended to assist people to understand their potential to achieve their personal goals. Interactions are based on trust, respect, and mutual support. Peer support agencies accomplish this by providing choice, using non-medical approaches to help, sharing decision making, encouraging informed decision making about all aspects of people’s lives, challenging perceived self-limitations, etc.
Currently they have phone support and warmlines running to help.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline and chat available to anyone in the U.S. in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. By dialing 1-800-273-TALK (8255), the call is routed to the nearest crisis center in their national network of crisis centers.
You are NEVER ALONE.
National Crisis Text Line
The Crisis Text Line is a free, 24/7, text-based support for those in crisis. To use this resource, just text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the US to text with a trained Crisis Counselor.
Texters can discuss a wide range of issues, including anxiety (including around the Coronavirus), depression, and more. To learn more, check out their website: https://www.crisistextline.org/
State and National Resources & Verified Information
In our world of social media, varied news sites, and 24/7 information, it’s so important to read verified, fact-based sources for updates and to base your decisions.
We suggest you follow the almost daily updates from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the NH Department of Health & Human Services (NHDHHS) website, which are as follows:
NHDHHS – https://www.nh.gov/covid19/
CDC – cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index-html
**If you have questions about COVID-19, finding treatment resources, or additional mental health resources or other support services, please call 2-1-1 or visit their website at www.211nh.org
Here are a few recent changes in our state to support citizens during the unsure financial impact COVID19:
Emergency Order #3: All providers of electric, gas, water, telephone, cable, VOIP, internet service, and deliverable fuel services will be prohibited from disconnecting or discontinuing service for non-payments for the duration of the State of Emergency.
Emergency Order #4: Landlords will not be allowed to start eviction proceedings for those unable to pay due to their financial situations. To do so would be against the law. All judicial and non-judicial foreclosure actions will also be prohibited during the state of emergency.
Emergency Order #5: Individuals who are unable to work or who have reduced hours due to the COVID-19 pandemic will have immediate access to unemployment benefits. Anyone in the following situations will now be eligible for state unemployment: If your employer temporarily closes due to COVID-19; Individuals that need to self-quarantine or are directed to quarantine at the instruction of a health care provider, employer or government official; Individuals that need to care for a family member that has COVID-19 or is under quarantine; Individuals that need to care for a dependent because of school closures, child care facility closures or other similar types of care programs; Self-employed individuals that are temporarily unable to operate their business because of any of the above listed situations will also be eligible. Please visit www.nhes.nh.gov or call 603-271-7770 for more information.
Service Area
Communities included in our catchment area are: Brentwood, Deerfield, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, North Hampton, Northwood, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Seabrook, South Hampton, and Stratham.
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