Counseling & Community Resources

You may have to deal with parents, teachers, dating, body image, peer pressure, finding a part-time job, getting into the right college, not to mention helping your friends with their problems! No one has all the right answers, but Pinnacle has found some websites that contain information from experts in the field and teens who may have been through similar experiences. 

If you are a Pinnacle student and wish to speak to a counselor, contact Student Services at 480-755-8222 x2965.  Note:  Getting information from a website is NOT a substitute for seeking professional medical treatment and/or counseling. Pinnacle has listed the following websites for informational purposes only.

Suicide

• http://suicidehotlines.com/
• http://www.save.org/
• http://www.afsp.org/
• http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/suicide/index.html
• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-statistics-and-prevention/index.shtml
• http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/suicideprevention/
• http://www.youthandviolence.com/gpage7.html

Dating Violence

• http://www.acadv.org/about.html
• http://family.samhsa.gov/teach/dating.aspx
• http://www.ndvh.org/
• http://nineline.org/index.html

Grief

• http://www.griefworksbc.com/About.asp
• http://www.hospicenet.org/html/teenager.html
• http://www.americanhospice.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=34
• http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/someone_died.html
• http://www.focusas.com/Grief.html

Peer Pressure

• http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/friend/peer_pressure.html
• http://www.doitnow.org/pages/163.html
• http://library.thinkquest.org/3354/Resource_Center/Virtual_Library/Peer_Pressure/peer.htm
• http://au.reachout.com/find/articles/peer-pressure

Rape

• http://www.rainn.org/  or  http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/date_rape.html
• http://www.therapecrisiscenter.org/for_teens.htm
• http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/date_rape.html

Self-Injury

• http://www.focusas.com/SelfInjury.html
• http://www.thehelpline.net/selfinjury.html
• http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1410
• http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/si.html
• http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/cutting.html
• http://www.youthandviolence.com/gpage7.html

Substance Abuse and Drug Awareness

• http://checkyourself.com/
• http://www.casacolumbia.org/absolutenm/templates/Home.aspx
• http://www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov/
• http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/
• http://www.focusas.com/SubstanceAbuse.html
• http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/

Divorce

• http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/families/divorce.html
• http://www.familieschange.ca/teen/index.htm
• http://www.askdrjami.org/teenperspective/divorce.html
• http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/divorce.html
• http://www.kidsturn.org/pages/page.php?pageid=75

Eating Disorders

• http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
• http://www.something-fishy.org/
• http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/eat_disorder.html
• http://www.healthyplace.com/eating-disorders/menu-id-58/
• http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/diseases/obesity.html

Child Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual or Neglect

• http://www.childhelp.org/
• http://stopitnow.com/
• http://www.rainn.org/
• http://www.helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm
• http://www.focusas.com/Abuse.html