Counseling Services Helpful Links

• Adults Returning to College
• Alcohol
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• HIV/AIDS/Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Legal
• Other Drugs
• Parenting
• Rape
• Suicide Prevention/Crisis Intervention

Every effort is made to include timely, factual information. This is intended to be a helpful listing, but not a comprehensive one. If there are errors, please contact Gyme Hardy at

ADULTS RETURNING TO COLLEGE

• www.adultstudentcenter.com
  Study helps, paying for college, student stories, how to be a successful online student and other valuable resource information for men and women.

ALCOHOL

• Alcoholics Anonymous
  1-800-593-3330

• Alcoholics Anonymous-NH Area Assembly Service Office
  www.mv.com/ipusers/nhaa/index.html

• Alcohol Abuse and Crisis Intervention
  1-800-234-0246

• Alcoholics Anonymous-NH Area Assembly Service Office
  622-6967
  www.mv.com/ipusers/nhaa/index.html

• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Helpline and Treatment
  1-800-234-0420

• Alcohol Hotline Support and Information
  1-800-331-2900

• Join Together Online
  www.jointogether.org/home/

• Concord Hospital Substance Abuse Program (Fresh Start)
  603-225-2711

• Merrimack County Alcohol and Drug Intervention Program
  603-228-1959

• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
  1-800-729-6686

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
  http://www.abanet.org/domviol/statutorysummarycharts.html

• Domestic Violence Hotline
  1-866-644-3574
  1-866-841-6229 (Merrimack county only)

• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  24 hours, 7 days a week crisis intervention and referrals. English and Spanish speaking advocates available
  1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224 (TDD)

EATING DISORDERS

• American Anorexia/Bulimia Association (AABA)
  www.aabainc.org/

• The Center for Eating Disorders Management, Inc.
  Dover: 603-742-0047
  Manchester: 603-627-1163

HIV/AIDS/SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

• AIDS Hotline-State of New Hampshire
  1-800-752-2437

• AIDS Info Line
  913 Elm Street, Manchester, NH
  1-800-639-1122

• CDC National AIDS Hotline
  24 hours, 7 days a week
  1-800-342-AIDS (2437)

• AIDS Hotline in Spanish
  Open 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. EST, 7 days a week
  1-800-344-SIDA (7432)

• AIDS Hotline for the Hearing Impaired
  Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday
  1-800-243-7889 (TDD)

• CDC National STD Hotline
  Open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday
  1-800-227-8922

LEGAL

• A Legal Handbook for Women in New Hampshire
  603-271-2660
  http://www.nh.gov/csw/

• Franklin Pierce Law Center
  The Clinic, 2 White Street, Concord, NH 03301
  Landlord/Tenant, Consumer, Family Problems
  603-225-3350

• New Hampshire Pro Bono
  112 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301
  Free Legal Services to Low-Income Persons
  1-800-639-5290 or 603-224-6934

• Public Utilities Commission
  Hearings on Utility Shutoffs
  1-800-852-3793 or 603-271-2431

• Senior Citizens Law Project
  Senior Advice Line
  Free Civil Legal Services for Clients Over 60
  1-888-353-9944 or 603-624-6000

• Lawline
  NH Bar Association
  Free Legal Advice
  1-800-868-1212 or 603-223-9912

• Legal Advice and Referral Center
  1-800-639-5290 or 603-224-3333

• Fair Housing Project
  1-800-921-1115 or 603-669-4960

• NH Attorney General's Office
  33 Capitol Street, Concord, NH 03301
  603-271-3658

• New Hampshire Legal Assistance Branch Offices
  Civil Legal Services for low income persons

  256 Main Street
  Berlin, NH 03570
  1-800-548-1886

  408 Moody Building
  Tremont Square
  Claremont, NH 03743
  1-800-562-3994 or 603-542-8795 or 603-542-8796

  58 Main Street
  2nd floor
  Littleton, NH 03561
  1-800-548-1886 or 603-444-8000 or 603-444-8817

  1361 Elm Street
  Suite 307
  Manchester, NH 03101
  1-800-562-3174 or 603-668-2900

  Simeon Smith House
  412 the Hill
  PO Box 778
  Portsmouth, NH 03802
  1-800-334-3135 or 603-431-7411

OTHER DRUGS

• Narcotics Anonymous
  645-4777
  www.gsana.org

• National Cocaine Hotline
  24 hours, 7 days a week
  1-800-662-HELP (4357)

• National Drug Information Treatment and Referral Hotline
  24 hours, 7 days a week
  1-800-662-HELP (4357)

PARENTING

• Parent Information Center
  1-800-232-0986 or 603-224-7005
  

• Parents Anonymous of NH
  1-800-children

• University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
  http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Family/Documents/famyouth.htm

• Riverbend Parent-Child Centers
  Parent Warm Line
  Monday through Friday 12 noon to 8 p.m., year round
  603-639-6849 (Toll Free Call)

RAPE

• NH Sexual Assault Hotline
  1-800-277-5570

• Nationwide RAINN National Rape Crisis Hotline
  1-800-656-4673

• New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
  603-224-8893

SUICIDE PREVENTION/CRISIS INTERVENTION

• Headrest Teenline
  800-639-6095

• Riverbend Emergency Services
  24 hours, 7 days a week
  603-226-0817

• Samaritans
  1-877-583-8336 (NH TOLL-FREE 24-HOUR HOTLINE)

• National Suicide Lifeline
  1-800-273-TALK (8255)

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  www.afsp.org

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center
  www.sprc.org

• American Association of Suicidology
  www.suicidology.org

• National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
  www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention

• NAMI New Hampshire (National Alliance on Mental Illness, NH)
  1-800-242-NAMI (6264)
  www.naminh.org
  For information about existing survivors of suicide support groups, please contact Becky McEnany at bmcenany@naminh.org

• FRIENDS FOR SURVIVAL
  1-800-646-7322 (9-7 P.M. PST)

• GriefNet (online support group)
  www.griefnet.org (click on adult support groups, then unique losses)

• Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network
  www.spanusa.org (click on about suicide and suicide prevention)

• SAVE--Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education
  www.save.org (click on coping with loss)

• The Trevor Project
  http://www.thetrevorproject.org
  1-866-488-7386
  24/7 crisis and suicide prevention helpline for gay, lesbian, transgender and questioning youth.