Counseling Resources
You Don’t Have to Go Through It Alone
Below are various resources to help you with problems you may be dealing with. Please contact your counselor for support.
- NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE: 1-800-273-8255 (TALK)
- CRISIS TEXT LINE: 741-741
- RAPPAHANNOCK RAPIDAN COMMUNITY SERVICES 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE: 540-347-7620
Dealing with Crisis/Anxiety
Dealing with Crisis/Anxiety - This Interactive Power Point Presentation is a quick breakdown of how our brain and body help protect us in emergency situations and how sometimes this natural function can also make us a little edgy. This also helps us consider ways to use this positively and ways to lessen its' possible negative effects (like anxiety, irrational fears, etc.)
6 ways for mental health during a pandemic - this short you tube video talks about some simple tips for managing your thoughts, fears, work and other challenges related to living during a global pandemic
Cameron's Collection - A collection of literature aimed at young audiences that cover various challenges that youth and adolescents face such as: Anxiety, Depression, Body Image, Gender Identity, Suicidal Thoughts/Self-Injury, Bullying, Learning Issues and much, much more. IF ASKED FOR PASSWORD, ENTER: schools
Fauquier County Community Resource Guide - Searching for community resources, find local organizations to help with: children's services, education, employment, job training, libraries, emergency services, healthcare, foundations & non-profit organizations, disability services, helplines & hotlines, legal & court services, senior services, transportation, social services (clothing & furniture, domestic violence & abuse services, human trafficking concerns, financial assistance, fuel & utility assistance, food, housing-emergency & transitional, DSS & RRCS)
Fauquier Mental Health Association - excellent website for finding mental health services in Fauquier County and the surrounding region. Just search based on your area of concern, or call the # (540-341-8732)on the top of the page for assistance connecting with an appropriate agency/organization.
Abuse Resources:
Contact Fauquier County Child protective services at 1-800-552-7096 or go to their website.
Fauquier County Child Protective Services
LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LHS COUNSELING OFFICE DO NOT SPECIFICALLY ENDORSE ANY PRIVATE COUNSELORS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY BE REFERRED TO IN THE MANY LINKS BELOW. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR FAMILIES TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE THE BACKGROUND OF AN ORGANIZATION OR COUNSELOR PRIOR TO AGREEING TO PAY FOR SERVICES!
Depression/Suicidal/Other Concerns:
Depression in Children and Teens (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Our Nation's Young and Suicide by Dr. Lisa Wright, Purdue University Global
Drug & Alcohol (and other addictions) Concerns:
NIDA for Teens (interactive site)
Kids Health: Drugs and Alcohol (interactive)
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA): High School and Youth Trends
Grief Counseling:
Please contact our counseling office at 540-422-7367 for resources/services/referral
Code of Conduct regarding Bullying
Article III Code of Student Conduct - 7-3.1
5.2.3. Bullying – Bullying means any aggressive and unwanted behavior that is intended to harm, intimidate, or humiliate the victim; involves a real or perceived power imbalance between the aggressor or aggressors and victim; and is repeated over time or causes severe emotional trauma. Bullying does not include ordinary teasing, horseplay, argument or peer conflict.
5.2.3.1. Bullying occurs when a person or group of people exposes another person, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions, which include the following three components:
5.2.3.1.1. Aggressive behavior that involves unwanted, negative actions;
5.2.3.1.2. A pattern of behavior repeated over time; and,
5.2.3.1.3. An imbalance of power.
5.2.3.2. Types of bullying actions include:
5.2.3.2.1. Verbal bullying (including derogatory comments; name calling)
5.2.3.2.2. Social exclusion or isolation
5.2.3.2.3. Physical bullying (hitting, kicking, shoving, spitting, etc.)
5.2.3.2.4. Bullying through lies and false rumors
5.2.3.2.5. Bullying by having money or possessions taken or damaged
5.2.3.2.6. Threats or coercion to do things one doesn’t want to do
5.2.3.2.7. Racial bullying
5.2.3.2.8. Sexual bullying
5.2.3.2.9. Cyberbullying (bullying through email, social media, instant messaging (IMing), chat room exchanges, Web site posts, or digital messages or images sent to a cellular phone or personal digital assistant (PDA.) Cyberbullying, like traditional bullying, involves an imbalance of power, aggression, and a negative action that is often repeated.)