Crisis Services
For immediate assistance with life threatening and/or medically dangerous situations, please call 911.
Pend Oreille County Counseling Services provides crisis intervention services to ensure personal and public safety. Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
No appointment necessary for walk-in crisis services.
***A mental health crisis is a situation where an individual's emotions, thoughts and behaviors put them at risk of harming themselves or others.
A crisis can also be defined as a person who is unable to care for themselves; access shelter, food or even clothing.
These situations can surface anywhere to anyone; mental health conditions do not discriminate.***
Please note that the crisis line is not intended for use as a line to leave messages. You may leave a message by calling our office at 509-447-5651.
OR
CALL 988
The 988 Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States!
Suicide Prevention
Potential Warning Signs:
- Talking or joking about death, dying, or suicide
- Making a plan to die
- Not caring about things that used to matter
- Giving away important things or hinting at not being around anymore
- Signs of depression like sadness, moodiness, anger, and/or hopelessness
- Abusing alcohol or drugs
- Changes in behavior, mood, or just not seeming like themselves
- Changes in appearance or performance
What You Can Do:
- Show them that you care
- Ask how they are feeling
- Listen carefully
- Get help right away
- Never promise to keep this a secret
- Keep talking until someone listens
Where to Get Help:
- Pend Oreille County Counseling Services – 509-447-5651 or 800-833-6388
- After-Hours Crisis Line – 877-266-1818
- National Suicide Help Line – 800-273-TALK (8255)
- National Crisis Text Line – text HOME to 741741
- Trans Lifeline – 877-565-8860
- Teen Text Line – 844-814-8336