Are you or is someone you know in emotional distress or suicidal crisis?

Local Crisis and Emergency Lines

  • Pierce County Crisis Line - The Pierce County Crisis Line is a free service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week that provides immediate help to individuals, families and friends of people in crisis throughout Pierce County.
    • Phone: 800-576-7764

National Resources

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - The National Suicide Prevention 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.
  • Text Crisis Line -Text from anywhere in the United States, anytime. Crisis Text Line is here for any crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from our secure online platform. The volunteer Crisis Counselor will help you move from a hot moment to a cool moment.
  • Teen Line - Teen Peer Mentors.
    • Text: Text TEEN to 839863 between 6 - 9 p.m. PST to speak with one of our teens (Text STOP to opt out.)
    • Website: Teen Line
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline - Every contact to The Hotline is personal. Some people who reach out to us identify as survivors of abuse, some as concerned friends or family members, some as abusive partners seeking to change themselves.
  • RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network) - Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline to talk to a trained staff member from your local sexual assault service provider.
    • Phone: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
    • Website: RAINN

Are you LGBTQ+ and are in emotional distress, suicidal crisis, or just need someone to talk to?

Do you have a smartphone and want to download an app to help you manage a crisis?

  • BetterStopSuicide - Suicide prevention app that provides information and attempts to provide direction and calm if someone is considering suicide and doesn’t have anyone to call. This is a free app using world-leading psychological techniques and technology to stop people from committing suicide.