Emergency Services

The Counseling Service provides 24 hour emergency services for residents of Addison County experiencing a mental health crisis. Such crises may include:

• Depression
• Acute anxiety
• Suicidal and homicidal thinking or behavior
• Family problems
• Increased symptoms or onset of symptoms of mental illness
• Alcohol or drug emergencies

We assist callers in resolving the immediate crisis and in making plans for follow up services if needed. The services offered include:

• Risk assessment
• Safety Planning
• Supportive counseling
• Critical incident/post traumatic stress management
• Short-term and follow up treatment and referral
• Coordination of other services such as hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs, and community resources
• Psychiatric consultation

These services are provided on the telephone, or face-to-face at our office, Porter Hospital Emergency Room, Middlebury College Health Services, or in the field depending on the situation.

If you feel a mental health problem is more than you can cope with, please call:

Emergency Services, Middlebury, call (802) 388-7641 24 hours a day