Confidential Resources
COUNSELING SERVICES:
USM Counseling Services
Services Provided:
- Individual Counseling
- Group Counseling
- 24/7 line to reach the on-call counselor
Costs: Free
Location:Bond Hall East (behind parking garage)Contact information:
Phone Numbers: 601-606-HELP (Counselor on Call), 601-606-4357, 601-266-4829 (To Make an Appointment)
Website: https://www.usm.edu/student-counseling-services
USM Community Counseling & Assessment Clinic
Services Provided:
- Counseling
- Psychological Assessments Substance Abuse Evaluations
Costs: Sliding scale based on income
Location: Owings-McQuagge Hall (OMH) 213
Contact Information:
Phone- 601-266-4601
Website-: https://www.usm.edu/counseling-psychology-clinic
USM Psychology Clinic
Services Provided:
- Individual and group therapy using empirically supported or empirically based methods
- Psychological assessment and evaluation services
Costs: Sliding Scale
Location: Owings-McQuagge Hall (OMH) 210
Contact Information:
Phone- 601-266-4588
Website-- https://www.usm.edu/psychology-clinic
Domestic Abuse Family Shelter (crisis line)
Services Provided:
- 24-Hour Toll-Free Domestic Abuse Crisis Line
- Temporary Shelter for Domestic Abuse Victims
- Information, Referral, and Advocacy for Victims
- Victim/Survivor Counseling
- Aftercare Case Management
- Children’s program (therapeutic child care, crisis counseling)
- Domestic violence intervention programs for abusers
Locations:
Shelter Locations: Forrest and Jones Counties
Service Area: Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion, Perry, Smith, Wayne.
Contact Information:
Phone- 800-649-1092
Website-- http://www.domesticabusefamilyshelter.org/
Shafer Center for Crisis Intervention
Services Offered-
- 24-Hour Crisis Line (601-264-7777)
- Emergency Domestic Violence Shelter
- Rape Crisis Response in hospitals
- Court advocacy and accompaniment
- Housing assistance
- Adult and children’s counseling
- Children’s program and therapeutic preschool
- Cost: Free
Location- 507 North 37th Avenue, Hattiesburg MS 39401
Contact Information-
Phone-601-264-7078
Website-www.theshafercenter.info
Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Phone- 888-987-9011/601-948-0555
Website-: http://www.mscasa.org
Services Offered:
- 24 Hour Rape Crisis Hotline: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
- Training and assistance to member programs, criminal justice/healthcare, colleges, and universities
- Referrals to nine rape crisis centers
Costs Involved: No costs.
R.A.I.N.N. (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network)
Services Offered:
- 24/7 Support
- 24/7 Advice through Hotline (800-656-HOPE)
- 24 Hour Online Hotline (http://online.rainn.org/)
- Referrals to local counseling centers
- Site for specialized information, including:
- Statistics
- Self-help materials
Costs Involved- No costs.
Contact Information:
Phone- 800-656-HOPE (4673)
Website- https://rainn.org/