Personal Counseling

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How to be You with Jeffrey Marsh

Date and Time: Feb. 16, 2023, 2 – 3 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Forum Credit
Free

Join Personal Counseling in How to Be You!

Jeffrey will guide us through the creative, ever-evolving process of understanding and accepting ourselves, reminding us that the best person we can become is ourself.

About Jeffrey

Jeffrey Marsh's TikToks and compassionate short-form videos have over one billion views. Jeffrey is a viral TikTok and Instagram star, nonbinary activist, and LGBTQ keynote speaker. Jeffrey was the first nonbinary public figure to appear on national television, being interviewed on Newsmax in 2016, and Jeffrey was the first celebrity activist to use they/them pronouns. Jeffrey's #1 bestseller, How to Be You, was the first nonbinary memoir. And Jeffrey is the first nonbinary author to sign a book deal with any "Big 5" publisher worldwide, for Penguin Random House. How to Be You topped Oprah's Gratitude Meter and was named Excellent Book of the Year by TED-Ed.

Contact info: Kevin Thomas, kthomas@berkshirecc.edu

Fresh Check Day!

Date and Time: March 2, 2023, 12 – 2:30 p.m.
In-Person
Location: SBA Lounge
Forum Credit
Free

Join Personal Counseling in Fresh Check Day!

Check in and see how you are doing! Learn about great resources in our community and on campus; enjoy fun activities, have some great food and win some terrific prizes, just for coming and checking in! Fresh Check Day is a fun and interactive fair to learn about mental health strategies and connect with others sponsored by the Jordan Porco Foundation.

Contact: kthomas@berkshirecc.edu

Minding Your Mind — Muzna's Story

Date and Time: March 23, 2023, 2 – 3 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Forum Credit
Free

Join Personal Counseling in the Minding your Mind Series!

From a young age Muzna has struggled with her intersectionality of identities. Being born in Pakistan, an all Islamic state, had its own hardships; immigrating to America as a Muslim girl at the age of nine years old, and growing into a woman of color in a predominantly white, upstate New York town, brought a new set of challenges. Muzna shares the story of how she developed communication and coping skills to help cope with her depression and anxiety, as well as her journey towards selfacceptance.

Contact: Kevin Thomas, kthomas@berkshirecc.edu

Deedee's Cry with Toy Burton

Date and Time: April 6, 2023, time TBD
In-Person and Zoom
Location: SBA Lounge
Forum Credit
Free

Join Personal Counseling with DeeDee's Cry

Toy Burton is the founder of Deedee's Cry, an organization which supports suicide prevention and post-vention for people of color. DeeDee's Cry aims to create a space where conversations begin to lift the stigma on mental health within communities of color. DeeDee's Cry collaborates with organizations and agencies to create events, programs, projects and activities within communities of color that are centered on family, mental health and wellness. Toy will share about the journey that led her to found Deedee's cry, and the important message of destigmatizing mental health and increasing the accessibility and inclusivity of mental health services.

Contact: Kevin Thomas, kthomas@berkshirecc.edu

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Resources in Berkshire County

View resources in Berkshire County

The Mental Health and Resilience Resource Guide
This comprehensive guide, a companion to BCC's December 2020 Mental Health Conference, Hope and Resilience in the Berkshires, contains a wealth of resources on mental health, organized by conference topic.

Helpful Websites

Mass Help
Mass Help connects people to the help they need. Serving all of Massachusetts, Mass 2-1-1 connects people with community, health and disaster services through a free 24/7 stigma-free phone service and searchable database.

Critical Mental Health Resources for College Students
This resource provides college students with quality information on maintaining good mental health and helps with identifying mental health issues.

Online Resource for College Mental Health
Your confidential resource for college mental health and substance use information. Learn more about how to protect your own emotional health and what to do if you or a friend is struggling.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people with mental disorders and those impacted by suicide.

The Jed Foundation
The Jed Foundation works to reduce emotional distress and prevent suicide among college students. They provide resources and work to reduce the stigma students have when asking for help.

National Institute of Mental Health
Learn about mental health issues you or a friend might be struggling with. Mental health diagnoses are listed to help you identify specific symptoms you are experiencing. Information from anxiety to suicide is available.

Addiction and Recovery

BCC Students for Recovery

Students for Recovery is an informal group for BCC students in any stage of their recovery journey, offering weekly meetings and one-on-one and group support.

Alcohol Screening
Learn about alcohol and health, how to recognize a problem and determine what low-risk drinking is.

In the Rooms

In The Rooms is a free online recovery tool that offers 130 weekly online meetings for those recovering from addiction and related issues. Embracing multiple pathways to recovery, it includes all 12 Step, Non-12 Step, Wellness and Mental Health modalities.

Substance Use and Mental Health
Become informed about substances, treatment programs, and campaigns addressing the needs of every age group.

Sexual Violence and Assault Prevention

Jane Doe Inc.
The Massachusetts Coalition against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, Jane Doe Inc. brings together organizations and people committed to ending all violence against women.

Prevent Connect
Prevention Connection is a national on-line project dedicated to the primary prevention of violence against women.

LGBTQ

The Trevor Project

Providing confidential support and resources for LGBTQ youth in crisis, 24/7.

Note: Information found on these websites should not be considered official BCC information. While we hope that you will find these websites helpful, you should know the information, views and opinions contained within them are strictly those of the authors.