Mental Health Resources

As part of your commitment to being healthy, it’s critical to pay attention to your mental wellness and emotional needs, too. Whether you need help managing stress, dealing with a family situation, or fighting an addiction, IOTA Community Schools offers confidential resources to help you through any personal issue you may be facing.

Resources for Living

Resources for Living has a national network of licensed professionals trained to help with common challenges, such as stress, anxiety, grief, marital/family relationship concerns, parenting, addictions, and more. Counseling sessions are solution-focused and can help you better understand challenges and determine helpful next steps to move forward. Key features include:

  • No cost to you and your household members
  • Up to five prepaid counseling sessions
  • Entirely confidential
  • Option to meet with someone face-to-face or through video

Call 800.342.8111 / TTY: 711 or visit www.resourcesforliving.com/ to get started with a free, confidential consultation with a licensed mental health professional.

Headspace Meditation App

Did you know that you can register for the paid version of the Headspace app for free? IOTA Community Schools has registered @IOTACommunitySchools.org and @animo.org email addresses with Headspace’s Educator initiative. Click on the following link and provide your IOTA Community Schools email to start a new account or merge your existing Headspace account: www.headspace.com

Talkspace

Talkspace is an online therapy platform that makes it easy and convenient to connect with a licensed behavioral therapist – from just about anywhere, at any time. With Talkspace you can send unlimited text, video and audio messages to your dedicated therapist via web browser or the Talkspace mobile app. Your therapist will respond daily, five days per week. You can also schedule real-time 30 minute live sessions.

Through your program, you are able to utilize Chat Therapy or Live sessions. Each week of Chat therapy counts as one of your free sessions and each 30-minute live session counts as one of your free sessions.

How to find care:
1. Visit https://www.talkspace.com/RFL to get started.
2. Complete a short questionnaire
3. You’ll be matched with a therapist within 48 hours
4. Connect with a counselor virtually with chat therapy and/or live sessions