{"id":305,"date":"2020-08-13T21:39:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T01:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:07:10","slug":"confidential-support-lgbtq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/confidential-support-lgbtq\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidential Support: LGBTQ+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"LGB-Confidential-Support\">On Campus Confidential Support<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/counseling-psychological-services\/\"><strong>Bates Counseling and Psychological Services<\/strong><\/a><br>31 Campus Avenue | 207-786-6199<br>Provides comprehensive mental health care, including both crisis and therapeutic counseling for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/hr\/reference\/ombuds\/\"><strong>Bates Ombuds Program<\/strong><\/a><br>Provides assistance to staff and faculty seeking appropriate paths to resolving workplace concerns, including a review of options for informal resolutions.  *Please note while the ombuds are confidential under college policies, they do not have legal privilege and, therefore, may be required to disclose information shared with they in civil or criminal legal proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chaplaincy\/\"><strong>Multifaith Chaplaincy<\/strong><\/a><br>Raymond Clouthier<br>163 Wood Street, 2nd Floor | 207-786-8272 |\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:rclothier@bates.edu\">rclothier@bates.edu<\/a><br>Provides individualized emotional and spiritual support through pastoral care and conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/cra\/\"><strong>Confidential Resource Advisor (CRA)<\/strong><\/a><br>Chase Hall 001E\u00a0 | 207<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>753-6996\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:cra@bates.edu\">cra@bates.edu<\/a><br>Provides information, advocacy, and support to anyone affected by sexual harassment, sexual violence, dating or domestic violence, or stalking.\u00a0 Can assist with navigating local medical and legal systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"SA-Off-Campus-Confidential\"><strong>Off Campus Confidential Support<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"SA-State-Confidential\"><u>State and Local Services<\/u><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/hr\/benefits\/employee-assistance-program\/\"><strong>Employee Assistance Program (EAP) &#8212; Aetna Resources for Living<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resourcesforliving.com\">www.resourcesforliving.com<\/a> | 888-238-6232 |&nbsp; User ID: 4bates; ID = bwell<br>Provides free, confidential counseling services to Bates employees to help address a variety of personal issues. Staffed 24\/7 by qualified mental health professionals available to listen to concerns and make referrals to a local provider for in person counseling or to resources in your community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcmhs.org\/\"><strong>Tri-County Mental Health Services<\/strong><\/a><br>24-hour crisis line: 888-568-1112&nbsp; |&nbsp; 888-344-4673&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcmhs.org\">www.tcmhs.org<\/a><br>Local, confidential mental health care from licensed professionals.&nbsp; Providing trauma-informed, integrated services that promote whole health and wellness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"LGB-national-helpline\"><u>National Helplines<\/u><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forge-forward.org\/resources\/trans-communities-2\/\"><strong>FORGE<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/forge-forward.org\/resources\/trans-communities-2\/\">forge-forward.org<\/a><br>Online resources for transgender and gender non-conforming survivors of violence and their allies, including assistance with referrals to local therapists who specialize in working with transgender individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Campus Confidential Support Bates Counseling and Psychological Services31 Campus Avenue |&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":true,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/305\/revisions\/1454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/here-to-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}