Are you in a crisis? Click Here for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Are you in a crisis? Click Here for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Serving Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake counties
Suicide is an urgent and growing public health crisis. Buckelew works to prevent deaths through intervention, outreach, education, and answering calls to 988.
If you are having suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis, or are concerned about someone else, call or text the 988 Lifeline. Call 988
Trained counselors answer calls to a free, confidential hotline for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts or emotional distress. As part of the national 988 Lifeline network, we support thousands of callers every year.
Buckelew provides free suicide prevention education to schools, workplaces, and organizations. We also support communities and families affected by suicide or injury and offer media consultation on best practices.
Our free suicide bereavement groups provide a safe space to share and heal after losing a loved one, friend, classmate, co-worker, or partner to suicide. We offer separate meetings for adults, young people (ages 14-24), and Spanish speakers, all held on Zoom.
Nearly 22,000 calls were answered by Buckelew’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline counselors last year
4,300+ people trained in suicide prevention
On June 11, 2003, JD Schramm climbed to the top of the Manhattan Bridge and leaped. “I had another slip with drugs and alcohol. I remember thinking, ‘I’m just one of those people who’s never going to get it.’” Not many survive that suicidal bone-breaking fall, but JD did. Now, he says he is defined by the life he created since that moment. His longtime advocacy for breaking the stigma around mental health began when he broke his own silence with a TED talk.
