Confidential Support: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Survivors
On Campus Confidential Support
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Counseling and Psychological Services
31 Campus Avenue | 207-786-6199
Provides comprehensive mental health care, including both crisis and therapeutic counseling for students.
Multifaith Chaplaincy
Raymond Clouthier
163 Wood Street, 2nd Floor | 207-786-8272 |Â rclothier@bates.edu
Provides individualized emotional and spiritual support through pastoral care and conversation.
Confidential Resource Advisor (CRA)
Chase Hall | 207–753-6996 | cra@bates.edu
Provides information, advocacy, and support to anyone affected by sexual harassment, sexual violence, dating or domestic violence, or stalking. Can assist with navigating local medical and legal systems.
Off Campus Confidential Support
State and Local Services
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) — Aetna Resources for Living
| 888-238-6232 | User ID: 4bates; ID = bwell
Provides free, confidential counseling services to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 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.
265 Lisbon Street, Suite 2, Lewiston | 207-753-0061 | www.ircofmaine.org/
Provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to the refugee and New Mainer communities, including interpreter services; domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking support and advocacy; and system advocacy.
24-hour hotline: 800-871-7741 |
Statewide coalition of sexual assault victim service providers. Access to advocates via hotline or online chat or text.
24-hour hotline: 866-834-HELP |
A confidential statewide hotline for survivors of domestic abuse and violence staffed by trained professionals and volunteers.
24-hour helpline: 800-559-2927 |
A confidential domestic violence helpline staffed by trained, caring and confidential advocates. Provides individual support, legal advocacy, support groups, and shelter for survivors of domestic abuse.
24-hour helpline: 800-871-7741 |
A confidential sexual assault helpline staffed by trained, caring and confidential advocates. An advocate can meet with an individual at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Health Services or other campus location, escort or meet an individual at the hospital, assist someone filing a police report, or help navigate the legal system.
24-hour crisis line: 888-568-1112 | 888-344-4673 |
Local, confidential mental health care from licensed professionals. Providing trauma-informed, integrated services that promote whole health and wellness.
Provides contact and services information for domestic violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking advocacy organizations for all five Wabanaki tribes.
National Helplines
A free and anonymous 24-hour online helpline for male-identified people who’ve experienced sexual abuse or assault and for those who care about them.
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.
24-hour helpline: 800-799-7233 |
A confidential domestic violence hotline staffed by highly-trained advocates available to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or information, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship.
24-hour helpline: 800-656-4673 |
The nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. Free, confidential support via its national sexual assault hotline. Advocates are available via hotline or the chat function on their website.
Provides online resources to victims of stalking, including information about how to connect to victim services and safety planning.