If there is an emergency on campus, call the Dallas College Police Department at 972-860-4290.
If this is an emergency off campus, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
If you or someone you know would like to speak by phone or text with a trained urgent care professional, there are nationwide services available:
- Text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 to communicate with a trained crisis counselor from anywhere in the United States at any time about any type of crisis.
- Students of color can text STEVE to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 to speak with an urgent care counselor dedicated to supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of students of color.
- Call the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
If you are feeling anxiety or stress related to the coronavirus, there are resources and services to help you manage your concerns. Recommendations for managing stress related to the coronavirus can be found at the National Institute of Mental Health.
There Is Always Hope. We're Here to Help.
If you are thinking about suicide, there is immediate help available. To speak with a crisis counselor 24/7/365, call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. In case of an emergency, please call Dallas College Police at 972-860-4290 from any phone, or dial 911 on a campus phone. If you are off campus and have an emergency, dial 911.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause of death among college students. Suicide touches all age groups, but it is especially common among young adolescents and young adults.
That’s why Dallas College is here to provide resources and support, and to let you know you are not alone. Our suicide prevention efforts include:
- Increasing connections and support networks to minimize risk factors
- Increasing awareness of college resources
- Providing education and training — including AS+K Suicide Gatekeeper Training and Mental Health First Aid Training — to educate students, faculty and staff on:
- How to recognize when a person is showing signs they are thinking about suicide or making a suicide plan
- How to intervene (get involved) safely
- How to connect the person to care
- Decreasing stigma around suicide and obtaining mental health care through our connections to and with the Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative and MetroCare Services
Featured Event
Send Silence Packing Event sponsored by Active Minds
Thursday, Nov 13, 2025
Join us for Send Silence Packing — an outdoor exhibit by Active Minds that raises awareness for suicide prevention through powerful displays and real-life stories.
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There is always hope, and we are here for you.
Counseling and Psychological Services can be reached by phone between 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday, at 972-669-6400. The department email is Counseling@DallasCollege.edu.
To meet with a counselor, current students can schedule a virtual or in-person appointment using Navigate.
View counseling office locations at every campus:
“I've always known that mental health struggles are real and common. But you still think that it doesn't affect me. It feels different, though, when it's your own struggles or even somebody you love’s struggles. Your whole world is spinning and spinning, and you're looking for help, and I didn't think there was help, but there really can be.
So Luke and I were raised together, went to the same school together, and we had always wanted to go to the same college together, and one day that happened. We were really pumped up that day. I am a person with a plan, and the plan was to keep learning, finish graduate school, and get my master's. And also raise children. Easy, right? But honestly, I was ready for it all.
Okay, so soccer for me was, well, I mean, education was my priority, but soccer was... my joy. It was what kept my cup full my dad would say. And that sort of balance was good for me until I get to community college, and I am playing in a game, you know, and out of nowhere I get... I got hurt.
When Luke and I got to college, we were still really excited. But then Luke starts to have sort of a tough time of things. Like I had known that he had mental health struggles previously. And yeah, we were, we were in a new place, away from home, and it was just us. And because of that, he really started to lean on me a lot.
So there I am, Miss Do Everything, Handle Everything, but then... I’m like, “grad school is a lot.” I was just so overwhelmed, I was losing sleep, I just wasn't my best self, and... I just kept smiling. I could not let my family or anyone down.
When my injury happened, and they told me that I couldn't play soccer for a long time. And it sounds dramatic, but it felt like half of me was... gone now. I was not ready for that. Things with Luke were getting worse, actually. He wasn't showering, he wasn't changing his clothes, he would just wear that one hoodie with all the stains on it. And then he starts saying some really dark things... Like how do I even respond to that?
After my injury, I kept going to school at first just trying to move forward, I guess. But yeah, like a huge part of me was missing now. And so I... started drinking too much and falling into this... darkness, really. So all of that led to a really bad, bad moment. Basically, I found Luke after he tried to take his own life... And I called 911, and the next thing I knew, I was waiting in the emergency room while they tried to save him.
I just kept pushing through, you know? But I didn't like how I felt on the inside, and I didn't like where those feelings were taking me to be honest. But then I get this text message from a classmate saying, “Don't want to intrude, but you seem a little off in class, and I hope everything is okay.” I think she sent that at the perfect time.
I stayed in a bad place longer than I think I should have before I started searching just for something at my school. But then, like, right away an advisor is connecting me with help, connecting me with a community support group. And yeah, I think it's really been helping. Like I'm finding my joy again.
When Luke out of the hospital, I didn't even know how to begin to help him. I was just googling, and... that's when I found it. Yeah, I don't even want to think about where we'd be without that counseling center... for both of us.
I was a person that was stressing to get their master's degree, and now I'm a person with their master's degree who still gets stressed. But that's okay. Especially when you let someone in and let them help you. Everybody deserves that.
Help is... there, it's available, and it's on your campus. Help was... in my community, really. And it can be there for you, too.
- Univision Austin PSA – Youth Suicide Prevention
- You Belong: Reach Out To Someone You Trust, A Message of Hope from Mental Health America of Texas
References:
https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) Fatal Injury Reports. (2020, Feb. 20). Retrieved Feb. 9, 2021.