Counseling Center

Division of Student Life and Enrollment

Resources

 

 

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Hotlines 

  • National Sexual Assault Hotline

    800-656-HOPE

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline

     800-799-7233

  • National Center for Victims of Crime- Stalking Resource Center

    800-FYI-CALL (304-2255)

  • Gay and Lesbian National Hotline

    800-THE-GLNH (843-4564)

  • BUCS Press 2

    (423) 439-4841, press 2

  • Safe Passage Domestic Violence Shelter in Johnson City, TN

    24-Hour Hotline: 423-926-7233

  • Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee

    24 Hour Hotline: 865-522-7273

  • Trevor Lifeline is a national 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for LGBTQ young people under 25

    1-866-488-7386

  • 567-SHATTER is a national legal hotline for ALL victims of sexual harassment, assault and rape to learn about their legal options, 24-7

    567-SHATTER (7428837)

 

Local Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prevention and Awareness

  • Safe House of Johnson City

    Safe House of Johnson CitySexual Assault Hotline: 423-306-516924/7 Advocate. 423-926-7233

  • Family Justice Center

     423-722-3720

  • Safe House of Kingsport

    423-246-2273

  • Abuse Alternatives

     423-764-2287

  • The Shepherd's Inn Shelter

    423-542-0180

  • Salvation Army

    423-246-6671

  • Inter-Faith Hospitality Network 

    423-246-6500 

  • ETSU University Compliance

    University Compliance

    Information about how to report discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, and details about Title IX and ETSU's Sexual Misconduct Policy.

  • BUCS Press 2

    (423) 439-4841, press 2

  • Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee

    24 Hour Hotline: 865-522-7273


Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Prevention and Awareness

  • Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network 

    Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network(RAINN)

    A 24-hour hotline for survivors: 1-800-656-4673

    RAINN provides information on sexual assault statistics, risk reduction, side effects, and legal issues. 

  • End Rape on Campus

    End Rape on Campus (EROC)

    EROC works to end campus sexual violence through direct support for survivors and their communities; prevention through education; and policy reform at the campus, local, state, and federal levels.

  • Women's Health

    Women's Health.gov

  • It's On Us

    It's On Us

    combat college sexual assault by engaging young men and changing campus culture. 

  • Men Can Stop Rape

    Men Can Stop Rape 

  • National Sexual Violence Resource Center

    National Sexual Violence Resource Center

     

  • Take Back the Night

    Take Back the Night 

    seeks to end sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual abuse and all forms of sexual violence.

  • V-Day Anti Violence Resource Guide

    V-Day Anti Violence Resource Guide

    Emergency Organizations
    National Organizations and Clearinghouses on Violence Against Women
    Publications
    Online Resources
    Global Anti-Violence Resource Guide
    Facts About Violence

  • National Network to End Domestic Violence 

    National Network to End Domestic Violence

  •  Red Flag Campaign 

     Red Flag Campaign 

    The Red Flag Campaign uses a bystander intervention strategy to address and prevent sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking on college campuses.

  • Silent Witness International

    Silent Witness International is the leading voice that honors the lives of domestic violence homicide victims through family support, community connections, and advocacy for change.

  • Love is Respect 

    Love is Respect 

  • ETSU University Compliance

    University Compliance

    Information about how to report discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, and details about Title IX and ETSU's Sexual Misconduct Policy.

Local Sexual Health Services

  • ETSU Counseling Center

    ETSU Counseling Center

    (423) 439-3333

    Nell Dossett Hall, 3rd Floor

    Provides free counseling services to ETSU students, including drop-by consultations off-site, BucsPress2 helpline, group counseling, and short-term individual counseling.  Provides education, training, support and advocacy through the OASIS program. 

  • BUCS Press 2

    BUCS Press 2

    (423) 439-4841, press 2

    A 24-hour mental health hotline available to ETSU students who need to speak to a counselor

  • University Health Center

    University Health Center

    (423) 439-4225 or (888) 915-7299 AFTER 4:30PM

    Nicks Hall, 160

    Services Provided:

    Pap Smear / Annual Exam

    Birth Control- IUD, pills, implant, patch, etc.

    STI Testing- Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HIV, etc.

    SANE exams

    Payment- Insurance or cash*

    *Note: Make sure to check with front desk about pricing because services may be much less expensive at the Health Department or local clinics.

  • Northeast Regional Health Department

    Northeast Regional Health Department

    (423) 979-3200

    1233 Southwest Avenue, Johnson City

    Services Provided:

    Pap Smear / Annual Exam

    Birth Control- IUD, pills, implant, patch, etc.

    STI Testing- Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HIV, etc.

    Other services- HPV and Flu vaccine

    Payment- Insurance and sliding scale

  • Washington County Health Department

    Washington County Health Department

    (423) 975-2200

    219 Princeton Road, Johnson City

    Services Provided:

    Birth Control- IUD, pills, patch, implant, etc.

    STI Testing- Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HIV, etc.

    Payment- Insurance and Sliding Scale

  • Bristol Regional Women's Center

    Bristol Regional Women's Center

    (423) 968-2182 or (800) 968-7589

    2901 West State Street, Bristol

    Services Provided:

    Private gynecologist

    Medical and surgical abortion

    Provides abortion services up to 14 weeks along in pregnancy.

 Online Sexual Health Resources 

  • Sexuality and U

    Sexuality and U

    Developed by gynecologists with lots of information about birth control options, STIs, and healthy relationships.

  • Go Ask Alice

    Go Ask Alice

    Students can type in questions and get them answered by a team of medical professionals at Columbia University. Submit your own questions, or read through the long list of questions from other students!

  • Planned Parenthood

    Planned Parenthood

    Provides lots of medically accurate information about birth control, STIs and other reproductive health topics.

  • MTV It's Your (Sex) Life

    MTV It's Your (Sex) Life

    Lots of good information about pregnancy, STIs, LGBTQ issues, and relationships.

  • Before Play

    Before Play

    Run by the Colorado Department of Public Health, this site provides lots of great information about birth control, STIs, pregnancy, and healthy relationships.

  • Woodhull Freedom Foundation

    Woodhull Freedom Foundation
    We're the only national human rights organization that works full-time to affirm and protect sexual freedom as a fundamental human right.

  •  Why we should be thinking of sexual intimacy in terms of pizza

    In her new book “Girls & Sex,” Peggy Orenstein suggests that we re-think sexual intimacy, in both education and our everyday lives. While she acknowledges the importance of the national debate on campus sexual assault, Orenstein also urges us to broaden our definition of "sex" and talk candidly about what happens after consent -- arguing that if we don't guide our teenagers, pop culture will.

  • The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health

    The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health


Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)


Reproductive Health 

Queer Specific Resources

  • THE INS & OUTS: A QUEER RESOURCE GUIDE

    THE INS & OUTS: A QUEER RESOURCE GUIDE

    A collection of queer resources serving the ETSU community.

  • PFLAG

    PFLAG

    A long-standing LGBTQ rights organization that has a local chapter in the Tri-cities area!

  • SAGA 

    SAGA

    A student organization committed to providing social support, education opportunities, and campus advocacy for the equality of all LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies who are affiliated with the ETSU community.

  • TCATS (Tri-Cities Area Transgender Support)

    TCATS (Tri-Cities Area Transgender Support)

    A regional non profit organization dedicated to supporting the transgender community of East Tennessee, and Southwest Virginia. With the help of allies, this transgender-led organization seeks to increase equity, support, and viable resources. Through support groups and events created to increase positive visibility, they strive to promote social justice while ensuring the safety and stability of trans people across Appalachia.

  • TRI-PRIDE

    TRI-PRIDE

    A nonprofit organization formed to build a stronger and more inclusive community across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. That’s been our goal since day one. We celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and welcome allies, supportive nonprofit organizations, faith congregations and local businesses to become our community partners.

  • Trans in the South 

    Trans in the South 

    Trans in the South: A Guide to Resources and Services, is a directory of more than 400 Southern health service providers that the Campaign for Southern Equality team has confirmed to be trans-friendly and trans-competent.

  • National LGBTQ Task Force

    National LGBTQ Task Force

    Great information about how to take action to support LGBTQ issues.

  • Trevor Project 

    The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning young people under 25. They offer services on the phone, online, and through text:

    Trevor Lifeline is a national 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for LGBTQ young people under 25, available at 1-866-488-7386.
    TrevorChat is a free, confidential, secure instant messaging service for LGBTQ youth that provides live help from trained volunteer counselors, open daily.
    TrevorText is a free, confidential, secure service in which LGBTQ young people can text a trained Trevor counselor for support and crisis intervention, available daily by texting START to 678678.

  • Campus Pride

    Campus Pride
    Campus Pride is a national nonprofit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBTQ students. The primary objective of Campus Pride is to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBTQ and ally students on college campuses across the United States. Their Campus Pride Index is a free online tool where you can search a national database of LGBTQ-friendly (and not so friendly) campuses to see how they rank in institutional commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive policy, program and practice. As of Fall 2019, ETSU is not listed.

  • Safe Zone Project 

    Safe Zone Project

    The Safe Zone Project is a free online resource for powerful, effective LGBTQ awareness and ally training workshops. 

  • Asexuality

    asexuality.org/

  • bi.org

    bi.org/en

  • Coming Home to Evangelicalism and to Self

    Coming Home to Evangelicalism and to Self: issuu.com/humanrightscampaign/docs/randf-evangelicalismguide-spreads-j/14

  • Queer Tips

    queertips.org/


Sex Positive  


OASIS Lending Library 

  •  MOVIES

     Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, & Power in music video
    Dying to Be Thin
    Flirting with Danger
    Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture
    Hip-Hope:Beyond Beats & Rhymes
    Kiling Us Softly 4
    Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies, & Alcohol
    The Glass House
    The Line
    The Price of Pleasure
    Tough Guise: Violence, Media, & the Crisis in Masculinity
    Tough Guise 2: Violence, Manhood, & American Culture


     

  •  BOOKS

     Against Our Will: Men, Women, & Rape- Susan Brownmiller
    Carry On, Warrior – Glennon Doyle Melton
    Don’t Call Me Princess – Peggy Orenstein
    Getting Off - Jamye Waxman
    Girls & Sex - Peggy Orenstein
    Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals – Levine, Risen & Althof
    Healing Rage - Ruth King
    I Never Called it Rape - Robin Warshaw
    Life Without Ed - Jenni Shaefer
    Love Warrior – Glennon Doyle Melton
    Lucky – Alice Sebold
    Mating In Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence – Esther Perel
    Men & Rape: Theory, Research, & Prevention Programs in Higher Education - Alan Berkowitz
    Men’s Sexual Health – McCarthy & Metz
    Missoula - Jon Krakauer
    Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy – Binik & Hall
    Sex Matters for Women – Foley, Kope & Sugrue
    Stop Domestic Violence: An action plan for saving lives - Brown, Dubau & McKeon
    Surviving Domestic Violence - Elaine Weiss
    Talking Back to Sexual Pressure - Elizabeth Bowell
    The Beauty Myth - Naomi Wolf
    The Courage to Heal - Bass & Davis
    The Good Body - Eve Ensler
    The Vagina Monologues - Eve Ensler
    This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America – Morgan Jerkins
    Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud – Anne Helen Peterson
    Transforming a Rape Culture - Buchwald, Fletcher & Roth
    Unexpected Allies; Men Who Stop Rape - Todd Denney
    Voices of Courage - Michael Domitrz
    We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out – Clark & Pino

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