Hebrew SeniorLife Stress First Aid Interactive Toolkit

TEAM LEADER TOOLKIT
Adapted for HSL from the Schwartz Center and National Center for PTSD’s work on Stress First Aid and UMass Memorial Hospital.

Table of Contents
• How to Use this Toolkit
• What is Stress First Aid
• The Stress Continuum Model
• Connection to Cultural Beliefs
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• Suggested Ground Rules
• Workshops and Experiential/Self-Care Activities
• Resource Guide for Team Leaders and Team Members

OVERVIEW
Working in healthcare, we are no strangers to work environments that can be stressful. The pandemic has created
an unprecedented time of heightened stress, and further highlighted the fact that those working in healthcare
need support structures in place to combat stress and enhance their personal and team resilience.
Those of us who work in professions where giving to others is the mission tend to function with a “service before self”
mentality, giving to others at our own expense. We rarely prioritize self-care, despite knowing how critical it is to destress
and recharge. In order to change that culture, we are happy to introduce HSL’s Stress First Aid program.
Stress First Aid (SFA), is a practical peer-to-peer support model that HSL is using to help us manage stress, emotional
well-being and mental health. As we work to reduce mental health stigma, SFA creates an environment where “It’s
OK to not be OK”– from leadership to the front lines—and teaches us to use consistent terms to express how we feel.
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Campus specific Stress First Aid Responders will teach employees how to recognize and respond to their own stress
levels, to recognize stress in others and how to implement interventions for chronic and acute stress. Over time, with
SFA training and practice, we will create a common language, similar to how we’ve all learned to use our Cultural
Beliefs. Along with our Cultural Beliefs, SFA is another plank in our platform of support and respect for colleagues.
SFA also works in conjunction with our numerous offerings from the LiveWell program, such as the
support provided by Ginger, our online mental health program.

WHAT IS
STRESS FIRST AID?
Stress First Aid (SFA) was initially developed for the US military and implemented by the Navy and Marine Corps. It has
since been successfully adapted for use by firefighters, police officers, first responders, healthcare workers and has now
been adapted for HSL employees.
SFA is a framework to improve recovery from stress reactions, both in oneself and in coworkers. As a peer-to-peer support
model, SFA aims to support personal connections between colleagues, friends, mentors and leaders through core actions
that help to identify and address early signs of stress reactions in an ongoing way (not just after “critical incidents”).
The SFA model is based on five evidence-informed factors that help people recover from stress and adversity.
These include the need for safety, calm, connection, sense of competence or self-efficacy, and hope.
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The goal of SFA is to identify stress reactions as early as possible and to help reduce
the likelihood that these reactions develop into more severe or long-term problems.

HOW TO USE
THIS TOOLKIT
Recognizing, understanding and managing emotions is critical to leading and working effectively,
especially when stress levels are high. Stress First Aid allows us to be both reactive and proactive – deliberately generating
psychological safety in a moment of crisis, and, also, helping create a foundation to be prepared for future stressors.
Several SFA team activities are laid out in the following pages. The first 4 workshops should be completed in order.
After your team completes these sections, you can assess further needs to determine the most beneficial training
to follow from the list of available workshops.
The SFA activities are intended to help you and your team:
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Reflect on how the intense stress from COVID-19 has impacted us as individuals and as an organization and how SFA
will provide steps toward healing.
Learn how to notice and respond to stress levels within ourselves and learn to notice and respond to stress within others.
Learn an organizational common language for discussing stress, emotional well-being and mental health.
Enhance a culture of support and respect for colleagues.
Feel safe by creating an environment where it’s ok to not be ok, from leadership to the front line.

STRESS
CONTINUUM MODEL
The Stress Continuum Model was developed as a way to
assess the level of individual stress responses. It highlights
that stress reactions occur on a continuum, and that early
awareness and response can bring a person back into a
less ‘severe’ zone before they have the need for more
formal intervention.
Everyone will react when faced with severe or extended
stress, and many factors can effect how we respond and
recover. Typically, we shift back and forth between green
(ready) and yellow (reacting). This is healthy functioning.
When a person starts operating in the orange (injured)
zone we should be concerned and help them or ourselves
move back towards the left or green. Chronic stress or an
acutely stressful event may move an individual into the red
(ill) zone. This zone (and sometimes the orange zone)
usually requires more formal intervention than managers
can or should provide by themselves.
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If you believe you or a team member are operating in
this space, please access help on the Ginger app (or refer
them to the Ginger app). You can also reach out (or have
them reach out) to the Employee Assistance Program.
Links for both Ginger and EAP are on the Resource page
of this toolkit.

CULTURAL BELIEFS
The Stress First Aid program, while not directly called
out, is designed to be aligned with our Cultural Beliefs.
Stress First Aid helps us to Lead the Way by
creating an environment where “It’s OK to not be OK”–
from leadership to the frontline, and by providing all HSL
employees with access to mental health and emotional
well-being programs, services, and support.
Stress First Aid helps us to Succeed Together
and Team Up by learning and using an organizational
common language around stress, emotional well-being, and
mental health.
Stress First Aid helps us to Speak Up by asking
for help when you need it and offering help to others when
they need it. SFA is a peer to peer support model that
teaches us how to notice and respond to stress levels within
ourselves and how to notice and respond to stress within
others.
Stress First Aid helps us to Ask What Matters
and Show Respect to each other by learning that we all
move through the Stress Continuum throughout the day.
Learn to recognize if a colleague has been bumped out of
their green zone and show compassion for that individual
by pausing and responding with care rather than reacting
with anger.
Stress First Aid helps us to Go Beyond by
regularly checking in with someone you notice needs help.
Refer this person to a trusted individual or a service they
might find useful in helping them feel better.
Lead the Way
I positively impact the lives of seniors, and take pride in
helping HSL lead the way in the field of aging
Go Beyond
I explore new and innovative ways to help achieve and
advocate for HSL’s mission
Succeed Together
I contribute to the achievement of HSL’s mission through
collaborative efforts, and recognize the contributions of others
Ask What Matters
I ask questions to understand what matters most to our diverse
community of patients, residents, families, and employees
Speak Up
I invite and offer respectful feedback and ideas
Grow Professionally
I own my development, and nurture that of others
Foundational Cultural Beliefs — Built in 2010
RESPECT BUILD TRUST TEAM UP DECIDE SMART OWN IT KNOW WHY
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GROUND RULES
You may already have team ground rules. Use those, or consider adding from the following:
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This is a safe space. Your role in leading these discussions is not to have the answers. It’s to provide a safe forum
for people to voice their experience since the pandemic began and their response to it, to destigmatize stress and make
it a safe topic of conversation, to talk about and plan how to help one another move through challenging times.
People DO NOT have to speak. Some team members will be hesitant at first to engage in these conversations.
That’s okay. They may join in at a later point in time when they feel more safe and/or when they see there are no
negative repercussions for engaging.
Each person gets to speak. If they want to. Everyone should feel they have an opportunity to contribute.
There are no wrong answers. Each person has had their own experience.
Make sure the team treats one another with respect and kindness.
Manager participates fully. Great strength requires vulnerability.
If your team isn’t ready to share their journey, their challenges, their
concerns and fears...share yours. Put yourself out there.
This vulnerability helps to generate trust.
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WORKSHOP #1
INTRODUCTION TO STRESS FIRST AID
AUDIENCE
Team leaders
and their team
members
WORKSHOP
SUMMARY
LENGTH
60-Minutes
(or Two 30-Minute
Sessions if preferable)
What is Stress First Aid?
Where did it come from and how will
it help us? Participants will learn the
answers to these questions and will be
introduced to the Stress Continuum
Model, which will provide HSL teams
with a common language to use when
talking about “how we are feeling”.
Participants will learn the importance
of “pausing” and will be introduced
to the S.T.O.P. exercise.
TANGIBLE
TIPS
Stress First Aid in Action:
• Begin each team meeting or huddle by asking
“How are you feeling today? Where do you fall
on the continuum?
• Begin each one on one meeting by letting your
colleague know how you are feeling today and
asking how they are feeling.
• Recognize how you are feeling and let your
colleagues know where you fall on the continuum.
• Find yourself in a reactive situation? Practice the
S.T.O.P. exercise so you respond instead of react.
• Encourage your team members to practice
S.T.O.P. throughout the day to proactively support
maintaining calm and enhancing resilience to
better navigate times of stress.
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WORKSHOP #1
REFERENCE MATERIAL
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WORKSHOP #2
S.T.O.P. IN ACTION
AUDIENCE
Team leaders
and their team
members
LENGTH
30-Minutes
TANGIBLE
TIPS
Stress First Aid in Action:
• Add a pause exercise to the agenda of each
meeting you lead.
WORKSHOP
SUMMARY
During this experiential workshop
participants will learn and practice a
number of different pause exercises
that can be done throughout the day
that will help them stay in or get back
to the green zone.
• Implement a pause exercise into your huddles
on Monday and call it “Mindful Monday”.
• When confronted with a situation that bumps
you our of your green zone, S.T.O.P. and do a
pause exercise that will help you move back
toward green.
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• Create times for your team members to practice
S.T.O.P. throughout the day to proactively support
maintaining calm and enhancing resilience to
better navigate times of stress.

WORKSHOP #2
REFERENCE MATERIAL
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WORKSHOP #3A
HOW CAN I HELP?
WORKSHOP
SUMMARY
AUDIENCE
Team leaders
LENGTH
60-Minutes
(or Two 30-Minute
Sessions if preferable)
Participants will learn the 5 factors that
aid in recovery from adversity and stress
and will be introduced to the 7 C’s of
Stress First Aid. They will learn how
to put those 7 C’s into action to help
their teams.
TANGIBLE
TIPS
Stress First Aid in Action:
• Take a moment at the beginning of meetings to celebrate
something your team is proud about at work, something they
are excited about, or something they feel they have
accomplished.
• Check in with team members who have not taken time off in a
while to make sure they are not burnt out and see if they need
support. Encourage your team members to take a mental health
day.
• Provide clear, transparent and frequent communication.
• Model self-care.
• Implement consistent 1:1s with team members.
• Create a space for sharing positive messages such as a
whiteboard or post it board.
• As a team leader, begin to run a mental checklist at the
beginning of each week, and ask yourself
“Is there anything I need to communicate or check in on that
if I don’t could…”
Make or add to people feeling unsafe?
(negatively impacting Cover)
Create anxiety, fear or nervousness?
(negatively impacting Calm)
Erode people’s ability, or faith in their
ability, to do their jobs?
(negatively impacting Competence)
Diminish hope, optimism or confidence?
(negatively impacting Confidence)
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WORKSHOP #3A
REFERENCE MATERIAL
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WORKSHOP #3B
REFERENCE MATERIAL
STRESS FIRST AID SANDWICH
CHECK
Assess, observe and listen
Selected interventions will vary
depending on the individual’s
needs and the circumstances
they face.
SAFETY
Get to safety ASAP
CALM
Relax, slow down,refocus
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CONNECT
Get support from others
COMPETENCY
Restore effectiveness
COORDINATE
Get help, refer as needed
HOPE
Restore self esteem and hope

WORKSHOP #3B
HOW CAN I HELP?
AUDIENCE
Team members
LENGTH
60-Minutes
(or Two 30-Minute
Sessions if preferable)
TANGIBLE
TIPS
Stress First Aid in Action:
• Make an effort each day to assess yourself and your
colleagues to determine how you and everyone on your
team is feeling.
• Make an effort each day to actively “Check” on at least
one colleague in order to personally ask how they are doing
and identify if they have unmet needs that are causing
them to shift out of their green zone.
WORKSHOP
SUMMARY
Participants will learn the 5 factors that
aid in recovery from adversity and stress
and will be introduced to the 7 C’s of
Stress First Aid. They will learn how to
put those 7 C’s into action to help their
teams.
This workshop will be taught by Team
Leader and Stress First Aid Responder.
• If you’re feeling good and in the green zone, offer help
to colleagues that may need extra support. Assisting them
with a task or taking something off their plate will help
them move back to green.
• Remember to take a mental health day off when you
need it.
• Be open and honest about how you are feeling, and
where you fall on the continuum. This allows others to help
you when you’re bumped out of your green zone.
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• Utilize the S.T.O.P. practice by finding your favorite
pause activity and implementing it throughout your day.
Encourage your colleagues to do the same.

WORKSHOP #4
ART THERAPY – GETTING CENTERED
AUDIENCE
Team leaders
and their team
members
LENGTH
30-45 Minutes
(or open house style)
TANGIBLE
TIPS
Stress First Aid in Action:
• Insert an art therapy break into your day, maybe
it’s during work or maybe it’s at home.
WORKSHOP
SUMMARY
Art Therapy focuses on mindfulness, stressreduction,
and emotional regulation through art
making and creativity, allowing participants to
clear their minds, develop self-awareness, and
explore emotions as they get lost in the relaxing
trance the project creates.
During these times it is easy to feel overwhelmed and pulled
in multiple directions. Creating mandalas (art within a circle)
is a form of visual meditation that helps us to pause, breathe
deeply, and re-find our emotional center. In this workshop
we will create a personal mandala and learn how to easily
incorporate mandala art into your life going forward.
• Remind your team about the powerful benefits
and encourage them to incorporate it too.
• Add a 5 minute art therapy exercise to a meeting
you are leading.
• Build a station in your team’s work area where
they can participate in such activities when time
allows.
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WHAT’S NEXT?
ACTION
You’ve completed the first four
Stress First Aid workshops, now
what do you do?
TANGIBLE
TIPS
SFA is not a 4 and done program.
It is meant to be used by you and your
team on an on-going basis throughout
the year similar to the LiveWELL program.
By taking time to focus on mental health
and emotional well-being, your team will
be able to work with renewed energy.
• Continue to check in with your team members
individually and as a group. Let your team know
that you support them and their needs, no
matter what those might be.
• Provide additional support for your team by
scheduling SFA workshops on a monthly basis.
Remember: follow up each instructional
workshop with an experiential self-care
workshop.
• To help improve mental wellness, provide
resources as needed, which can be found
on the SFA Guide for Healthy Minds Resource
Page.
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INSTRUCTIONAL
WORKSHOPS
LIVE IN-PERSON OR ZOOM WORKSHOPS:
These workshops can be scheduled through your Stress First Aid
First Responder and each have a cost associated with them. Some can
be supplemented through the LiveWELL program. Be sure to
check back, more workshops will be added on a regular basis.
Managing Stress Eating and Procrastin ”Eating” —
Many of us feel worried, anxious and stressed, and one of the ways we
cope with our stress is food, especially high sugar, high fat, processed food.
While comforting in the short term, overall it’s unhealthy in the long term.
This webinar will teach participants techniques and tips on how to manage
stress eating as well as procrastin ”eating” (eating to procrastinate!)
Don’t miss this informative, useful and fun session.
Finding Peace Within —
Finding balance and inner peace,
living and enjoying life on a deeper
level. This session will look at
self-acceptance and love, being
truly kind to yourself and finding that
centeredness and peace within. We
will review active ways to connect
with yourself and start
the journey toward peace.
The Art of Letting Go —
The art of letting go and finding a
path to move past obstacles and
things that hold us back. This
session will look at ways to let go,
move on, drop the physical,
emotional and mental baggage,
freeing space to make positive
shifts in our lives.
Making Lasting Connections —
Making lasting connections and
how to share of yourself in a way to
build solid relationships. This
session will look at types of behaviors,
communication styles, and
personality types to help
guide you to creating better
connections.
Finding Time for You —
Finding time to nurture yourself is
one of the most important things
you can do for your health and
well-being. But how? Where?
When? This session will go over the
reasons why it’s so important to take
care of yourself first before helping
others. Learn how, where and when
to start. Figuring out types of
self-love and care that work for you.
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Brain Foods and
Nutritional Psychiatry —
Discover new insights into the field
of nutritional psychiatry - using food
to help manage our moods and
emotional state, including
depression and anxiety.
Mental Healthcare with Ginger,
How Does it Work? —
How does Ginger work? Is Ginger
helpful even if I’m not struggling?
What’s so important about getting
emotional support? Join us in this
session to get all your questions
answered about Ginger and mental
health through an interactive
presentation and Q&A, led by a
Ginger behavioral health coach.

INSTRUCTIONAL
WORKSHOPS
RECORDED WORKSHOPS:
These workshops can be
accessed at any time and are
free. Be sure to check back,
more workshops will be
added on a regular basis.
Mental Healthcare with Ginger,
How Does it Work? — How does
Ginger work? Is Ginger helpful even
if I’m not struggling? What’s so
important about getting emotional
support? Join us in this session to get
all your questions answered about
Ginger and mental health through an
interactive presentation and Q&A,
led by Ginger behavioral health coach,
Sarah Daniels. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS
Burned Out to Fired Up —
In this workshop, behavioral health
coach Tammy Ellis shares strategies
on how to manage feelings of
anxiety and depression, using
strategies such as mindset work,
movement, and storytelling. Watch
for a dose of inspiration that will
leave you feeling less burned out and
more fired up about the future.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS
Forming Healthy Habits –
Discover new ways to form
healthy habits.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS
Re-Routing: Build Skills for When Life Gets Off Course —
Unexpected detours are part of life. How you navigate those detours can
make all the difference for your well-being and personal growth.
Getting off course may feel stressful, but learning how to cope can make
you emotionally stronger. In this workshop, behavioral health coach
Phoebe Jenkins gives you tools to help build healthy habits, change
your mindset, practice self-care, and strengthen relationships so you can learn
to thrive when challenges arise. Roadblocks are inevitable, but with
the right skills and an open mind, you may find that a new route can lead
to somewhere wonderful. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS
Healthy Thinking –
(You will need to fill out
registration info to get
full access.)
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS
Calming Drinks –
Sip on some calm.
These drink recipes will help
you relax.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS
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Knowing Who You Are: Why a Strong Sense of Self Matters —
“What makes you... you?” Each of us is a patchwork of characteristics and
traits that make us who we are. Some characteristics we choose, like our
values, our beliefs, where we live, and our hobbies. Others are beyond our
control, like where we grew up, our physical traits, and our age. All of these
factors form our personal identity. Deciding which factors are important to us
and understanding how they fit together strengthens our sense of self. This,
in turn, can allow us to accept who we are so we can effectively improve our
mental health. Join behavioral health coach Kali in this workshop as she
discusses how a strong personal identity can increase self-esteem and lead to
a more satisfying, happier life. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS

STRESS FIRST AID
EXPERIENTIAL/SELF-CARE WORKSHOPS
These workshops can be scheduled through your Stress First Aid
Responder and each have a cost associated with them. Some can
be supplemented through the LiveWELL program. Be sure to
check back, more workshops will be added on a regular basis
Chair Massage – Your team members will feel spoiled and appreciated as they enjoy a chair massage
with a licensed Massage Therapist. Just a single 10 minute session has been shown to reduce high levels
of fight-or-flight hormones while releasing the natural endorphins that improve mood. Chair massage has
also been shown to decrease anxiety and depression, relieve muscle tension and pain, improve quality
of sleep, prevent repetitive strain injuries, and more!
Guided Meditation – Don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it. Having someone explain and guide you through
meditation is a completely different experience then trying it on your own. Guided meditation can provide
participants with better focus and concentration, lower levels of anxiety and stress and can help foster
kindness. This workshop can be a one time session or can be a weekly for 4, 6, or 8 weeks.
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Art Therapy – Focuses on mindfulness, stress-reduction, and emotional regulation through art making
and creativity allowing participants to clear their minds, develop self-awareness, and explore emotions
as they get lost in the relaxing trance the project creates. Along with Mindful Mandalas there are
6 other Art Therapy workshops to chose from.
SEE IN-DEPTH ART THERAPY WORKSHOPS ON THE NEXT PAGE (PG 19)
Yoga – Whether it’s a single class or a session of classes, yoga offers physical and mental health benefits
for people of all ages. Many yoga participants feel increased mental and physical energy, a boost in alertness
and enthusiasm, and fewer negative feelings after getting into a routine of practicing yoga. Other benefits
include increased energy, increased confidence, better sleep, improved concentration, improved posture,
and more. Participating in a class as a team increases comradery, morale, patience and productivity.
Journaling – Did you know there are over 20 different types of journaling techniques? In this self-care
workshop you’ll learn 5 types and then pick your favorite and try it out. Each participant receives a journal.

ART THERAPY
WORKSHOPS
Vision Boards —
This workshop explores our hopes, dreams, and goals through collage art. Participants
will look through pre-cut images and be guided to create their own collage.
The process allows us to pause while reflecting on where we have been and
how we would like our lives to unfold moving forward.
Drawing Breath —
This workshop weaves mindful breathing techniques with drawing and painting.
The paired process allows us to slow down, calm our nervous system, and find
emotional regulation. Through simple yet powerful guided practice, each
participant will come away with a practice they can continue to use in daily life.
Creative Transitions —
This workshop creates space to explore the constant transitions we experience, in
particular during the last many months of this pandemic. We will find comfort
and inspiration in poetry and quotes and be guided in beginning a creative
journal as a way to process and move through life’s many transitions.
Getting Centered —
During these times it is easy to feel overwhelmed and pulled in multiple directions.
Creating mandalas (art within a circle) is a form of visual meditation that helps us
to pause, breathe deeply, and re-find our emotional center. In this workshop
we will create a personal mandala and learn how to easily incorporate mandala
art into your life going forward.
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Wabi Sabi ~ Perfectly Imperfect —
“Wabi Sabi” is a Japanese philosophy and approach to life that embraces the
perfection to be found in imperfection. We will look at examples of wabi sabi in art
and nature and then create art that embraces the notion of wabi sabi. This process
will help us let go of the idea of personal perfection and embrace our whole
selves more fully in the moment.
Inner Nature —
This workshop explores elements in nature as we learn how nature can help us
become more grounded, emotionally present, and reconnect with our own inner nature.
We will explore the textures, colors, and rhythms found in nature and use that
as inspiration for our own creative process.
Intention Rocks —
Finding clarity about our intentions and values supports us in living more
mindfully and with more clarity. This workshop will guide participants in
identifying a personal intention and then enjoy the process of painting the
intention on a smooth river rock, which will serve as a visual reminder
and inspiration.
Courtesy of Art Therapist Sara Roizen / arttherapyspot.com

Resources to improve your mental well-being.
STRESS FIRST AID GUIDE FOR HEALTHY MINDS
• HSL provides confidential mental health care through the Ginger app
to all employees and their loved ones age 18 and older.
• You have unlimited access to mental health coaching via text-based
chats and self-care activities.
• Video-based therapy and psychiatry services are available, with
coverage based on your health plan.
GET STARTED NOW.
Download the Ginger App!
In the app, tap “Get Started,” and then tap “Verify with
Name, DOB, Zip”. Submit your name, date of birth,
and the zip code where you live. Follow the instructions
sent to your inbox and you’re set!
HSL’s employee assistance program offers your 24/7 access to
a Guidance Consultant who will answer your questions and,
if needed, refer you to a counselor or other resources.
EAP RESOURCES:
• Work-Life solutions, confidential emotional support, legal
guidance, financial resources, help for new parents, online
support and free online will preparation.
Contact EAP Business Class ANYTIME!
Call: 877.595.5281
TDD: 800.697.0353
Online: guidanceresources.com
App: GuidanceResources © NOW
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• Click on the Project Healthy Minds logo or visit their website at www.projecthealthyminds.com to find
mental health resources based on how you or a team member is feeling or what you’re/they’re going through:
A mental health crisis, stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief or relationship issues.
• Or click on the Project Healthy Minds logo to find mental health resources based on the kind of help
you’re interested in:
Meditation, sleep, teletherapy, sleep, exercises, peer support

Contact a helpline if you need to speak to someone immediately. These are available 24/7.
STRESS FIRST AID CRISIS LINES
For people who are looking for free 24/7 crisis counseling.
Text HOME to 741741 or visit their website at
www.crisistextline.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness – For people looking
to connect to peers for mental health support. Call the
NAMI HelpLine at 800-950-6264 or visit their website
www.nami.org to chat with a NAMI member –
Monday-Friday – 10am to 10pm.
For people who want to learn more about available substance
use and mental health resources and services. Call 211.
Available 24/7
For people who are going through a crisis and need access to 24/7,
free, and confidential crisis counselors. Call 800-273-TALK (8255) or
visit their website at www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
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For teens looking to talk to other teens (service
offered by Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
Call 800-852-8336, Text TEEN to 839863
or visit www.teenlineonline.org
For LGBTQ+ youth who want to talk to a specially
trained LGBTQ crisis counselor 24/7 over the
phone, over text, or via messaging platform.
Call 866-488-7386, Text START to 678-678
or visit www.thetrevorproject.com to send
a message via chat.
For veterans who want to reach trained crisis counselors
24/7 (operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Call 800-273-8255 and Press 1 or visit their website at
www.veteranscrisisline.net
For people who identify at trans and are looking for 24/7 peer
support or crisis support. Call 877-565-8860 or visit their
website at www.translifeline.org
For people looking for referrals to local treatment facilities,
support groups, and community-based organizations
specializing in mental health or addiction support.
Call 800-662-HELP (4357) or visit their website at
www.samhsa.gov