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Crisis Services staff are available 24/7 to offer support, guidance, and direct intervention when necessary for persons in behavioral health crisis. Our trained Crisis Counselors work in conjunction with local hospitals, first responders, and community members to assist with resolving situations and developing plans of immediate care to outpatient and inpatient resources.

Our Crisis Services staff provides 24-hour crisis assessment and referral services to individuals living in James City County, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg and York County. (If you live in another area and need crisis services, click here.)

• Pre-Admission Screening for Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization
• Risk assessment
• Mental status assessment
• Civil commitment hearing attendance
• Crisis counseling and crisis stabilization

All services provided to individuals in crisis focus on individual rights, privacy and confidentiality when assessing individual needs and determining appropriate care. Staff strives to identify the least restrictive treatment necessary, which could include outpatient counseling or other outpatient services. If an individual needs to be referred to inpatient care, our Pre-Admission Screeners will coordinate a psychiatric hospital admission.

Crisis Services staff works with the magistrate’s office, police departments, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Williamsburg and the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail as well as private care centers, families and individuals.