Our Crisis Intervention services are available to anyone with any type of crisis in St. Mary’s County. Crisis Intervention services particularly support our work with victims of domestic violence, relationship abuse, rape, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking as well as our efforts to support individuals and families impacted by homelessness or experiencing mental health or family issues.
Crisis Intervention services at Walden can be accessed through contacting our 24 hour hotline at 301-863-6661, walking into our Hope Place of Walden or crisis satellite facility in Lexington Park, or through connection from one of our collaborative partners or referring staff members.
Our hotline is answered by trained crisis aides, supported by our 24 hour on call master’s level licensed counselors, and our professional counselors and advocates on call for outreach.
The goal of Crisis Intervention services is to assist individuals and families in crisis to safely stabilize their crisis situation. For some, this may simply involve contacting the hotline and speaking with a crisis aide whenever there is a need. In other situations, we may suggest the caller come in to speak with a counselor.
For situations in which a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking is in an unsafe situation, emergency services and outreach accompaniment support are initiated. This may involve, but not be limited to, safety planning, short-term emergency sheltering, accompaniment to forensic exams, facilitation of access to protective orders, and referral to additional Walden or community partner services. For our Beautiful Women support group flyer, please click here or visit our Links page.
Our Hope Place facility, located at 21770 FDR Blvd in Lexington Park, is open
- Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Fridays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
