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Counselors for Change is a nonprofit with a mission to increase mental health awareness, education, outreach and advocacy.

C4C is fueled on the sweat equity of passionate volunteers determined to change the conversations, end stigma, and save lives.

11/22/2025

May all who suffer loss find moments of peace and connection to their loved ones❤️

11/09/2025

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11/09/2025

AFSP Out of the Darkness Walk. Strength in Solidarity.
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11/09/2025

Calling all 6th-12th grade students! Be the artist, be the advocate, be the change. Win $100, boost college resumes, and save lives.

11/08/2025

Walk Out of the Darkness

11/08/2025

☀️The Out of the Darkness Walk is our collective sunrise moment, where we illuminate mental health with:
💛 Understanding instead of judgment
💛 Compassion instead of stigma
💛 Action instead of silence
Join us this morning from 9-12 in bringing mental health into the light.
LINK: https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/377814

For those we've lost to su***de: You are the sunset we carry in our hearts~ beautiful, unforgettable, and forever part of our sky. For those still fighting: Your sunrise is coming. We are holding you through the night.

11/08/2025

💙 We walk because silence costs lives. Sometimes darkness whispers before it speaks. Know the signs. BE a lifeline. Join our team~ https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/377814

💙Withdrawing from friends, family, or activities they once loved
💙Talking about feeling hopeless, trapped, or being a burden
💙Sudden changes in mood, sleep, or energy levels
💙Increased use of alcohol or substances
💙Risky or reckless behavior
💙Giving away possessions or saying goodbye
💙Expressing thoughts of death or su***de

📅 Saturday, Nov. 8 | 📍 Wickham Park
Register: https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/377814
If you or someone you know is in crisis:
📞 Call or text 988 (Su***de & Crisis Lifeline)
💬 Text "HELLO" to 741741 (Crisis Text Line)
Learn what to ask and what to do: https://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/about-the-scale/
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Join our Out of the Darkness Walk: https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/377814
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11/07/2025

💪 If you're in the darkness right now, this walk is for YOU.
Your struggle is real. Your pain is valid. And your life has immeasurable worth.
The Out of the Darkness Walk brings together people who understand, have been there, lost someone, and stand in solidarity.
You are not your thoughts. You are not alone. There is hope, and there is help.
Walk with us or walk in spirit this Saturday. Who will be you walking for?
📞 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline
Text "HELLO" to 741741 - Crisis Text Line
Join us: https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/377814
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11/05/2025

🌅 Golden hour isn't just for photos~ it's for transformation.
That magical time when light softens everything it touches. The Out of the Darkness Walk brings light to mental health:
✨ Transforming shame into strength
✨ Turning isolation into community
✨ Changing despair into hope
Be part of this golden hour moment for mental health.
Join us this Saturday: https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/377814

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11/05/2025

👥 Strength isn't found in silence. It's found in each other.
The Out of the Darkness Walk proves that when we come together, we create change that saves lives. Join our team and walk with us tomorrow morning. Free resources and counselors available to answer questions and support community. ~https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/377814
Your participation matters. Your voice matters. Your story matters.

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11/05/2025

🌅 Light breaks through together.
Join us for the Out of the Darkness Walk ~ where every step we take moves us closer to a world without su***de. Walk for those we've lost. Walk for those still fighting. Walk to shine light & love around mental health.
Register for the walk: https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/teams/377814 📅 11/8 | 📍 Wickham Park
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2306 S. Babcock Street
Melbourne, FL
32901

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+13218214410

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http://www.counselorsforchange.org/

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Counselors for Change

Counselors for Change is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization piloting its global initiative in Brevard County, Florida with a mission to increase mental health awareness, education, outreach, and advocacy to youth and the collective communities of individuals and organizations that raise them in order to provide all invested entities with resources needed to actualize collective potential.

Counselors for Change is a high impact coalition of mental health professionals, community advocates, student activists, and partnering agencies dedicated to providing community events, workshops, and outreach programs to school-aged youth as well as the adults and organizations entrusted with their well-being. We define a counselor as one who advocates for the well-being of another and believe that it takes an informed, connected tribe to raise a resilient generation.

We believe that mental health is at the center of individual and collective well-being and holds the greatest capacity to create meaningful and lasting positive change in society. It is through reducing stigma, increasing programs that focus on equity and inclusion, and intentional efforts to distribute information and resources that engage and empower individuals and communities with a deeper understanding of mental health and well-being that we have the greatest impact.

The early ideas for the organization began over two decades ago when the founder, a public school educator at the time, quickly recognized the overwhelming need for and lack of counseling resources in schools. She noted that many of the challenges that surfaced in the classroom were not academic in nature and the stressors students faced within and beyond the school boundaries needed to be adequately identified and addressed for true learning and growth to take place.

She went on to earn a master's degree in counseling and post-graduate training in trauma, family systems, neuroscience, and mindfulness. Having spent years as a counselor in both nonprofit agency and private practice settings, the ideas to connect schools with the necessary mental health counseling resources began to take root.

A weekend in March 2018 would culminate in a concrete plan of action. The morning of March 24th was spent with thousands of counselors from around the globe in a ballroom in

D.C. The shared energy and desire to impact change in our country was palatable. Many left the conference to attend the March for Our Lives where students organized hundreds of thousands of supporters from across the nation and gave a collective voice to the growing violence impacting millions of families. The two events left a lasting impression and would serve as the missing puzzle piece, allowing the idea from two decades prior to take on a clear and concise plan of action.

Visually, the transition from a room with thousands of counselors to hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets of our nation’s capital formed a mental bridge between the two communities. The power of many would be the foundation of a plan. Channeling the energy and passion for change by organizing mental health professionals, schools, community advocates, and student activists with a shared vision of changing the culture of mental health would have a large and lasting impact.

Today the organization is a rapidly growing collaboration of professionally licensed marriage & family therapists, mental health counselors, clinical social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists along with community members of all ages and backgrounds committed to volunteering their expertise and time to communities and schools through counseling, workshops, and crisis response.

Whether you are a mental health professional, parent, student, business, school, or member of the community, Counselors for Change provides an opportunity to invest in the individuals and institutions with the greatest influence in changing the social-emotional climate of our nation by removing some of the obstacles that have historically impeded access to mental health education and care needed throughout a lifespan.

Your donations go directly towards providing mental health programs that increase awareness, education, outreach, and advocacy enhancing the collective well-being of individuals and communities across generations.

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