Ibaraki Inochi no Denwa, Mito: phone number and hours

Ibaraki Inochi no Denwa, Mito is a telephone counseling service that the social welfare corporation Ibaraki Inochi no Denwa opened as its Mito branch in April 1992. It takes calls 24 hours a day as a rule, but from the 29th to the end of each month and on some other days it is closed overnight (22:00 to 8:00 the next morning). You do not need to give your name, and your conversation is confidential.

• LINE counseling (Ibaraki Inochi no Denwa SNS counseling)

  Every Sunday (closed on a 5th Sunday) 16:00–19:50 (sign-up until 19:00), and the 2nd Tuesday 12:00–15:50 (sign-up until 15:00). Sessions are about 50 minutes, up to once a day. Add the LINE account (@ibaraki-inochi-sns) as a friend to start. You can remain anonymous. This service is for the whole organization.

• Suicide Prevention Inochi no Denwa (toll-free number, nationwide)

  0120-783-556

  On the 10th of every month, free for 24 hours from 8:00 to 8:00 the next day. The service says it is currently also free daily from 16:00 to 21:00.

• You do not need to give your name, and your conversation is confidential.
• It receives calls about all kinds of worries, including life, family, marriage, health and relationships.
• Ibaraki Inochi no Denwa records calls for suicide prevention and to improve the quality of counseling, and states that recordings are not used for any other purpose.
• All counselors are volunteers; calls are answered by people who have completed the required training and been certified.
• Calls that abuse, attack or belittle counselors, calls made for sexual purposes, and harassing or prank calls are not accepted.

Your municipality (city, ward, town or village) also has counters for welfare, health and child-rearing concerns. Call the main number, explain what you want to discuss, and ask for the counter in charge.

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