Crisis and Emergency Help

First, a disclaimer: I am available to current clients for after-hours emergencies. Nonetheless, if there is a psychiatric emergency requiring immediate attention (for example, a suicidal plan or intent or feelings of wanting to harm someone else), call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. The resources and information provided on this website are not meant to substitute for mental health therapy or counseling provided by a professional.

Hotlines and Crisis Intervention Services are listed below. These can be useful if you need assistance or support.

• Call or Text 988
  or visit www.988lifeline.org
  If you are experiencing mental-health related distress, this emergency line connects you to a trained crisis counselor who can listen, provide support, and share resources as needed. This Lifeline provides live crisis center phone services in English and Spanish and uses Language Line Solutions to provide translation services in over 250 additional languages.

• Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL)

    1-800-715-4225

  The state of Georgia offers a statewide toll-free call center for residents to access emergency services. The call center operates 24/7, 365 days a year.

• National Domestic Violence Hotline

    1-800-799-7233

    Text BEGIN to 88788

    www.thehotline.org

  This hotline provides phone services in English and Spanish and uses Language Line Solutions to provide translation services in over 200 additional languages.

• LGBT National Help Center
  https://lgbthotline.org

  Visit the website for four hotline numbers you can call—national hotline, coming out support hotline, youth hotline, senior hotline.

• RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)
  online.rainn.org
  Español: rainn.org/es

  RAINN offers The National Sexual Assault Hotline which is available 24/7—1-800-656-4673

• Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers
  If you are a caregiver in need of mental health support, you can text TOUGH to 741741 for free 24/7 crisis counseling.

• Suicide prevention lifeline: 800-273-TALK (8255)—Click Here for the link on the National Prevention Toolkit website.