233 organizations
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Premier Academy, Inc. is a nonprofit early learning and child development center that has provided affordable, high-quality childcare in metro Atlanta since 1971. At its Renaissance center it cares for children from 6 weeks to 5 years old, runs a free Georgia Pre-K classroom, and offers an after-school program with free transportation for kids ages 5 to 12. It also connects families to free school-based mental health counseling and other family support services.
Downtown7 services
This record is filed under the wrong name — the website, phone, and address all belong to Skyland Trail, a nonprofit mental health treatment organization in Atlanta (not Grady Health System). Skyland Trail provides residential and day treatment for adults (18+) and teens (14-17) living with conditions like depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder. They offer therapy, medication management, primary care, and family support using evidence-based approaches.
7 services
Raksha is an Atlanta nonprofit, started in 1995, that helps South Asian families who are dealing with domestic violence, sexual abuse, or family problems. They offer free, private help in many South Asian languages, including a confidential helpline, counseling, legal and immigration support, safety planning, and help finding housing, food, and other resources.
6 services
Full Counsel Ministries is a Christian church in Douglasville that also offers faith-based counseling led by Dr. Milton L. Brown. They help individuals, couples, and families with marriage, premarital, family, grief, and personal counseling, and they offer affordable sliding-scale fees and biblically-based phone sessions for people in need.
5 services
The Emory University Psychological Center is a nonprofit training clinic that has offered low-cost mental health care to the Atlanta community since 1965. Doctoral students in clinical psychology, supervised by licensed psychologists, provide individual therapy and cognitive (psychological) testing for people age 6 and up. Fees use a sliding scale based on your income and household size.
3 services
The Center for Health & Rehabilitation is a Fulton County behavioral health clinic (run with River Edge Behavioral Health) that helps adults with mental health and substance use problems. They offer psychiatric care, counseling, group therapy, crisis help, case management, and peer support. Care is free for uninsured Fulton County residents, with a sliding fee based on your income for others.
5 services
LifeGate Counseling Center is a Christian-rooted mental health counseling practice that has served Atlanta for more than 35 years. Its team of licensed therapists provides individual, couples, marriage, and family counseling, plus play therapy for children and EMDR trauma treatment. The main office is in Buckhead, with a second location in Thomasville, GA.
7 services
This is a Grady Health System neighborhood clinic in Sandy Springs that cares for the whole family, from newborns to seniors. They offer regular checkups, sick visits, women's health and pregnancy care, vaccines, and mental health support, including same-day and video visits. Grady serves everyone, including people without insurance.
8 services
Grady's East Point Health Center is a neighborhood clinic that offers full medical care for adults and kids, including checkups, sick visits, women's health, behavioral health, and HIV care. You can get lab work, X-rays, and mammograms in the same building, and Grady helps people without insurance through its financial assistance program. It sits right by the East Point MARTA station.
9 services
The Atlanta Vet Center is a free U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs counseling center for veterans, active-duty service members, National Guard, Reserve, and their families. They offer confidential individual, group, and family counseling for things like PTSD, depression, grief, and military sexual trauma, plus help connecting to VA benefits and other services. Counseling is private and is not shared with other VA offices or the military without your permission.
7 services
Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is a long-running Atlanta nonprofit that helps people who are being hurt or threatened by a partner or family member. They run a free, 24-hour crisis line and offer safe emergency shelter, counseling, safety planning, legal advocacy, support groups, and help moving into stable housing. Call any time to talk to someone and get help making a plan to stay safe.
14 services
This is Fulton County's government health department for mental health, addiction, and developmental disability services. They offer free or low-cost (sliding scale) counseling, therapy, psychiatric care, crisis help, peer support, and substance use treatment to all county residents, including people without insurance. They have service centers across Atlanta, Sandy Springs, and College Park, with walk-ins welcome for adult care.
9 services
Fulton County's Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities department offers free and low-cost mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services to county residents, including people without insurance. At the South Fulton Service Center in College Park you can get counseling, group and family therapy, psychiatric care, medication management, and addiction treatment. They also run a walk-in crisis center, a mobile crisis unit, and programs for children, teens, and adults.
9 services
This is Fulton County's public behavioral health agency. They offer counseling, therapy, psychiatric care, substance use treatment, and crisis help for kids, teens, and adults, plus day programs for people with developmental disabilities. They serve both insured and uninsured residents at clinics across the county.
Adamsville8 services
This is Fulton County's government department that provides mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services to local residents, no matter their income or insurance. They run a 24/7 walk-in crisis center, outpatient counseling clinics for adults and kids, addiction help, and day programs for people with developmental disabilities. Care is open to everyone in Fulton County, including people who are uninsured.
Hammond Park8 services
This is Fulton County's government program that helps children, teens, and young adults (ages 4–24) who are struggling with their mental health, emotions, or drug and alcohol use. Working with partner agencies like CHRIS 180 and Georgia HOPE, they offer counseling, family and group therapy, psychiatric care, and substance use treatment at clinics and in schools. They accept Medicaid and most insurance, and serve families who have no insurance.
Adams Park6 services
Veterans Counseling Veterans (VCV) is a veteran-led nonprofit based in Tampa, Florida that works to prevent veteran suicide and improve mental wellness for veterans and their families. They mostly help by matching veterans with the right counselor and offering peer mentorship, suicide-prevention training, and support programs, largely by phone and online. They are not based in Atlanta, but their referral and virtual services can reach veterans anywhere.
8 services
The National Veterans Wellness & Healing Center is a nonprofit (founded 2009) that runs free weeklong healing retreats in Angel Fire, New Mexico for veterans, active-duty military, reservists, and their partners who live with post-traumatic stress (PTS), military sexual trauma, or moral injury. Each 7.5-day retreat combines counseling with therapies like massage, acupuncture, yoga, equine activities, and Native American healing ceremonies. All lodging, meals, and activities are paid for; participants only cover their own travel. This is a national program based in New Mexico, not a local Atlanta site.
2 services
The Marietta Vet Center is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs counseling center that gives free, confidential mental health help to Veterans, service members, and their families. Staff offer one-on-one, group, and family counseling for issues like PTSD, depression, grief, and military sexual trauma, plus referrals for substance use and other VA services. You do not need to be enrolled in VA health care or have a service-connected disability to come.
9 services
Road to Recovery is a nonprofit that helps people who survived sexual abuse, including abuse by clergy. They offer free, confidential counseling, referrals, and advocacy, and you can call or text their 24/7 helpline anytime you need someone to talk to.
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