147 organizations
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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.
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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.
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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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Women Vets on Point is a program of U.S. VETS (United States Veterans Initiative), the nation's largest nonprofit serving veterans. Designed by and for women veterans, it offers free mental health counseling, case management, and help finding housing and work, delivered virtually through an online platform. The program is based in Los Angeles and reaches women veterans by phone and video, not from an Atlanta office.
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This is the Fulton County government department that runs outpatient mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services for adults, teens, and children — including people without insurance. They provide counseling, psychiatric care, medication-assisted treatment for opioid use, day programs for people with developmental disabilities, school-based services, and court-related mental health programs across several service centers in the county. Call the main number to find the right program and set up an appointment; walk-ins are also accepted at the centers.
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Circle of Recovery is a counseling and training organization led by Dr. Karen Kelly that helps adults and teens dealing with substance use and mental health challenges. They offer counseling, relapse prevention, anger management, and life coaching, and also train and certify addiction counselors across Georgia. Call to ask about joining a class or starting services.
9 services
Moving Forward is a free online course from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that teaches veterans problem-solving skills to handle stress, money troubles, relationship problems, injuries, and big life changes. It uses videos, real stories from other veterans, and interactive exercises, and you can use it on a computer or phone. It is completely private with no sign-up, no cost, and nothing is shared with the VA — but it is not a replacement for professional mental health care.
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The Tucker clinic at this address is run by Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, a community health center (FQHC). They offer regular doctor visits, mental health and addiction treatment, HIV/STD testing and prevention (including PrEP), and sexual health care. They serve everyone, including people without insurance, using sliding-scale fees, Medicaid, and Medicare.
10 services
The Summit Counseling Center is a nonprofit community counseling organization that has served north metro Atlanta since 1990 (this directory record was mislabeled as a Fulton County government office). Their licensed therapists offer counseling for individuals, couples, families, children, and teens, helping with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and alcohol or substance use. As a nonprofit they aim to serve everyone regardless of ability to pay, with offices in Johns Creek and several other north-metro locations plus dozens of schools.
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