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How mental health care works in Georgia
If you're in crisis right now — or someone you love is — call or text 988, or call the Georgia Crisis & Access Line at 1-800-715-4225. Real people answer 24/7, they can talk you through tonight, and they can send a mobile crisis team instead of police in many situations.
For ongoing counseling, Georgia's community service boards offer therapy and psychiatry on a sliding scale — you don't need insurance. Be ready for a waitlist for regular appointments; crisis lines never have one. Some nonprofits and training clinics offer free or cheap counseling with shorter waits — ask 211 what's open near you.
What to expect when you call: a screening conversation (10–20 minutes) about what's going on, then an intake appointment. Saying "I'm in crisis" moves you faster. You can ask for a Spanish-speaking counselor.
Camp MAGIK is a grief camp for children, teens, and families after the death of someone important. It offers weekend camp sessions with grief counseling, coping skills, peer support, and regular camp activities like canoeing, ropes courses, hiking, and campfires.
3 services
Broken Chains International is a Christian counseling and life coaching group in Kennesaw. They help children, teens, adults, couples, families, and leaders with counseling, intensives, premarital counseling, spiritual direction, and video or phone sessions.
8 services
Atlanta Center for Wellness is an outpatient mental health and wellness practice in Atlanta. It offers therapy, psychiatry, nutrition support, eating disorder care, groups, and family support through its COPE program and other services.
12 services
Abiding Love Charities is a faith-based nonprofit that supports people touched by adoption. They help birth mothers, adoptive families, and adoptees after placement through advocates, support groups, coaching, mediation, grants, and story-sharing.
9 services
