Mental Health

Veterans Yoga Project is a national nonprofit that offers free yoga and mindfulness classes to veterans, service members, military families, and the people who support them. The classes use gentle movement and breathing to help with stress, pain, and trauma recovery. Atlanta-area veterans can join free online classes or find a local class taught by a trained VYP instructor.

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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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The Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center is the main VA hospital for Atlanta-area veterans, located in Decatur. It provides free or low-cost health care to enrolled veterans, including primary care, mental health, substance use treatment, a 24/7 emergency room, women's health, dental, surgery, and specialty care. Staff also help veterans sign up for VA health benefits.

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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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Recovery Consultants of Atlanta is a nonprofit, peer-led community health center (an FQHC) with locations in Decatur and Tucker. They provide low-cost primary care, mental health and psychiatric care, substance use treatment, and HIV/Hepatitis C testing and prevention. They also help people living with HIV through support groups and housing assistance.

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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.

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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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NAMI Georgia is the state chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a nonprofit that helps people living with mental illness and their families. They run a non-crisis HelpLine that points you to resources, free support groups, and free education classes, and they advocate to reduce stigma. Trained peers and family members lead most of their groups and classes.

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DBHDD is Georgia's state agency that oversees public services for mental health, substance use and addiction, and developmental disabilities. It runs the state's crisis system (call or text 988, or the Georgia Crisis and Access Line at 1-800-715-4225) and funds local providers, five state psychiatric hospitals, and support programs across Georgia. Anyone in a mental health, substance use, or developmental disability crisis can call 24/7 to be connected to help.

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Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) is an Atlanta nonprofit, founded in 2008, that helps veterans rebuild their lives and become self-sufficient. They provide transitional and permanent housing, job training and workforce support, and behavioral health care for mental health and substance use. Veterans in need can call them or stop by their West Lake Avenue campus to get connected to services.

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The Veterans Crisis Line is a free, confidential 24/7 crisis support service run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Caring, trained responders help Veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and their families and friends who are going through a hard time or thinking about suicide. You do not need to be enrolled in VA benefits to use it, and responders can connect you to local 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.

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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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Awaken Voices is a nonprofit started by a domestic abuse survivor that helps people who are facing or escaping abuse. They offer safety exit planning, counseling and support groups, legal advocacy, help finding safe shelter, and job training to help survivors rebuild their lives. Founded and led by survivor-advocate Kendra Appling, they serve metro Atlanta counties including Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, and Gwinnett.

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This is Fulton County's public behavioral health agency. They offer counseling, psychiatric care, and treatment for mental health, addiction, and substance use for adults, children, and teens, plus services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Care is free or charged on a sliding scale based on income, and no one is turned away because they cannot pay.

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The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (now becoming In Safe Company) helps people in metro Atlanta who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. They run two free, 24-hour hotlines, a confidential emergency safe house for survivors and their children, support groups, legal help with protective orders, and programs for kids. All services are free and confidential.

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