Mental Health & Wellness Resources
Please click on the agency name to be taken to their website. All of the following are based within the NYC metro area. For nationwide mental health and wellness resources, please click here.
The Ackerman Institute for the Family
The Ackerman Institute provides couples and family therapy, helping families with problems including, but not limited to, school difficulties, child and adolescent problems, marital issues, divorce, bereavement, learning disabilities, conflictual family relationships, child abuse and neglect, and chronic medical illnesses including AIDS. Families from all boroughs of New York City and from the larger tri-state are welcome. Fees are on a sliding scale based on family income. Ackerman is an in-network provider for a wide range of insurances. Medicaid is accepted.
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Anti-Violence Project
New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) provides free and confidential assistance to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-affected people across New York city each year through their 24-hour bilingual hotline, counseling, support groups, legal representation, and individual advocacy. AVP helps survivors of violence and allies become advocates for safety through participation in community education and outreach, development of organizing campaigns, and the creation and support of city, state ad national coalitions to address LGBTQ and HIV-affected violence.
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An online contact form is available here.
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An online contact form is available here.
Apicha Community Health Center
Apicha Community Health Center's mission is to provide affordable healthcare for underserved and vulnerable people living in NYC. Their LGBT center provides a variety of culturally competent health care services that include primary care, HIV specialty care, transgender primary care, sexual health services, mental health services, as well as community education programs designed to be sensitive to their clients' unique cultural needs and lifestyle choices.
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An online contact form is available here.
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An online contact form is available here.
400 Broadway
New York, NY 10013 |
Bridging Access to Care
Bridging Access to Care (formerly Brooklyn AIDS Task Force) is Brooklyn's oldest nonprofit prevention, treatment, and health service organization, providing comprehensive HIV/AIDS, mental health and substance abuse related services to underserved racial and ethnic minority communities in the borough.
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A list of their locations, contact information, and a contact form is available here.
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A list of their locations, contact information, and a contact form is available here.
Brooklyn Center for Psychotherapy & New
directions
The Brooklyn Center for Psychotherapy offers both short and long-term treatment options. Their services include individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, and substance abuse counseling. They also have New Directions, an outpatient chemical dependency treatment program.
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Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides sensitive, quality health care and related services primarily to New York's lesbian, gay, bisexual, ad transgender communities -- in all their diversity -- regardless of ability to pay. To further this mission, Callen-Lorde promotes health education and wellness and advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender health issues.
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The Center for Integrative Behavioral Medicine
The Center for Integrative Behavioral Medicine serves the Staten Island community with evaluation and referral services, mental health services, as well as substance abuse treatment and other specialized programs such as inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services.
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Community Counseling and Meditation
Community Counseling and Meditation (CCM) works to improve the lives of at-risk children and families through innovative behavioral health, supportive housing, education, and youth services. Their expanding network of licensed outpatient mental health and chemical dependence clinics, award-winning housing facilities, HIV and hepatitis prevention and care coordination, and after-school and child-welfare programs, utilize evidence-based, culturally competent practices to achieve positive outcomes and keep families together.
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Community Healthcare Network
Community Healthcare Network (CHN) is a not-for-profit organization that provides access to affordable, culturally-competent and comprehensive community-based primary care, mental health, and social services for diverse populations in underserved communities throughout New York City.
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There are many locations around NYC to serve your needs. Click here to find a location near you. Or call 212-545-2495 or click here to get information about their mobile healthcare unit. You can also email info@chnnyc.org for more information.
Contact information:
There are many locations around NYC to serve your needs. Click here to find a location near you. Or call 212-545-2495 or click here to get information about their mobile healthcare unit. You can also email info@chnnyc.org for more information.
Comprehensive Counseling LCSWs
Provides psychotherapy services for children, adults, families, and couples, specializing in areas such as mod disorders, substance use, marital difficulties, and behavioral issues.
Note: This is a private practice setting that accepts most insurances but not Medicaid or Medicare; a co-pay should be expected.
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For a list of their locations throughout Queens, Long Island, and the Bronx, please click here.
Note: This is a private practice setting that accepts most insurances but not Medicaid or Medicare; a co-pay should be expected.
Contact information:
For a list of their locations throughout Queens, Long Island, and the Bronx, please click here.
The Door
The Door provides a wide range of services to NYC youth, including reproductive health care and education, mental health counseling and crisis assistance, legal assistance, GED and ESOL classes, tutoring and homework help, college preparation services, career development, job training and placement, supportive housing, sports and recreational activities, arts, and nutritious meals - all for free and completely confidentially. In addition to health, legal, education, counseling and career services, The Door provides a wide range of programs and services geared towards LGBTQ members.
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Health Outreach To Teens (HOTT)
Health Outreach To Teens (HOTT) is a welcoming, non-judgmental, confidential program designed specifically to meet the medical and mental health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning adolescents and young adults ages 13-24, as well as homeless youth, runaways, sex workers, squatters, and other street-oriented youth. These services are offered both at a youth-only medical suite at Callen-Lorde, and on HOTT's medical van, which travels to areas throughout Manhattan in the afternoons and evenings where youth are known to hang out. All of HOTT's services are provided free of charge or at low cost (insurance is also accepted).
Hispanic AIDS forum
The Hispanic AIDS Forum's (HAF) mission is to improve health outcomes for Latinos in New York City who are affected by HIV and other chronic illnesses. They offer free HIV testing; emotional support counseling and support groups or gay and bisexual Latino men; services for HIV-positive Latinos, such as help managing medical care and treatment, financial assistance with rent payments, plus health education and wellness services; Latino youth leadership training; and services for transgender women.
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An online contact form is available here.
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An online contact form is available here.
HOUSING WORKS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE
Housing Works Community Healthcare fosters good health and positive social change through empowerment, innovation, and collaboration. They provide high-quality integrated medical care and other essentials that improve individual and overall community well-being. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), they are able to provide more affordable care to underserved populations. Their clinical services include primary care, wellness & prevention, behavioral health & substance use, dental care, youth and prevention services, AIDS adult day community healthcare, and case management.
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You can fill out an online contact form here. You can find all of their Community Healthcare locations here.
Contact information:
You can fill out an online contact form here. You can find all of their Community Healthcare locations here.
Identity house
Identity House is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization that provides peer counseling, group support, and therapy referrals to members of the LGBTQ community who are struggling with issues of sexuality, gender identity, alienation, relationships, and family.
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An online contact form is available here. You can also contact them by phone at 212-243-8181.
Contact information:
An online contact form is available here. You can also contact them by phone at 212-243-8181.
Weekend Walk-In Center
Saturday & Sunday, 6pm-8pm The LGBT Center 208 W 13th Street New York, NY |
Weekday Walk-In Center
Thursdays, 6:30pm - 8:30pm 41-51 E 11th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY |
institute for human identity (IHI) therapy center
The IHI Therapy Center is a NYC-based non-profit psychotherapy and training center dedicated to fostering personal growth free of traditional gender, sexual orientation, and cultural biases. They have been providing LGBTQ affirmative therapy for over 40 years.
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Interborough Developmental & Consultation
Center
Offers a wide range of clinical programs, such as: anger management, trauma treatment, family & children's programs, geriatric mental health care, individual psychotherapy, family therapy, marital counseling, group therapy, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management.
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IDCC has four locations throughout Brooklyn. For addresses and contact information, please click here.
Contact information:
IDCC has four locations throughout Brooklyn. For addresses and contact information, please click here.
the lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender community
center (The Center)
The Center offers the LGBT communities of NYC health and wellness programs; arts, entertainment, and cultural events; recovery, wellness, parenthood, and family support services. As the cornerstone of New York City's LGBT community, The Center is a place where people meet and make connections, a support system for those in need and an invaluable resource.
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Montefiore Behavioral Health Center
Offers comprehensive services for adults and children including: screening and diagnostic evaluation, individual and group psychotherapy, pharmacological therapy, crisis intervention, primary care, and health monitoring.
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New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center
(NYPCC)
NYPCC's mission is to assist the culturally diverse communities in which they operate by assisting individuals with mental and emotional challenges and their families to meet their own needs, and thus improve the quality of their lives.
Contact information:
An online contact form is available here.
Contact information:
An online contact form is available here.
NYC WELL
NYC Well is your connection to free, confidential mental health support. Speak to a counselor via phone, text, or chat, and get access to mental health and substance misuse services in more than 200 languages, 24/7/365.
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psychotherapy center for gender and sexuality
(PCGS)
PCGS (formerly known as GLAP) provides affirmative psychotherapy treatment services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, ad questioning (LGBTQ) individuals.
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Puerto rican Family Institute
Bilingual, bicultural outpatient treatment services are provided to children, adolescents, adults and their families at state-licensed clinics that operate in Manhattan, Bronx, and Brooklyn. Services include individual and group psychotherapy, marital and family counseling, medication management and psychiatric evaluations, crisis intervention, and case management.
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For a list of their locations throughout the boroughs, as well as contact information, please click here.
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For a list of their locations throughout the boroughs, as well as contact information, please click here.
RAINBOW HEIGHTS CLUB
Rainbow Heights Club is an advocacy program for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender consumers requiring mental health services. They provide support groups, social activities, nutrition programs, provider referrals, peer advocacy, and more.
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Services for the Underserved
Services for the UnderServed (SUS) offers continuum of care to those recovering from substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, trauma, etc. Outpatient and residential programs provide domestic violence treatment, HIV/AIDS services, primary healthcare, alternative criminal justice rehabilitation, vocational training and placement, mental health treatment, and supportive permanent housing services.
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St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction
Offers many harm reduction oriented programs such as HIV testing, syringe exchange programs, HIV counseling services, benefits screening programs, and behavioral health services.
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The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
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Free and confidential Trevor Lifeline is available 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386
New York office phone: 212-695-8650
info@thetrevorproject.org
New York office phone: 212-695-8650
info@thetrevorproject.org