Below are a list of places where you can find
the right kind of therapist for your needs.
COVID-19 and Crisis Resources:
NYC COVID Care Network
Mental health resources for essential workers, their family members and the uninsured:
“Are you an essential worker during COVID-19? Do you have a family member who is an essential worker? Are you uninsured? Get connected to free support from a volunteer mental, emotional, or spiritual care professional.”
turn2me
Free/Donation Based Online Counseling, Support Groups and Peer Support for Adults (Services for Youth age 12+ and Couples coming soon)
“Turn2me is based in Ireland and operates on Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT )”
Text Services and Hotlines:
Crisis Text Line provides 24/7 mental health support to the general public.
For the Frontlines provides 24/7 mental health support for health care professionals and essential workers.
NYC Well
“NYC Well is New York City’s free, confidential support, crisis intervention, and information and referral service for anyone seeking help for mental health and/or substance misuse concerns, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.”
Call: 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355)
Text: Text WELL to 65173
or Chat (see below)
National Domestic Violence Hotline
“call 1-800-799-7233, or if you are unable to speak safely, you can log onto thehotline.org or text LOVEIS to 1-866-331-9474. You are not alone.”
Additional Support:
Virus Anxiety Toolkit
“Resources for anxiety and your mental health in a global climate of uncertainty.”
Mutual Aid NYC
“We are a network of groups organizing to provide aid and support to New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
NYC Community Resources for Therapy:
The Critical Therapy Center
“The Critical Therapy Center offers confidential psychotherapy to individuals, couples and groups. We are highly trained, caring and dedicated psychotherapists sharing a passion for therapy and a commitment to liberation, empowerment and healing.”
Cost: Sliding Scale
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
“Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides sensitive, quality healthcare and related services targeted to New York's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.”
Cost: Insurance & Sliding Scale
Institute for Human Identity
“A NYC-based non-profit psychotherapy and training center dedicated to fostering personal growth free of traditional gender, sexual orientation, and cultural biases. We have been providing LGBTQ affirmative therapy for over 40 years.”
Cost: Insurance & Sliding Scale
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy
“offers a full range of psychotherapeutic services, including individual and group psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis in addition to more specialized treatment services. ICP is dedicated to providing high quality therapy at low to moderate cost, offering post-graduate training for therapists, and educating the public about mental health issues.”
Cost: Insurance, likely reimbursement for out-of-network insurance, and sliding scale. Discount for students.
PSI
“Our multidisciplinary PSI staff includes a wide array of helping professionals, including mental health counselors, clinical social workers, psychoanalysts, and pastoral psychotherapists; it is uniquely qualified to address both emotional and spiritual health. We are an inclusive organization that serves and affirms people of all faiths, economic levels, ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations.”
Cost: Low cost. Inquire directly for further information regarding insurance and fees.
Community Healthcare Network
“Community Healthcare Network “Our network is made up of 13 federally qualified health centers throughout Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan, along with a fleet of mobile vans that bring health services to underserved people in need throughout New York City. We provide judgment-free, high-quality healthcare, without regard to race, religion, orientation, gender identity, immigration status or ability to pay. We turn no one away.”
Cost: Low cost. Inquire directly for further information regarding insurance and fees.
National Resources for Therapy:
National Alliance on Mental Illness
“Across the country, thousands of trained NAMI volunteers bring peer-led programs to a wide variety of community settings, from churches to schools to NAMI Affiliates. With the unique understanding of people with lived experience, these programs and support groups provide outstanding free education, skills training and support.”
Cost: Free education, skills training, and support
Open Path Psychotherapy Collective
“In partnership with licensed mental health clinicians in private practice throughout the fifty states, Open Path Psychotherapy Collective provides middle and lower-income level individuals, couples, families, and children with access to affordable psychotherapy and mental health education services.”
Cost: Low fee services for individuals who do not have insurance or do not have adequate coverage.
Therapy for Black Girls
“Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls.”
“The Therapist Directory is a listing of mental health professionals across the country who provide high quality, culturally competent services to Black women and girls. This directory is not at all exhaustive and is meant to provide you with a place to start if you are looking for a therapist in your area. Please note that having a listing in the directory does not mean that the therapist is endorsed in any way by Therapy for Black Girls. You are encouraged to visit their websites and to check with the professional licensing entities in your state to make sure that the therapist is licensed, in good standing, and eligible to practice in your state.”
Cost: Insurance & Sliding Scale
Therapy For Black Men
“A directory to help men of color in their search for a therapist. Using the directory, men can search by therapist location and specialization. Searching by location, the results will include the therapists near you and will display their credentials, location, and the issues they treat.”
Cost: Insurance & Sliding Scale
NQTTCN
“The National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) is a healing justice organization that works to transform mental health for queer and trans people of color. Launched in May 2016, our network has quickly grown into a community of care, resource sharing, connection and learning. We provide a space for queer and trans people of color committed to improving mental health for our communities.”
“All of the information contained in this directory has been provided to the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network by the individuals described herein. A directory is simply a list of professionals or businesses, and no recommendations or guarantees are made regarding the quality of service you might expect from any of the professionals or businesses listed.”
Cost: Insurance & Sliding Scale
NYC Graduate School Clinics:
Adelphi University
The Center for Psychological Services at the Derner School of Psychology
“The Center for Psychological Services provides high quality, low-cost services at three clinic locations: Garden City Campus, Adelphi’s Manhattan Center, and Hempstead”
Cost: Sliding Scale
CUNY
The Psychological Center at The City College of The City University of New York
“The Psychological Center is the training clinic for the CUNY Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology located at The City College of New York. We are a community-oriented outpatient psychological and behavioral health center, established in 1966 to serve the practicum training goals of the doctoral program as well as the needs of City College and the community. We offer individualized therapy as well as psychiatric care and support for our patients.”
Cost: Sliding Scale
St. Johns University
“The Center for Psychological Services at St. John’s University has a tripartite mission. The Center serves the Psychology Department as a training site for all of its graduate students in Clinical and School Psychology programs. The Center strives to provide the highest quality psychological care to the ethnically, racially, religiously, and economically diverse Queens community by delivering evidence-based psychological services at a modest cost. Services include psychological and psycho-educational testing and therapy services for children, adolescents, and adults…”
Cost: Sliding Scale
The New School
“The New School Psychotherapy Research Program (NSPRP) is operated by the Clinical Psychology program at the New School. We offer individual psychotherapy provided by New School Clinical Psychology PhD candidates under the supervision of licensed psychologists. Treatment is provided on an individualized basis and monitored carefully to ensure that clients’ goals are being met. The NSPRP conducts ongoing research for quality control purposes and to shed new light on factors contributing to change.”
Cost: Sliding Scale. $20.00-$50.00 per session and is based on family size and income.