The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.

• For information on Mental Illness resources in Georgia: NAMI | Georgia
• For information about anxiety: Anxiety Tribe
• For information about addiction: Addiction Tribe and Addiction Center
• For information about depression: Depression Tribe
• For information about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: OCD Tribe
• National Institute On Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Low-cost Counseling Centers

Emory University Outpatient Psychotherapy Training Program

A Department of Psychiatry training program for new psychiatrists, providing evaluations and individual, couples and group therapy, as well as medication management, on a sliding fee scale. Contact 404-727-0399 or online. 

Emory University Psychological Center

A Psychology Department therapy training center providing individual, couples, family and group psychotherapy on a sliding fee scale. They also provide a variety of lower-cost psychological testing services, including IQ, learning disability, attention deficit disorder and neuropsychological assessment. Contact 404-727-7451 or online.

Georgia Community Mental Health Service Boards 

The publicly-funded adult and youth community-based mental health service system in Georgia, for the treatment of mental health and addiction. Contact 404-657-2136 or online. 

Georgia State University Psychology Clinic

A Georgia State Department of Psychology training center for new therapists providing individual, couples, family, group psychotherapy, and psychological testing on a sliding fee scale. Contact 404-413-6229 or online.

Heartwork Counseling Center

A therapy training center providing some low fee counseling through their “Project Open Heart” program.  Located in Inman Park, near the Marta station. Contact 404-658-1222 or online.

Jewish Family and Career Services

An organization that provides health, career and human services, including low fee counseling services, serving people of all faiths. They have several locations and counselors in training. Contact 770-677-9305 or online.

Karuna Counseling 

Located off Clairmont Road just north of the Emory campus. Contact 404-321-4307 or online.

The Link Counseling Center

A nonprofit community counseling center located in Sandy Springs, 404-256-9797, and Cobb County, 770-541-1114 or online.

Mercer Family Therapy Center

A Mercer University training clinic for new therapists, providing couple and family therapy; located at Piedmont Hospital, near Buckhead. Contact 678-547-6789 or online.

Open Path Collective

Website where therapists register and clients can search for therapist by zip code. This site is for discount sessions $30.00-$50.00 per session. The therapist sets the price.

Lifestance Health

A group of psychotherapists who are committed to helping, healing, and strengthening their clients who face challenges.  With seven locations all over Georgia, they work together to provide you with the support you need in a safe confidential environment. Contact 678-213-2194 or online.

Sage Center, Sage Therapy and Education Partnership (STEP Program)

The Mission of the Sage Center is to promote comprehensive wellness in the community by providing quality support services through counseling, consultation, education, and mentorship to individuals, professionals and organizations.  Reduced fee counseling services are available through the STEP program, and a short application can be completed online.  For more information or to inquire about services, 404-419-4221 or online.

The Training and Counseling Center at St. Luke’s (TACC)

An outreach of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church serving people of all faiths, providing a sliding fee scale. TACC provides telemental health counseling services for the larger community. Contact 404-876-6266 or online.

The counseling center is available for walk-in crises during the following hours:

• Monday – Thursday 12 – 3:30 p.m.

We are in the lower level of the library, Lowry Hall, with fast access from the back door just off the parking lot behind the building. The walk-in crisis service should NOT be used in place of regular ongoing counseling sessions, but is available for concerns such as:

• Current or recent thoughts of harm to self or others
• Concern about the safety of another person
• Experience of a recent traumatic event
• Experiencing hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and/or behavior, or have been unable to sleep for two or more days.

We understand crises are not scheduled but encourage you to come in as early in the day as possible. The earlier you arrive, the better we can assess the nature of your crisis and then address your concerns.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis after-hours, we now offer after-hours support through the Petrel After-Hours Support Services (PASS). PASS is a service offered by the Counseling Center in addition to the services provided during our regular business hours M-F 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Through PASS, students can receive after-hours mental health crisis support and talk to a counselor by calling the main counseling Center number at 404-364-8456. Faculty and staff can also call the main counseling center number at 404-364-8456 after hours if concerned about a student.

For additional resources, please see the resource list below. Please be aware that individual staff email addresses and the general counseling center email address are monitored during regular business hours and should NOT be used in the event of a mental health emergency.