Community

Aiken/Augusta Mental Health Resources

• 2nd Chance Counseling: provides needed interventions to support and restore family unity within the community, specifically to DJJ, DFCS, Self-Referrals, and court-ordered clients
• Aiken Barnwell Mental Health: provides adult outpatient services to those needing psychotherapy
• Aiken Center: provides prevention, treatment and recovery support for substance abuse users
• Aiken Psychiatric and Psychotherapy: provides individual therapy and medication management (in my experience, they never answer the phone; you will have to go in person to speak with someone)
• Aurora Pavilion Behavioral Health Services: Provides full-time and part-time outpatient therapy (The Partial Hospitalization Program with Jon Burch has changed my life – I highly recommend)
• Augusta Vet Center: No cost individual and group counseling for veterans, active duty service members, and their families
• Cancer Support Services: Monthly support and encouragement to cancer fighters
• Christ Community Health Services of Augusta: Affordable health care and dental care and integrated behavioral services
• Cooper Ridge Farm: Animal Assisted Therapy for children
• Evans Mental Health Associates: provides child and adolescent therapy
• Exceptional Circles: Offers weekday therapy for children with special needs at Mosaic Church of Evans
• Free Mental Health Clinic: Free psychiatry telehealth clinic for adults living below the 200% poverty line
• GLM2 Foundation: Provides long term after care for women and their children who’ve been affected by sex trafficking and domestic violence
• Healthy Grandparents Program: Gives a variety of support services to grandparent caregivers of children ages 0-17
• Hope & Healing Counseling: provides individual, Christian, and trauma counseling for adults
• Hope for Hooves: Connects children with rescued horses and mentors
• Life on the Spectrum: Social group for young adults ages 17-29 with any and all developmental disabilities
• Love and Care ECC: Services for children aged 4-20 with special needs and their families
• Medical Associates Plus at Belle Terrace: Behavioral health care and therapy provided on a sliding scale fee
• NAMI of Augusta: provides extensive support, education, and advocacy for those struggling with mental illness
• Project Access: Free or low-cost medical and mental health care for uninsured low-income patients
• Resilient Teens: Free 8-week virtual skill-building program for teens ages 13-19
• Serenity Behavioral Health System: offers child, adolescent, and adult behavioral health, psychiatry, crisis stabilization, developmental disabilities and community support services
• Synergy Counseling Services: provides individual adult and child counseling as well as marriage/family counseling
• Topp Counseling Services LLC: provides individual therapy specializing in adults (17+) and LGBTQIA+ struggling with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and trauma (I highly recommend Kristina Topp, LISW-CP as a therapist! She has been wonderful for me.)
• TruTherapy: supports individuals and families of the CSRA by matching therapists with clients’ specific mental health needs
• Word of Life: provides therapy to individuals seeking to improve their wellbeing, reduce illness and prevent potential pitfalls

Mental/Medical Resources

• Anchored Souls: A religious organization that provides hope and encouragement for moms of children with special needs
• Autism Care Today: Helps families with autistic children
• CancerCare Support Groups: Support groups for cancer patients and their families based on diagnosis
• GA Council on Substance Abuse: Provides resources and peer support for long term recovery and mental health
• Georgia Crisis Access Line: A 24-hour hotline service providing treatment and support
• Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network: recovery and wellness groups for those with mental health concerns
• Lifestance Health: matches individuals with mental health professionals who tailor their services based on the individual
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 24/7/365 confidential support for victims of domestic abuse
• Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PALs): offers education and support meetings for families of addicted loved ones
• Peer2Peer Warm Line: provides over-the-phone peer support 24 hours a day
• Peer Recovery & Respite Center of Augusta: Free peer-run alternative to traditional mental health day programs and psychiatric hospitalization