Regional Call Center / 988 / Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Regional Call Center / 988 / Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential crisis intervention, prevention, and connection to resources 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

• Call 434-230-9704 OR call or text 988
• For Veterans, call 988 and press 1 or text 838255
• For Spanish-speaking callers, call 988 and press 2

Region Ten Emergency Services

Region Ten Adult Outpatient Services

Region Ten provides outpatient therapy services that are comprehensive, evidence-based, recovery-oriented treatment services that address a wide variety of presenting needs. These services include a comprehensive assessment, brief individual therapy (up to 12 sessions), medication management, and group therapy.  Service are available via same day access in Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson County offices.

The Women’s Initiative

The Women’s Initiative provides mental health services to uninsured or underinsured women age eighteen and over, regardless of ability to pay. Services include walk-in consultations, individual and group counseling, social support offerings, and outreach and education. Treatment is available for a variety of issues, such as depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and relationship problems.  Additionally, offerings are designed to provide culturally responsive care for Black women, Latinx women, women of color, those who identify as LGBTQ, and the gender expansive community.

Central Virginia Clinicians of Color Network (CVCCN)

Central Virginia Clinicians of Color Network (CVCCN) is a professional network of clinicians of color who provde racially and culturally affirming counseling for people of color. CVCCN offers referrals for non-crisis therapy services through their clinician of color referral directory. 

Counseling Alliance of Virginia (CAVA)

The Counseling Alliance of Virginia (CAVA) offers racially sensitive individual, family, couples, and group counseling and accepts a range of insurance, including Medicaid. CAVA also provides free virtual groups including  Breathing Room for Black individuals that truly de-center the privileged and create a space to talk and process the micro-aggression and traumas, as well as Multi-Racial Racial Awareness and Sensitivity groups.  

Riverbend Integrated Trauma Treatment (RITT)

RITT is an outpatient therapy program that offers a wide range of current and creative therapeutic interventions.   Treatment is tailored to address complex issues and help each child/person/family access their own unique and ever-present resources for healing. RITT is staffed with 6 highly skilled senior therapists, each with over 25 years of trauma treatment experience, and RITT Fellows. 

Life Works Professional Counseling

Life Works Professional Counseling in Ruckersville, VA clinical staff serve a wide variety of ages and needs, and work from a trauma informed perspective. Several clinicians work with those  with substance use challenges. Life Works also has a peer recovery support specialist who can help community members find needed resources to support increased quality of life. They offer individual, family, couples, play, and group therapy and accept a number of private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare plans.

UVA Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) 

University of Virginia Counseling services offers a continuum of mental health care to enrolled UVA students, ranging from 24/7 online/telehealth support, brief individual and combined psychiatry, referral support (care management) and in-person and remote emergency consultation. Accessing CAPS for UVA students is typically conducted using the Healthy Hoos Portal to schedule a 20 min initial phone screen, or if urgent or an emergency, then access 24/7TalkNow or our walk-in service.

UVA Population Health

The Population Health Department at UVA offers multiple continuity of care programs to support the well-being and care of patients transitioning out of the hospital to home.  These behavioral health resources are available for free to eligible patients. UVA faculty & staff are also eligible for behavioral health services through Population Health Department. Behavioral Health Services including up to 8 sessions for most concerns and up to 12 sessions for trauma concerns per calendar year. 

Shelter for Help in Emergency (SHE)

SHE provides free individual and group supportive counseling provided  to residents of the shelter and community members seeking assistance in dealing with domestic / intimate partner violence. Support groups are offered periodically. SHE also staffs 24-hour crisis hotline at 434-293-8509.  

On Our Own

On Our Own is a Peer Support Recovery Center for folks in Charlottesville and the surrounding counties dealing with mental health challenges. On Our Own operates on the premise that anyone can get well and stay well, and people do recover! On Our Own is a non-profit organization offering free groups and walk-in peer support 6 days a week. The On Our Own house provides a recovery-oriented community full of hope and support.

Partner for Mental Health

Partner for Mental Health provides information & referral and ongoing intensive navigation, advocacy and service coordination for people with complex mental health and substance use challenges who are referred from Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail or the Therapuetic Docket. All services for eligible participants are free of charge.

Mental Health America: Virgina (MHAV) Warmline

The MHAV Warmline is a free peer-run support service for individuals who would like someone to talk to, or who have specific questions about their recovery journey. The peers who answer the phone provide personal examples of wellness, recovery and hope.  Call 1-866-400-MHAV (6428) Monday through Friday 9AM to 9PM, or weekends and holidays 5PM – 9PM.  Text / chat support is availalbe 5PM-9PM, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

NAMI Blue Ridge Charlottesville

NAMI provides free support groups for family members of individuals with mental health challenges. NAMI also provides educational programs, including a speaker series and the “In Our Own Voice” presentations where individuals with mental health challenges share their powerful personal stories.

PFLAG Blue Ridge

PFLAG offers a free support group that focuses on the needs of transgender people and their partners, parents, children, loved ones, friends, and allies. PFLAG also offers a free support group specifically for transgender people of color.