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  • YWCA Greater Austin

    • Low-cost &/or free counseling services for individuals, families, and couples.

    • (512) 326-1222

    • Warmline Support (provides emotional space to combat isolation): (512) 584-9922

    Travis County Integral Care

    • Austin local mental health care, psychiatry care & more.

    • 24/7 call or text: (512) 427-4357

    Lifeworks Counseling

    • Community-Based Peer Support Counseling, Shared Psychiatric Services, Resolution Counseling, Youth & Adult Counseling, Battering Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP), for use by Child Protective Services (CPS)

    • (512) 735-2100

    OutYouth

    • OutYouth provides individual and group counseling for LGBTQ Youth age 12-23, and Adult Support Groups for Trans and Queer-identifying adults. They also support families of LGBTQ-identifying youth.

    • (512) 419-1233

    • hello@outyouth.org

    Just Mind

    • Article on more free & affordable counseling services in Austin, TX.

  • National Suicide Hotline

    • The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

    • Call or Text: 988

    The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline

    • All of their support volunteers identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ family, and are here to serve the entire community by providing free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs.

    • (888) 843-4564

    • Hotline Hours:
      Monday – Friday:
      1 PM – 9 PM Pacific
      4 PM – 12am Eastern

      Saturdays:
      9 AM – 2 PM Pacific
      12 PM – 5 PM Eastern

    The Trevor Project

    • The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

    • Text "Start" to 678-678

    • Call: 1-866-488-7386

    • Online Chat: https://chat.trvr.org/

    Trans Lifeline

    • Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive.

    • (877) 565-8860

    • Hotline Hours:

      Monday – Friday:

      10 AM – 6 PM Pacific

      11 AM – 7 PM Mountain

      12 PM – 8 PM Central

      1 PM – 9 PM Eastern

    National AIDS Hotline 

    • (800) 342-AIDS

    • (800) 344-7432 (Spanish)

    • (800) 243-7889 (TDD)

    U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline

    • Online chat feature available. Operating around the clock, seven days a week, confidential and free of cost, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides lifesaving tools and immediate support to enable victims to find safety and live lives free of abuse. Highly trained, experienced advocates offer compassionate support, crisis intervention information and referral services in over 170 languages.

    • (800) 799-7233 (English and Spanish)

    Pride Institute

    • Chemical dependency/mental health referral and information 24/7 hotline for the LGBTQ community.

    • (800) 547-7433

    Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)

    • The nation’s largest organization fighting sexual violence, RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.

    • (800) 656-HOPE

    • (800) 810-7440 (TTY)

  • Kind Clinic

    • Kind Clinic offers sexual health services in a safe and supportive environment regardless of race, creed, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, or ability to pay. Kind Clinic is a national leader in innovative sexual health care that offers patients access to HIV prevention medication known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis), HIV testing and care, STI testing & treatment, and gender-affirming care in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio.

    • 1-833-WE-R-KIND (1-833-937-5463)