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Apps

Talkspace

Free under 18

Talkspace is the most convenient and affordable way to improve your mental health. Get matched with a licensed therapist in your state from the comfort of your device, and message via text, audio, and video.

BetterHelp - Therapy ($65-100/wk)

BetterHelp is the convenient way to get professional help from a licensed therapist. With over 30,000 trained, experienced, and accredited therapists covering a wide range of areas – from depression and anxiety to family and couples therapy – it’s never been easier to receive personal, professional help when you need it.

Cerebral ($95-365/month)

Cerebral’s national network of licensed and credentialed mental health care doctors and therapists offer one-on-one personalized professional mental health care that will get you feeling better. Working directly with your doctors and therapists can help you overcome your anxiety, depression, insomnia, and more, managing your care all in one place. Cerebral’s app allows you to select your treating doctor and/or therapist, schedule your visits, and have a direct one-on-one telehealth visit with your selected healthcare professional.

Wysa (ai version is free, therapist option has fee)

Wysa is an AI-powered mental health and wellness app designed to offer support and help individuals manage their mental well-being. The app provides personalized, evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness exercises, and emotional support through guided conversations. Wysa offers a safe space for users to talk about their thoughts and feelings, allowing them to reflect, track their moods, and access coping strategies for stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. It combines AI-driven chatbots with professional therapeutic techniques to offer users a helpful, on-demand mental health companion.

🌃Help By Boroughs

Queens

Asian Americans for Equality

Free (includes legal counseling)

Counseling services and programs for low-income tenants, immigrants, older adults and youth.

Libertas Center

Free

The Libertas Center places torture survivors and their communities at the center of our work, taking guidance from them and recognizing their great capacity for resilience.

Center for Psychological Services at St. John's University

Price will vary

The St. John’s University Center for Psychological Services was established in 1986 with the dual mission of providing psychological services to community residents and training opportunities for graduate psychology students in the University’s Clinical and School Psychology programs.

Manhattan

Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing

$20-40 per session

The Center is part of the teaching and training program in Counseling Psychology and provides services to meet the social, emotional, and behavioral health of the local community. We provide a range of services to children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Community Counseling and Mediation

$35 per session

Community Counseling & Mediation (CCM) works in underserved Brooklyn communities and with at-risk New York City populations to address the root causes of family instability, complex trauma, homelessness, and unhealthy personal choices. Our singular goal is to help every person and family we touch to live their best life and achieve their optimal wellbeing.

Garden House Respite

Free (Short term stay during psychiatric crisis)

ACMH enables adults to develop skills and access treatment, services and supports in the community in order to attain goals important to them. ACMH serves more than 1,500 individuals and households daily through various programs

Brooklyn

OHEL Children's Home and Family Services

Prices may vary

Since 1969, Ohel has provided a critical safety net of support and hope. Mental health counseling and residences. Older adult care. Residences and programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. Foster care placement. Trauma and bereavement services. Shelter for victims of domestic violence.

SCO Family of Services

Free for eligible individuals

SCO Family of Services delivers vital human services to children, families, adults, and the community to provide them with the necessary tools to achieve success.p>

Beverly Mack Harry Consulting Services

Prices may vary

We are equally committed to providing the highest quality of service to our clients as well as our employees. Intrinsic in all of our professional practices is the idea that each client is an individual with goals and dreams that incorporate their cultural beliefs. This idea must be the light that we must embrace and hold true.

Bronx

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology Parnes Clinic

$5-40 per session

he Max and Celia Parnes Family Psychological and Psychoeducational Services Clinic provides a variety of psychological services to individuals and their families, both in the Bronx and the Greater New York City communities. We are also the teaching and training center of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University. Our mission is to offer affordable, state-of-the-art psychological care to everyone we serve. We accomplish this by providing a wide range of supervised state-of-the-art therapies to a broad-based population, especially those who cannot otherwise afford or access these services within the community.

Fordham Community Mental Health Clinic

Prices may vary

The Fordham Community Mental Health Clinic (FCMHC) provides comprehensive psychological services to the Bronx community at a modest cost while serving as a training and research site for clinical psychology doctoral students.

North Central Bronx Hospital: Behavioral Health Services

$20 per session

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx’s Behavioral Health Services include inpatient psychiatric care, addiction treatment, and outpatient emotional and mental health services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors.

Staten Island

The Staten Island LGBT Center

Free

Behavioral Health Services at the Pride Center of Staten Island provide a supportive and confidential setting for the emotional, psychological, and social needs of the LGBTQIA+ community and their families across the lifespan. All Behavioral Health Services are FREE, confidential, and tailored to the individual. LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families qualify for services

YMCA Counseling Service

$20 per session

Reclaim your life from addiction. The Staten Island YMCA Counseling Service has adult, teen, youth, and family programs for those struggling with substance use and their families. Virtual and in-person services available. Call to speak with someone today.