Twin Cities Mental Health Support

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Note: This list is a community-built resource. While there are many licensed providers on the list, the list itself is not moderated by any licensed therapy providers. Feel free to contact rmercertaylor@gmail.com with feedback about this list.

Crisis Lines 

Use the number for the county where the crisis is happening.

  • Hennepin County COPE Adults: 612-596-1223 / Children: 612-348-2233 / Voice to text (**274747)
  • Ramsey County Mental Health Crisis Line Adults: 651-266-7900 / Children: 651-266-7878
  • Other counties: Anoka 763-755-3801 / Carver 952-442-7601 / Dakota 952-891-7171 / Washington 651-275-7400 / Scott 8am-4:30PM call 952-496-8481; 4:30PM-8AM call 952-818-3702

Practitioners with significant experience supporting BIPOC clients

Name/Contact

Background

PLEASE INCLUDE: training,  experience, racial and gender identities as comfortable; please also reflect on your ability to support BIPOC folks in crisis, and your ability to support LGBTQIA+ folks.

BIPOC are invited to add their information to the top of the list if you wish!

Support Offered

BE SPECIFIC. Example: Offering 20 minute telehealth sessions,  mental health triage over phone or text.

Availability

Be specific and please update regularly as your schedule changes.

Maya Lawrence

FB Messenger: Maya Lawrence

mental health practitioner, BA in psychology with 3 years experience working primarily with children. I am an afab non-binary person who accepts she or they pronouns, I have experience working professionally with bipoc and lgbtqia communities, primarily children

Can offer telehealth, phone, and text

Available during day time and evenings.

Mehrsa Z.emami

Email: zahir014@umn.edu

I have experience providing peer support to people who have experienced trauma. I am a POC, Speak English and Farsi (Persian), Had trauma informed training.

Willing to offer mental health for POC, protesters, queer folks and any individual who has been effected with recent tragedy.

Can offer telehealth, Zoom, Skype and phone (only during emergency)

Available most evenings

JAC Stringer (he/him)

jacstringertherapy@gmail.com

I'm an activist and therapist with a masters in social work. I'm trans, Cherokee, queer, two spirit, a survivor of trauma, and very experienced with working with other survivors. I’m white passing and experienced working with BIPOC people. I specialize in working with trans and queer people, and can provide culturally specific care for Native folks.

Zoom, Doxy, or in person if there are public spaces offering times.

Afternoon and evenings depending on the day.

Sonja Johanson

FB Messenger: Sonja Johanson

I can offer targeted work for muscular or tendon injuries, and energy work! I’m trauma informed and a Certified Massage Therapist.

Offering free massage therapy to people of color exclusively for now who have been affected by the uprising.

*temporarily unavailable*

Practitioners with less experience supporting BIPOC clients

Natalie Kaufman, MS NCC

FB Messenger: Natalie Kaufman

Email: natalie.mentalhealth@gmail.com

Mental Health Therapist, MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Nationally Certified Counselor. LGBTQ+ identifying, white, cisgender female. I have a background in crisis counseling, co-occurring disorders, addiction, and trauma, currently specializing in adolescent mental health care. I have 5 years of experience providing crisis counseling to adult survivors of sexual assault and traumatic incidences. I can understand if POC are not interested in a white therapist, however I am here to listen, validate, empathize, and support however I can.

Can offer email, skype, or zoom mental health triage, brief therapy, psychological first aid

Available most evenings

Ryan Peterson, LPCC

peterson.ryan.e@gmail.com

612-643-1932 (call/text)

3 years experience as a therapist. Adults and couples. I am a white cisgender man. I have minimal experience helping BIPOC folks in crisis, but willing to learn in a trial by fire fashion, some more with LGBTQIA+ folks in crisis. I have participated in the ASDIC (Antiracism Study Dialogue Circle) Metamorphosis workshop.

Phone, video, or in-person in South Minneapolis.

30-50 minute sessions depending on scheduling. Mon-Fri, generally 10am-7pm

Diana Snyder Fabrega, LICSW

FB Messenger: Diana Spoonfire Snyder

WhatsApp: 612-272-6488

English, Spanish. LGBTQA, nerd.

Available Friday through Monday.

Melanie Alford Dirsa

melanie@melaniealford.com

www.melaniealford.com

White, queer, cisgender psychotherapist.  Trauma informed and trained, 10+ years of experience.   Am doing pro-bono to protestors and those affected by fires, police or other violence in the past week.  Short term crisis and central nervous system first aid available - no long term spots open for ongoing therapy.

 

Tele-health, phone, email support

At capacity for this week (week of 6/8-12

Natalina Slaughter, MA

LPCC licensure track

(612) 404-0128 (call/text)

Pro-bono trauma-informed care for those impacted/participating in the uprising. White, queer female with 2+ years experience individual and group therapy for men who are coming out of incarceration. Experienced in processing traumas related to systemic oppression and racism, particularly at the hands of the criminal justice system.

Tele-health, phone, zoom, mental health triage, crisis intervention, de-escalation

Available most afternoons/evenings. Text is best way of contact

Mary Willis, MA, LPCC
mary18willis@gmail.com

(715) 808-4004

Queer white cis woman experienced in trauma work with adults, children, and families.

Telehealth, phone, email consultation; crisis intervention/triage, psych first aid; some brief therapy

Email or text, available weekday evenings and potentially weekends.

Augustin Kendall, MA

augustinkendalltherapy@gmail.com

(612) 367-6967

Existential/experiential/client-centered, trauma-informed therapist. White, queer, trans man. 20 years of self-education around racial justice. 2 years experience on crisis line supporting callers with various racial and ethnic backgrounds. 1 year experience working at LGBTQIA+ counseling agency.

50-minute telehealth sessions (phone or video), brief crisis counseling phone calls

Available most weekdays in afternoon and early evening (except Mondays)

Organizations Offering Free Support

Name

Support Offered

Availability

Crisis Lines

  • Connect with you by phone
  • help you decide what to do next
  • Offer other types of help depending on your situation
  • Talk through options and ways to support someone in crisis with callers who are family members, friends, and community members

Available 24/7. Choose a number based on where the crisis is happening.

-Hennepin County COPE Adults: 612-596-1223 / Children: 612-348-2233 / Voice to text (**274747)

-Ramsey County Mental Health Crisis Line Adults: 651-266-7900 / Children: 651-266-7878

Anoka 763-755-3801 / Carver 952-442-7601 / Dakota 952-891-7171 / Washington 651-275-7400 /

Scott 8am-4:30PM call 952-496-8481; 4:30PM-8AM call 952-818-3702

Heartful Healers Coalition

(Click link to fill out their Google Form)

The shooting of an unarmed Black man has yet again retraumatized communities of color. There is a lot of hurt and anger. Heartful Healers Coalition wishes to do its part in providing healing through energy work and mental health counseling. Communities of color are a priority here. If you or anyone else you know are open to, and feel would benefit from this work please complete the form below. Someone will respond in 24 to 48 hours.

Not a crisis/immediate resource; fill out google form to determine availability.

Walk In Counseling Center

From their FB page: FREE COUNSELING IS ACCESSIBLE DURING COVID-19. Nobody has to suffer alone during this unprecedented, stressful time. Walk-In Counseling Center has converted our face-to-face walk-in clinics to a call-in/log in format with the same clinic hours as before. Services are free, anonymous, no-appointment-needed, staffed by volunteer mental health professionals. Please help spread the word: you are not alone. Click here for more information.

The counseling clinics are open at the following times: Monday 1-3PM and 5-8:30PM

Tuesday 6-8:30PM

Wednesday 1-3PM and 5-8:30PM

Thursday 6:30-8:30PM

Friday 1-3PM

Optum Emotional Support Help Line

866-342-6892

Originally established to help with Covid-19 concerns, but still is a resource with a mental health professional answering the phone 24/7.

On call 24/7

Sexual Violence Center

612-871-5111

On call to talk with folks who have experience any form of sexual violence.

On call 24/7, plenty of availability.

Trauma Response and Crisis Care (TRACC)

National network of movement focused mental health providers based in Chicago. They have a national list of providers who can offer free 1:1 mental health support via video or phone. Check out their website https://www.tracc4movements.com/ or facebook page ( for more info

Also check out their resource guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UVF9Yt6H0SZ8-TujNIiVZZ-5aRs9b9RW72FLRFKGRvQ/edit

Request support via this google doc: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfc2mne23STdA7a5VBsAaL-tqj57qHoL_AzCEtO27D9OvvQqA/viewform