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.
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 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 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 (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 |
| 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 |
(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. |
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 |
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 |