Resources
If you need someone right now, these answer at any hour.
We’re not a crisis service, and nobody monitors messages here around the clock. These lines are.
Collin County and North Texas
Community mental health resources near us
These organizations offer free or low-cost support, information and referrals for adults, teens and families in Frisco and the surrounding area. Hours and services change, so call ahead or check each organization’s website.
Helplines and finding services
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NAMI HelpLine
Call 800-950-6264 or text “HelpLine” to 62640
Free, peer-based support for people with mental health conditions, their families and caregivers. It is not a crisis line.
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2-1-1 Texas
Dial 2-1-1 or call 877-541-7905
A Texas Health and Human Services program that helps residents find local services by phone or live chat, in English and Spanish.
Mental health nonprofits
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NAMI North Texas
(214) 341-7133
Classes, support groups and resources for individuals living with mental illness, family members and caregivers, and kids, teens and young adults.
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Mental Health America of Greater Dallas
214-871-2420
Free, anonymous mental health screenings, resource lists by topic, and local provider directories.
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Child & Family Guidance Centers
(214) 351-3490
A nonprofit offering affordable counseling at clinics across North Texas.
City and county resources
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City of McKinney Resource Directory
A searchable directory of community services, including food pantries, crisis lines and support groups.
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Celina Police Department Mental Health Unit
(972) 382-2121
Answers questions about in-person meetings and referrals, and lists mental health resources by county.
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Collin County Health Care Services
(972) 548-5500
The county’s Indigent Program and primary care help for qualifying low-income residents.
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Denton County Resources
The county’s list of mental health resources.
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United Way of Denton County Find Help
940-566-2688
Connects Denton County residents with mental health, food, housing, veteran and job resources, with resource navigation by phone.
Hospital and health system resources
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Children’s Health Community Assistance Hub
A free online search tool from Children’s Health that connects families with community resources such as food, housing and transportation.
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Baylor Scott & White Behavioral Health Services at The Star (Frisco)
469-800-5740
Outpatient psychiatry for children, adolescents, adults and seniors.
For college students
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Collin College Counseling Services
972-881-5126
Counseling for enrolled students, plus referral information for outside resources.
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Dallas Baptist University Counseling Center
(214) 333-5288
Counseling for DBU students, with a list of outside counseling agencies in the Dallas area.
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SMU Center for Family Counseling
214-768-6789
Counseling for families, couples, adults, adolescents and children.
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Austin College Counseling Services
903-813-2451
Crisis support and short-term counseling for Austin College students.
For doctors and other clinicians
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PeriPAN and CPAN (Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium)
888-901-2726
Free phone consultations and referral help for Texas clinicians caring for pregnant and postpartum patients and for children.
Crisis and support lines
Crisis and support lines, free and confidential
- National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Call or text 988 Chat online
- National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, deaf and hard of hearing For TTY users: use your preferred relay service, or dial 711 then 988 Chat online
- LifePath Systems Crisis Line (Collin County) 1-877-422-5939, 24 hours a day
LifePath serves individuals and families in Collin County with crisis, youth and family, adult and veteran services.
- Crisis Text Line Text HOME to 741741
- Veterans Crisis Line 988, then press 1 · Text 838255 Chat online
- Línea Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio (888) 628-9454
- National Domestic Violence Hotline (800) 799-7233
- National Sexual Assault Hotline (800) 656-4673
- Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline (800) 422-4453
- SAMHSA National Helpline (800) 662-4357
- National Grad Crisis Line (877) 472-3457
- CDC National HIV and AIDS Hotline (800) 232-4636
- Texas AgriStress Helpline, for farm, ranch, forestry and fishing workers Call or text (833) 897-2474
- Disaster Distress Helpline (800) 985-5990
- Disaster Distress Helpline, videophone for ASL users PDF, 180KB
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Gamblers Anonymous
If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
DFW Metroplex
LGBTQIA+ organizations near us
Local groups doing work we point people toward. We also offer LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy ourselves.
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The Resource Center
A medical and social services center in Dallas that seeks to empower the LGBTQ communities and all people affected by HIV through improving health and wellness, strengthening communities, and providing education and advocacy. For over 35 years, the Center has provided programs of interest to the LGBTQ community as well as important and necessary assistance to people living with HIV and AIDS and for their families.
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PFLAG Dallas
Dallas’s chapter of the national PFLAG organization, which is a support, education, and advocacy organization for LGBTQ people, as well as their families, friends, and allies. It is the largest grassroots-based family organization of its kind in the country.
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The Dallas Hope Center
An LGBTQ-focused homeless shelter that exists to help the 18+ LGBTQ community. Its mission is to reduce homelessness among LGBTQ young adults in the Dallas area.
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Trans-Cendence
Created by and for people whose lives are impacted by Transgender and Gender Diverse individuals, whether themselves or someone they know. They provide support, education, and advocacy for the transgender community and their families and friends.
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North Texas LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce
An essential and involved part of the greater Dallas LGBTQ+ community and of the LGBTQ community across North Texas, with the mission of promoting an environment in which LGBTQ+ business owners can grow, thrive, and make valuable connections to their communities.
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Counseling and Nature Therapy Center
When you are ready for ongoing support rather than a line that answers tonight, that is what we do.
We offer trauma and PTSD therapy, EMDR therapy, anxiety and depression therapy, grief therapy, postpartum therapy, therapy for teens, ADHD therapy and LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy.