Mental Health and Substance Use

Blue Ridge Pride now offers affordable counseling ($0-$40 sliding-scale) for the queer community. Check here for more info!

  • A Therapist Like Me

    North Carolina non-profit dedicated to connecting diverse clients and therapists. Search by gender identity, sexuality, and other marginalized identities.

    *Out of the Wood Therapy

    *All Souls Counseling (Sliding Scale)

    Resilient Minds Counseling (Accepts BCBS, United Healthcare, Aetna, Medcost)

    *Jewish Family Services (Sliding Scale; Accepts Medicare, BCBSNC, United Healthcare, Cigna, Humana, WellCare and Aetna)

    Cornbread and Roses

    *Matone Counseling and Testing

    Full Circle WNC

  • We believe all of the below services are free of charge:

    Asheville Syringe Services organizations

    Holler Harm Reduction

    NC Harm Reduction Coalition (Mobile, peer-based. Serves Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania counties.)

    24/7 Haywood Harm Reduction Helpline: (828) 283-0690

    Ginger Vincent: (910) 228-0776; ginger@nchrc.org

    Veronika Ethereal: (828) 550-4294; veronika@nchrc.org (Mobile access available M-F. Please call or text for more information and/or to schedule a delivery.)

  • Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers: Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine) [Accepts Medicaid, Uninsured]

    7 McDowell St. Suite 200, Asheville, NC 28801

    (828) 257-4745

    Mountain Area Health Education Center: Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine) [Accepts Medicaid, some Uninsured slots]

    123 Hendersonville Rd. Asheville, NC 28803

    (828) 257-4400

    Western North Carolina Community Health Services: Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine) [Accepts Medicaid, Uninsured.]

    257 Biltmore Ave. Asheville, NC 28801

    (828) 285-0622

    October Road: Individual and Group Counseling, Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine and Methadone) [Accepts Medicaid, Some Uninsured Slots]

    119 Tunnel Rd., Suite D, Asheville, NC 28805

    (828) 350-1000

    CELO Health Center: Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine)

    116 Seven Mile Ridge Rd, Burnsville, NC, 28714-8509 [*Accepts Medicaid, Uninsured]

    (828) 675-4116

  • Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness: Peer Support Groups and Individual (Free, no requirement for sobriety)

    50 S. French Broad Ave. Asheville, NC 28801

    (828) 552-3858

    Umoja Health, Wellness and Justice Collective: Peer Support and Education (Free)

    441 N Louisiana Ave Ste E, Asheville, NC 28806

    (828) 785-2228

    Seek Healing: Peer Support and Holistic Health (Free, no requirement for sobriety)

    50 S. French Broad Avenue #300, Asheville, NC 28801

    (828) 547-0222

All Self-Identified Queer Resources are italicized and those who have signed our Welcoming statement are *starred.

When possible, we have tried to input cost and/or insurances accepted.

We do not list individual therapists here; to look up individual therapists who have signed our Welcoming statement, please search our Welcoming Directory.

We cannot guarantee that each of these resources are LGBTQIA2S+ competent, but we have not heard specific reports of discrimination regarding any of them.

If you are in immediate crisis, please dial 988.