Mental Health and Substance Use

We have onboarded a local queer Counseling Intern to see clients in our new office in West Asheville on a deeply affordable sliding scale ($0-$40). Contact skeller@blueridgepride.org for more info!

  • A Therapist Like Me

    -Gender

    -Sexuality

    *Out of the Wood Therapy

    *All Souls Counseling

    -Sliding Scale

    Resilient Minds Counseling

    -BCBS, United Healthcare, Aetna, Medcost

    *Jewish Family Services

    -Medicare, BCBSNC, United Healthcare, Cigna, Humana, WellCare and Aetna

    -Sliding Scale

    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

    -Counties Served: Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania

    Mobile, peer-based

    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)

    7 McDowell St. Suite 200

    Asheville, NC 28801

    (828) 257-4745

    *Accepts Medicaid, Uninsured

    Mountain Area Health Education Center: Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine)

    123 Hendersonville Rd.

    Asheville, NC 28803

    (828) 257-4400

    *Accepts Medicaid, Some Uninsured Slots

    Western North Carolina Community Health Services: Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine)

    257 Biltmore Ave.

    Asheville, NC 28801

    (828) 285-0622

    *Accepts Medicaid, Uninsured.

    October Road: Individual and Group Counseling, Medication Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine and Methadone)

    119 Tunnel Rd., Suite D

    Asheville, NC 28805

    (828) 350-1000

    *Accepts Medicaid, Some Uninsured Slots

    CELO Health Center: Medication Assisted Treatment

    (Buprenorphine)

    116 Seven Mile Ridge Rd

    Burnsville, NC, 28714-8509

    (828) 675-4116

    *Accepts Medicaid, Uninsured

  • Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness: Peer Support Groups and Individual

    50 S. French Broad Ave.

    Asheville, NC 28801

     (828) 552-3858

    *Free, no requirement for sobriety

    Umoja Health, Wellness and Justice Collective: Peer Support and Education

    441 N Louisiana Ave Ste E, Asheville, NC 28806

    (828) 785-2228

    *Free

    Seek Healing: Peer Support and Holistic Health

    50 S. French Broad Avenue #300

    Asheville, NC 28801

    (828) 547-0222

    *Free, no requirement for sobriety

All Self-Identified Queer Resources are underlined 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 LGBTQIA+ competent, but we have not heard specific reports of discrimination regarding any of them.

If you are in immediate crisis, please dial 988