Hurricane Helene NC Mental Health Services
I will continue to update as I get more information. If you have recommendations or would like to volunteer, feel free to email me at emrain7@gmail.com
An AMAZING spreadsheet was created by Allie Barker with 100+ therapists offering Pro-bono services. Here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XP77E1QEV43vMklyS8fjZ5PnfKR-8Mx4hY50aT417Zk/htmlview?urp=gmail_link
RHA Mobile Crisis Line WNC (Asheville): (888) 573-1006
Vaya Mobile Crisis Line (Asheville): 1-800-849-6127
If you’re uninsured and make less than 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL), you’re eligible for state-funding which allows free access to therapy and psychiatric services for in-network providers
- 300% of FPL in 2024 is $45,180 for household of one, $61,320 for household of 2, and $77,460 for household of 3
SPARC Services and Programs
- Offering free virtual groups to help support kids, tweens, and teens after hurricane
- Can join any of these sessions:
- October 8th @ 5:30pm - Dealing with Loss and Change
- October 10th @5:00pm - Feeling Safe after the Storm
- October 15th @5:30pm - Dealing with Loss and Change
NC Mental health services:
- Leave a message and a licensed, local mental health professional will get back to you asap. Please include your preferred method of communication.
- Counselors are available for free, pro-bono calls and virtual appointments depending on their personal situations, which are constantly evolving. Our counselors deeply love the communities we serve - Old Fort, Black Mountain, Swannanoa, and more - and are ready to help their neighbors today and as long as needed. No conversation is too big or too small to bring to us.
- (828) 333-7850
- Accepting new patients
- Accepts Aetna, Cigna, BCBS, and Medicaid including WellCare for psychiatric services
- Offers sliding scale of uninsured patients
- If insurance not accepted, will help to connect you to places that accept your insurance
- River of Hope can help you register for state funding and Vaya can also help you directly enroll
- Grovemont Church Mental Health Clinic - Social Workers & clinicians available on site (Swannanoa)
- 11am-5pm daily
- Contact Jenn Walker for any questions of information (843) 301-4920
- Renee McCauley (Wilmington but is traveling to Asheville 10/14-10/18)
- (910) 228-8444, renee@fermatacounseling.com
- Pro-Bono
- Trained in EMDR and Disaster Relief
- Offering to treat first responders or anyone in need of immediate assistance
- Heather Corsello, Cardinal Counseling & Wellness, PLLC (Mooresville)
- 500 South Main St. Suite 113 Mooresville, NC 28115
- Pro bono services for survivors, first responders, and volunteers
- (843) 941-9260
- Telehealth
- Does EMDR
- Trained in crisis response
- Offering free services
- Telehealth services
- (980) 299-7436
- Willing to offer pro bono services to those affected
- Iamashleyelizabeth on Instagram
- Can dm for calls/sessions free of charge
- Reverend Joe Welker - Pastor, chaplain trained
- Telehealth services
- (984) 358-7244
- Immediate availability and sliding scale rate
- (704) 615-3817
- Telehealth
- (980) 990-3227
- Sliding scale
- Does telehealth
- (803)228-4038
- Reduced rate, potentially pro bono under some circumstances
- Sliding scale
- Trauma coaching and brainspotting
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