Additional Resources

If you are experiencing a crisis and unable to keep yourself or someone else safe, please call 911 or go to a local emergency room. Please note the resources below are not intended to be a replacement for mental health care, rather additional support in challenging moments to help with stabilization.

Local Options:

• Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL): 1-800-715-4225

  • 24/7 mobile response for crisis management, assessment, deescalation, consultation, and referrals

• Grady Psychiatric Emergency Clinic for Adults: 404-616-4762

  • Access 24/7 care through emergency department with mental health staff available

• DeKalb Regional Crisis Center: 404-892-4646

  • Crisis evaluations and treatment planning with mobile unit that collaborates with police

• Cobb/Douglas Crisis Stablization: 404-794-4857

• Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV): 404-873-1766

  • 24hr crisis line as well as supportive housing, legal advocacy, support groups, trainings, and more

National Options:

• Call BlackLine: 1-800-604-5841

  • Peer support crisis line centering Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, and LGBTQIA+ communities

• Trans Life Line: 1-877-565-8860

  • Crisis support hotline by and for trans people

• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483)

  • Domestic and sexual violence helpline centering Native Americans and Alaska Natives

Atlanta Therapists I Collaborate with Often

• Seyi Amosu, PhD

• Aziza Belcher-Platt, PhD

• Mara Collins, LMFT

• Smruti Desai, LPC

• Dawn Kitto, LPC

• Dive Therapy & Consulting

• Mindy Middleton, LCSW

• Sarah Meng, LPC

• Spencer Norris, LPC

Low Cost Options

• Open Path Collective

Couples Therapy Workshops

• Hold Me Tight Weekends

Nationwide Resources

• Therapy for Black Girls

• The Loveland Foundation

• BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective)

• Polyamory-Friendy Professionals

Primary Care (lower cost for uninsured)

• All Ya’ll Primary Care—monthly membership for direct primary care

• Center for Black Women’s Wellness (CBWW)—heath clinic, education, and programming to improve the health and well being of underserved black women and their families

• Grant Park Clinic—primary care for men, family health, women’s health, prenatal, and OBGYN services

Sexual Health

• Feminist Women’s Health Center—abortions, sexual health services, advocacy, and outreach

• Queer Med—Hormone Therapy

• Rachel Rubin, MD—Urologist and Sexual Health Specialist

Family Planning

• Betsy Collins, MD, MPH @ Emory—OBGYN

• Marlo Lee Carter, MD @ Piedmont—OBGYN

Body Work

• Coven Chiropractic—Dr. Coco offers adjustments, cupping, and comprehensive care plan

• Team Lis Smash Strength Training—queer, woman-owned strength training

• Ritual Bodywork—massage, energy healing, cupping, lymphatic drainage, and tarot reading

Websites

• Beautiful Cervix Projects—information about fertility and menstrual cycles

• Orgasm Sound Library—real orgasms uploaded by real people

• OMGYES—research on women’s pleasure with videos, techniques, and inspiration

• DodsonandRoss—resources and classes focused on liberation through orgasm

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapists

• Renew Pelvic Health

• Catalyst Physical Therapy

Trainings & Classes

• Velvet Lips—sex positive workshops

• Sex Down South Conference—dedicated to inclusive sexual wellness and education annually

Sexual Wellness Stores

• Kiss & Ride ATL—queer centered and disability inclusive sexual wellness space that includes aids, education, resources, art, and community

• Liberator—make and sell sexual aids (pillows, furniture, and toys)

• Hillary Augustine: Dream doula, financial guide, and executive coach

• Young and Scrappy: finanical planning, financial coaching, and investment management

Video Clips

• Anatomy of Trust by Brené Brown

• Bodies as Resistance by Sonya Renee Taylor

• Cliteracy by Sophia Wallace

• Finding Freedom in Body Hair, Mini Skirts, & Dresses by Alok Vaid-Menon

• The Magic of Not Giving a Fuck by Sarah Knight

• Rethinking Infidelity by Ester Perel

• The Secret to Desire in Long Term Relationships by Ester Perel

• What is Transformative Justice? by Adrienne Maree Brown

Movies

• Come As You Are (2019)

• Hope Springs (2012)

• The Sessions (2012)

• Whores’ Glory (2011)

Podcasts

• Multiamory—tools for practicing ethical non monogamy

• Where Do We Begin—recorded sessions with Ester Perel

• The Secure Love Podcast—real time couples therapy with Julie Menanno

• Therapy for Black Girls the Podcast—chats on mental health, personal development, and decision making

Local Book Stores

• Charis Books & More—independent feminist book store

• 44th and 3rd Booksseller—family owned, multi-cultral source of unbiased literature

• Bookish—lesbian owned, dedicated sober space

Coming Soon!

Coming Soon!

• naafa (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance)

• SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice)—home for white people working on social justice

• SONG (Southerners On New Ground)—strategies and campaigns centering LGBTQIA+ liberation

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta—focus on policy advocacy, engagement, organizing, and legal services

• SOJOURN (Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity)—education, outreach, advocacy, and support

• Hands on Atlanta—connects volunteers to organizations and schools to increase civic engagement

• LoveJustice Atlanta—provides resources and digital home for local social justice community

• RAARE Women Collective (Radical Action Advancing Racial Equity)—racial equity program for white women