Mental Health

Comprehensive Referral Sources

For a comprehensive listing of referral resources, please access the following:

Key: Please note border around resorces orgainzed by state.

DC

Maryland

Virginia

Links to Sections

Provider Resources

Maryland Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care

855-MD-BHIPP, 301-251-4500 (main) M-F, 9am-5pm

Adventist Behavioral Health

301-838-4912
14901 Broschart Rd
Rockville, MD 20850

Psychiatric evaluations and assessments, individual therapy…

Greenbelt CARES

301-345-6660
25 Crescent Road Greenbelt, MD 20770

Services include free family and individual counseling. Languages: Spanish

DC MAP: Mental Health Access Program

Consultation and Referrals

Virginia Mental Health Access Program

Consultatin and Referrals

Online Resources and Screening Tools DC

Refugee Health Technical Assistance

(RHS-15 – validated in 11 languages)

Digital Medic

Caring for Former Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

Bridge UM

Resources on caring for former unaccompanied immigrant children

LGBTQ Resources

3055 Mount Pleasant St.
NW, Washington, DC 20009

202-507-4801

 

¡Empodérate! - through La Clínica del Pueblo:

La Clínica de Pueblo’s HIV youth initiative, ¡Empodérate! (Empower Yourself!) is the only bilingual, HIV program that targets young Latino men who have sex with men and young male-to-female transgender Latinas between the ages of 18 and 29 in Washington, DC.

Family Resources DC

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)

Family Matters of Greater Washington
1509 16th Street NW DC 20036
202-289-1510 ext. 1118

Provides Play therapy for children, individual and family therapy, medication management, and psychiatric evaluation, and case managers (community support workers) available. Languages: Counseling services offered in Spanish.

Community Connections

801 Pennsylvania Ave SE Suite 201
Washington DC 20003
202-546-1512

DCALF is open for intake sessions during the last full week of each month (excluding December), you must complete the intake at that time. If you believe your need for legal counsel is urgent, please email info@dcaffordablelawfirm.org and include your court hearing date and/or other reason why you need an intake session urgently.
DCALF is operating remotely during this public health emergency.

Creative Ways Therapy

1443 Euclid Street NW DC 20009
202-670-5947 (English)
202-413-7837 (Spanish)

Bilingual mental health practice serving a diverse community of children, teens, adults, and families. Their team of licensed therapists specializes in trauma recovery, life transitions, and the dynamics of immigration and bi-culturalism. Play therapy and expressive therapy offered for children. Languages: All therapy services offered in Spanish.

Mary's Center

508 Kennedy Street NW DC 20011 (MH therapists)
3912 Georgia Avenue NW WDC 20011 (Psychiatry) Georgia/Petworth
202-483-8319

Core Service Agency that provides psychiatric and therapeutic services, including Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), for children. Will conduct psychiatric assessments and med management for children under 5. Languages: Spanish.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

2115 Wisconsin Avenue NW Suite 200
Washington DC 20007
202-944-5400

Provides comprehensive outpatient evaluation and treatment for children and their families. The program offers individual psychotherapy, family therapy and medication treatments. Treat children who have mood disorders, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder, disruptive behavior disorders, and learning disorders, among others. 

Wendt Center for Loss and Healing

4201 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 300 Washington DC 20008
Van Ness/UDC – Red Line Bus: H2, L1, L2

The Wendt Center offers counseling for dealing with grief and loss issues, support groups, children’s services, crime victim services, professional training and community education, crisis response and Recover: Support for Survivors of Sudden Traumatic Death. They also offer Camp

Family Resources Maryland

Synergy Family Services

1425 University Blvd, Ste 265 Hyattsville, MD 20783

240- 752-2767

Outpatient Mental Health Services in English and Spanish for ages 3 yrs and older.

The Lourie Center for Children's Social & Emotional Wellness

12301 Academy Way
Rockville, MD 20852
301-984-4444

Services include: Early Head Start, Therapeutic Nursery School, Parent-child outpatient clinical services, and The Lourie Center School (school for children ages 4-12 with emotional disabilities)

VESTA

(240) 296-5848 (Main Phone)

Several Locations below (Intake)

Outpatient mental health clinic providing services for children and adolescents in several locations throughout Maryland.

Intake

Intake: Complete referral form [Referral form in English or Referral form in Spanish], fill it out and return either in person, fax, or by mail.
Fax: (240) 383-3435, Email: IRC@vesta.org

Germantown: Walk-in Intakes – Tuesdays: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Phone: 240-296-5858
Fax: 301-528-4315 20410 Observation Dr.
Suite 108
Germantown, MD 20876

Silver Spring: Intake interviews: Wednesdays 10am – 4:30pm ONLY Phone: 240-296-5858
Fax: 240-383-3435 8737 Colesville Rd.
Suite #700
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Family Resources Virginia

Northern Virginia Family Services

Includes Hispanic Committee of Virginia
(571) 748-2500 • (571) 748-2818

NVFS provides culturally competent, language-specific mental health services for all ages in various settings to ensure neighbors from all backgrounds have access to the support they need. Services are provided at NVFS offices and integrated into home, school and community settings, and include individual, family and group counseling, and mental health treatment and evaluation. These services are tailored to meet the developmental, cultural, language and relational needs of the client and their family system.

Catholic Charities

(703) 841-2531

Catholic Charities’ Family Services provides counseling services to individuals, couples, and families of all faiths and backgrounds. They are committed to empowering clients to overcome emotional and/or behavioral obstacles that prevent them from realizing their full potential. The staff members bring compassion and diverse clinical experience to the services they provide to clients. They offer counseling services at a variety of locations in the northern Virginia area.

Catholic Charities’ Hogar Immigrant Services strives to help immigrants to become self-sufficient and productive members of American society through bilingual outreach programs, including a continuum of networking, immigration legal services, citizenship classes, and English as a Second Language classes.

Inova Kellar Center

(703) 218-8500

Inova Kellar Center has provided behavioral health services for children, adolescents and their families for more than twenty-five years. Our comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment programs and an innovative special education school support families throughout Northern Virginia and continue to expand to meet future needs.

The Family Counseling Center of Greater Washington

(703) 761-2225
1952 Gallows Road #210
Vienna, VA 22182

Details

Family Counseling Center of Greater Washington (FCCGW) empowers multicultural individual families within the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area by providing evidence-based counseling services and various youth and parent education programs which promote awareness and preventive measures. FCCGW is a non-profit organization pursuing the goals to improve the overall mental health, the bonding of family members and ultimately the quality of life of individuals and families that they belong to.

Jewish Social Services Agency (JSSA)

(703) 204-9100
3025 Hamaker Court, Suite 450
Fairfax, VA 22031

Northern Virginia Office

Arlington County Public Schools

Website with links to resources.

Fairfax County Public Schools

Website with links to resources.

Prince William County Public Schools

Website with links to resources.

Substance Abuse DC

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Expansion Program (ASTEP) Assessment and Referral Center (ARC)

70 N Street NE DC 20002
202-727-8473

The District of Columbia offers 4 locations where DC youth can go to seek help for a drug or alcohol issue. Through ASTEP youth may access services directly from the substance abuse treatment provider of their choice within the network. Call to schedule an appointment with the provider of your choice from the list below:

Alcoholics Anonymous

4027 13th St. NW
Washington, DC 20011

202-545-1050

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program

202-462-4788 Ext 241
2831 15th Street NW DC 20009

La Clinica del Pueblo offers Volviendo a Vivir, an outpatient substance abuse treatment program for Latinos with drug and/or alcohol dependency. Targets recent ex-offenders and those awaiting trial in the Latino community. There are two levels of treatment, Level 1 and Level 2 (intensive). 

Narcotics Anonymous Hotline

1-800-543-4670
or
202-399-5316

Narcotics Anonymous is a global, community-based organization with a multi-lingual and multicultural membership. Offer recovery from the effects of addiction through working a twelve-step program, including regular attendance at group meetings. Languages: Multi-lingual

Substance Abuse Maryland

Alcoholics Anonymous Maryland

7930 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
301-587-6191

MedStar Montgomery Medical Center

18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney, Maryland 20832
Crisis: 301-774-8888 • Non-emergency :301-7748800

The Addiction and Mental Health Center provides inpatient mental health, partial hospitalization, and an adolescent outpatient program, including substance abuse program.

Catholic Charities: Behavioral Health Services

CHAMPS Catholic Charities DC

1001 Lawrence Street NE, Washington, DC 20017
202-481-1440

Children & Adolescent Mobile Psychiatric Service – Provides mobile emergency service for families and children experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis in the District of Columbia. This service is provided at no cost to District residents and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for children and youth ages 6 to 18.

Catholic Charities Virginia

(703) 841-2531

Catholic Charities’ Family Services provides counseling services to individuals, couples, and families of all faiths and backgrounds. They are committed to empowering clients to overcome emotional and/or behavioral obstacles that prevent them from realizing their full potential. The staff members bring compassion and diverse clinical experience to the services they provide to clients. They offer counseling services at a variety of locations in the northern Virginia area.

More Information

Catholic Charities’ Hogar Immigrant Services strives to help immigrants to become self-sufficient and productive members of American society through bilingual outreach programs, including a continuum of networking, immigration legal services, citizenship classes, and English as a Second Language classes.

Mental Health Crisis

Children's National Health System DC

Inpatient Psychiatry Unit
202-476-4085
111 Michigan Avenue NW
Washington DC 20010

Provides inpatient psychiatric care for children and adolescents with illnesses including anorexia, bulimia, ADHD, bipolar disorder, major depression, schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Care provided by a multidisciplinary team of pediatric psychiatrists,

CHAMPS of Catholic Charities

202-481-1440
1001 Lawrence Street NE
Washington, DC 20017

Children & Adolescent Mobile Psychiatric Service – Provides mobile emergency service for families and children experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis in the District of Columbia. This service is provided at no cost to District residents and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for children and youth ages 6 to 18.

Adventist Behavioral Health

13218 Brook Lane Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21742
301-733-0330

Provides inpatient treatment for children and adolescents whose acute mental illnesses require immediate stabilization, accomplished through medication management, group therapy, family meetings, expressive therapy (art, movement and music) and pastoral care. Provide treatment for range of illnesses, including schizophrenia; schizoaffective disorder; mood disorder; PTSD; bipolar disorder; depression; chronic substance abuse; trauma and ADHD.

Brook Lane

301-345-6660
25 Crescent Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Provides an inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient program. The Partial Hospitalization Program offers intensive, psychotherapeutic treatment in a less restrictive setting than inpatient care. Offered in two locations; on the Brook Lane campus and in Frederick. Allows a child or adolescent to attend a structured therapeutic program during the day and return home at night.

Crisis Response - Prince George's County

(including Mobile Team)

Provides support and emergency assistance 24 hours/7 days a week for families.

301-429-2185

Crisis Services for Montgomery County

(including Mobile Team)
MidCounty DHHS Building 1301 Piccard Dr
Rockville, MD 20850

(240) 777-4000

More Information

The Crisis Center provides crisis services 24 hours a day/ 365 days a year. These services are provided over the telephone or in person (no appointment needed). Mobile Crisis Outreach will respond anywhere within Montgomery County to provide emergency psychiatric evaluations. Full crisis assessments and treatment referrals are provided for all crises, both psychiatric and situational. In addition, the program has six crisis beds as an alternative to hospitalization for those who are uninsured or are insured within the public mental health system. Services provided in Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin.

CrisisLink Regional Hotline

(703) 527-4077

CrisisText

Text “NEEDHELP” to 85511

Inova Behavioral Health Services

(703) 289-7560

Mobile Crisis Unit

1 (844) 627-4747

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1 800-273-TALK
1 800-SUICIDE

Merrifield Center Emergency Services

(703) 573-5679

More Information

The Merrifield Center, of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, offers a range of clinical programming. Emergency Services, staffed 24 hours per day, seven days per week, works with people in psychiatric crisis who need immediate attention.

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