Resources
LOW FEE/INSURANCE PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHIATRY RESOURCES
(Geared towards artists, but helpful for all New Yorkers)
((Please let me know if you have any to add))
Crisis Support
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Call or text 988
24/7 free and confidential support for people in distress
NYC Well - Call/text 888-NYC-WELL (888-692-9355)
Free, confidential mental health support for NYC residents, 24/7
Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741
Free, 24/7 crisis support via text message
Trans Lifeline - 877-565-8860
Peer support hotline staffed by trans people for trans people
LGBTQ+ Resources
The Center (NYC)
NYC's LGBTQ community center offering programs, services, and support
LGBT National Hotline - 1-888-843-4564
Peer-support phone service for LGBTQ+ people
GLBT National Youth Talkline - 1-800-246-7743
Support for LGBTQ+ youth up to age 25
The Trevor Project
Mental Health - General
The Door
Intercultural Development Research (IDR Institute)
Manhattan Alternative -- a nationwide listing of clinicians who are sex-positive, affirmative, and have expertise related to issues faced by kink, poly, consensually non-monogamous, trans, gender non-conforming, and/or LGBTQ individuals, as well as current or former adult industry workers
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Project HEAL
RAINN
Safe Relationships Magazine
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Artists and Performers
Amber Health -- mental health and wellness for the music industry
Artists at Risk Connection -- emergency support resources for artists at risk
ASCAP Wellness Program
Association of Mental Health Coordinators (AMHC) -- a global community of experts, advocates, and artists working at the intersection of creative arts and mental health to transform the entertainment industry
Backline -- mental health resources for music industry professionals and their families
British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM)
Creatives Care -- NYC-based non-profit providing NY artists with access affordable, high-quality mental healthcare
Entertainment Community Fund (formerly the Actor's Fund)
Fractured Atlas -- help individual artists and arts organizations providing fundraising tools, educational resources, and personalized support
Harkness Center for Dance Injuries
Hollywood & Mind
Indie Space -- grants and advocacy for NYC indie performing artists
International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS)
Maestra -- for women and non-binary people who make the music in the musical theater industry
MusiCares -- offers grants to musicians for therapy, psychiatry and other mental health supports
Music Health Alliance
Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL)
Performing Arts Medical Association (PAMA)
RISE (Representation, Inclusion, & Support for Employment) Theatre
SAG-AFTRA Foundation -- emergency financial assistance for SAG-AFTRA members
SONA -- supports music creators with resources, programs, and funding
Sounds of Saving
Sweet Relief -- helps musicians and music industry workers in need
Tonic Rider -- training and support for music industry professionals
Weill Cornell Center for the Performing Artist
Women in Media
Parenting
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Birth Trauma Association
Brazelton Institute -- dedicated to promoting the healthy development of infants and families
Center On the Developing Child -- Harvard University
Child-Parent Psychotherapy
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research: Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
Dr. Daniel Siegel
Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF)
Janet Lansbury -- Elevating Child Care
Maternal Child Health Bureau -- Hotline 1-833-TLC-MAMA
Mother to Baby: Medications and More During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
National Maternal Mental Health -- Hotline 1-833-9-HELPMOMS
New York Zero To Three (NYZTT)
NICU Nook
Postpartum Support International -- Helpline 1-800-944-4773
-- PSI Groups in New York City
Shades of Blue Project
World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH)
Zero To Three
(Geared towards artists, but helpful for all New Yorkers)
((Please let me know if you have any to add))
Crisis Support
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Call or text 988
24/7 free and confidential support for people in distress
NYC Well - Call/text 888-NYC-WELL (888-692-9355)
Free, confidential mental health support for NYC residents, 24/7
Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741
Free, 24/7 crisis support via text message
Trans Lifeline - 877-565-8860
Peer support hotline staffed by trans people for trans people
LGBTQ+ Resources
The Center (NYC)
NYC's LGBTQ community center offering programs, services, and support
LGBT National Hotline - 1-888-843-4564
Peer-support phone service for LGBTQ+ people
GLBT National Youth Talkline - 1-800-246-7743
Support for LGBTQ+ youth up to age 25
The Trevor Project
Mental Health - General
The Door
Intercultural Development Research (IDR Institute)
Manhattan Alternative -- a nationwide listing of clinicians who are sex-positive, affirmative, and have expertise related to issues faced by kink, poly, consensually non-monogamous, trans, gender non-conforming, and/or LGBTQ individuals, as well as current or former adult industry workers
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Project HEAL
RAINN
Safe Relationships Magazine
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Artists and Performers
Amber Health -- mental health and wellness for the music industry
Artists at Risk Connection -- emergency support resources for artists at risk
ASCAP Wellness Program
Association of Mental Health Coordinators (AMHC) -- a global community of experts, advocates, and artists working at the intersection of creative arts and mental health to transform the entertainment industry
Backline -- mental health resources for music industry professionals and their families
British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM)
Creatives Care -- NYC-based non-profit providing NY artists with access affordable, high-quality mental healthcare
Entertainment Community Fund (formerly the Actor's Fund)
Fractured Atlas -- help individual artists and arts organizations providing fundraising tools, educational resources, and personalized support
Harkness Center for Dance Injuries
Hollywood & Mind
Indie Space -- grants and advocacy for NYC indie performing artists
International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS)
Maestra -- for women and non-binary people who make the music in the musical theater industry
MusiCares -- offers grants to musicians for therapy, psychiatry and other mental health supports
Music Health Alliance
Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL)
Performing Arts Medical Association (PAMA)
RISE (Representation, Inclusion, & Support for Employment) Theatre
SAG-AFTRA Foundation -- emergency financial assistance for SAG-AFTRA members
SONA -- supports music creators with resources, programs, and funding
Sounds of Saving
Sweet Relief -- helps musicians and music industry workers in need
Tonic Rider -- training and support for music industry professionals
Weill Cornell Center for the Performing Artist
Women in Media
Parenting
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Birth Trauma Association
Brazelton Institute -- dedicated to promoting the healthy development of infants and families
Center On the Developing Child -- Harvard University
Child-Parent Psychotherapy
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research: Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
Dr. Daniel Siegel
Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF)
Janet Lansbury -- Elevating Child Care
Maternal Child Health Bureau -- Hotline 1-833-TLC-MAMA
Mother to Baby: Medications and More During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
National Maternal Mental Health -- Hotline 1-833-9-HELPMOMS
New York Zero To Three (NYZTT)
NICU Nook
Postpartum Support International -- Helpline 1-800-944-4773
-- PSI Groups in New York City
Shades of Blue Project
World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH)
Zero To Three