Hotlines and Emergency Resources

Your safety and wellbeing are important to me!  Please note that I do not provide crisis services.  I encourage you to reach out to any of these resources if you need immediate help.  Many offer translation services in over 100 languages, and they are all available any time of day, any day of the week (including holidays)!  All of the helplines are free.  If you are a client of mine and you need help right now, please reach out to one of the resources below, and follow up with me at a later time. 

If you are having an emergency

please call 911 or go to your local hospital emergency room (if you have a safe way to get there).

If you are not in immediate danger

but are in need of help right now, a number of the resources below may be helpful.   

Resources

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  • If you are concerned about a mental health crisis for you or someone in your family that needs urgent but not immediate assistance, you can call your local ESP. ESPs provide 24/7 community-based assessment, intervention, and stabilization services for people experiencing mental health or substance use related crisis. Every region of Massachusetts has an ESP with its own phone number; you can find yours by calling 1-877-382-1609 and entering your zip code, or by locating your local program here. ESP services are not free but are typically covered by health insurance; please contact your local ESP if you have questions.

  • Formerly the Suicide Prevention Lifeline, this is a network of local crisis centers (including Samaritans of Massachusetts) that provides 24/7 free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. The number is 988. You can call, text, or chat through the 988 website.

  • The Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support. The Crisis Text Line can help if you are thinking of ending your own life, or experiencing any painful emotion and in need of support. You can text the line at 741741 and your opening message can say anything. People are usually connected to a trained volunteer within 5 minutes. You can also chat directly through the website or message via WhatsApp.

  • 1-877-785-2020 (call only)

  • 1-866-488-7386 (call), 678678 (text), or online chat through the website.

  • 1-877-565-8860 (call only)

  • BlackLine provides crisis counseling and support around negative, physical, and inappropriate contact with police and vigilantes, as well as discrimination experienced in other settings – 1-800-604-5841 (call or text)

Good Faith Estimate

Notice to clients and prospective clients:

Under the law, health care providers need to give clients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services. 

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, or how to dispute a bill, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

  • You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

  • You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service, or at any time during treatment. 

  • If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.