Community Mental Health Referrals and Crisis Hotlines
Community Mental Health Referrals
This page connects you to trusted community-based mental health resources, including crisis hotlines, urgent psychiatric care, and non-crisis support services available both in person and online. Whether you need immediate help, short-term support, or help finding ongoing care, these referrals are here to support your safety, well-being, and healing—regardless of insurance status.
Psychiatric Emergency (for Harm to Self or Others)Mental Health Urgent Care — San Jose Walk-in outpatient clinic for Santa Clara County residents regardless of insurance; provides phone consultation, assessment, referrals, short-term counseling, some psychiatry medication, crisis intervention. Many languages spoken. |
Crisis Hotlines
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (1-800) 273-8255.
- Santa Clara County Suicide and Crisis Hotline: (1-800) 278-4204.
- Rape Crisis: (408) 287-3000.
- Battered Women Hotline: (408) 279-3312.
- ACCESS Mental Health Line: (1-800) 704-0900 or visit the Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services website .
Additional Mental Health Community Resources
Gronowski Center — Los Altos
5150 El Camino Real Suite C-15
Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone: (650) 961-9300
Fax: (650) 961-9310
Website: www.mentalhealthclinic.org
El Camino Hospital — Mountain View
2500 Grant Road
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: (650) 962-4453
Fax: (650) 962-5715
Website: El Camino Behavioral Health
La Selva Group — Palo Alto
206 South California Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Only serves people without insurance
Contact: Martha Zambrano, LMFT
Phone: (650) 617-8340 ext. 3771
Fax: (650) 321-5468
Email: mzambrano@momentumMH.org
Family & Children's Services — Palo Alto
375 Cambridge Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Also has five other locations in San Jose, CA
Phone: (650) 326-6576
Website: Family & Children's Services of Silicon Valley
Bill Wilson Center — Santa Clara
3490 The Alameda
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Phone: (408) 243-0222
Website: billwilsoncenter.org
All Other Cities
For referrals in other cities, visit www.211.org.
7 Cups (24-hour support)
Free 24-hour online text chat for support.
7cups.com
Warm Line (24-hour Support)
A non-emergency help line providing referrals and support
Phone: (1-855) 845-7415
Psychology Today (mental health therapist directory)
An online directory that lists mental health therapists near where you live.
psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
Open Path Collective (Affordable Therapy Directory)
Resource/online directory for affordable therapy
openpathcollective.org
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