Financial Concerns

• Employee assistance programs - Sometimes large corporations will have programs that provide or help find mental health treatment for their employees.
• Universities and colleges - Universities and colleges often have health centers, counseling centers, or counseling referrals centers. If you are a student, employee or family relation of a student or employee at a university or college, you might want to find out what resources it has.
• Elementary, junior high, and high schools - Local schools sometimes provide mental health help or counseling for their students and their families.
• Religious affiliations - Sometimes your religious organizations (including YMCA and other religious community centers) have networks that provide or help find and pay for mental health care.
• Local community mental health center - These centers are often supported by local government and treat people with limited health care coverage such as Medicare and Medicaid.
• Training programs - Clinical training programs such as ones at universities and hospitals sometimes provide free or less expensive services with clinicians in training. Often there are certain limitations on who can volunteer for these types of programs.
• Research projects - Often mental health researchers need people to participate in treatment studies. Participants in these studies often receive free treatment. Your local college, university, health center, or hospital may be a good place to look for this option.