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Dr. Joy Harden Bradford created this organization as an outlet for Black women. It encourages women in the BIPOC community to seek therapy and break the stigma surrounding it. Use the directory to select the right therapist for you. Participate in their private Facebook community, listen to a podcast or participate in their weekly group support sessions.
This database of over 70 licensed mental health professionals, therapists and coaches for Black men. This site offers many resources, including personal testimonials and financial assistance.
This site offers many useful resources. It includes a search tool to help you find a therapist near you (especially bilingual professionals). You'll also have access to podcasts, YouTube channels and books that represent the Latinx community. They provide COVID-19 resources for immigrants and undocumented people navigating the pandemic.
A directory where you can search specific treatment (art therapy, hypnotherapy, etc), license type (life coach, psychiatrist) and language preferences. It offers online webinars and a podcast that helps you understand more about what therapy is and how it works.
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network:
Find a therapist close to you with their interactive Google Map. Search through an array of clinicians who cater to queer and trans people of color. This organization offers universal therapy access by providing financial support, diversity training for organizations, and an online forum where queer and trans people of color can connect.
Black Emotional and Mental Health:
Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM) features a virtual directory to connect you with mental health professionals online. Select from email, video-chatting or phone therapy. Choose a virtual platform that works for you.
Created by Austin-based therapist,Melody Li, Inclusive Therapists offers access to mental health professionals that specialize in racial trauma. (They also provide reduced-fee teletherapy.)
Founders, Marah Lidey and Naomi Hirabayashi, created this mental health app aimed specifically as a resource for BIPOC. These change makers used their own personal experiences coping with depression, anxiety and stress to create an "inclusive self-care" platform that connects BIPOC to a wealth of accessible and healing wellness resources.
Established in 2018 by Rachel Cargle in response to her birthday wish fundraiser, Therapy for Black Women and Girls. which raised over $250,000. It gave Black women and girls throughout America access to therapy who may not have otherwise been able to have the support they need and deserve.
The Loveland Foundation is the official continuation of this effort to bring opportunity and healing to communities of color, and especially to Black women and girls. It offers fellowships, residency programs, listening tours, and more.
General BIPOC Resources
Source: The Summit Wellness Group. (https://thesummitwellnessgroup.com/resources/bipoc-resources/)
An app that acts as a safe space for the BIPOC to develop a daily meditation habit.
An organization that facilitates immersive workshops and curates performance art that examines rest as a radical tool for community healing.
A Platform that provides relevant, current, and engaging mental health content and stories specifically routed in communities of color.
An app that offers free therapy services to help people of color cope, including group support series 4 times/week.
A community space created by a WOC to educate millennials on the topic of mental health and empower them to practice and protect their mental on a daily basis.
Crisis Line for Racial Equity Support
This service line is dedicated to and staffed by BIPOC, who all possess lived experience of racism that enables them to effectively provide support. Call 503-575-3764 Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm PST.
A directory of Black medical professionals spanning from therapists to doulas– they are dedicated to matching Black people with inclusive and informed providers.
A grassroots initiative aiming to reclaim and revitalize
Indigenous health and wellness.
A group connecting individuals with culturally competent clinicians committed to serving the mental health needs of BIPOC.
A resource site centered around aiding BIPOC communities who are fighting for justice against oppression.
Formerly known as The Icarus Project, the Fireweed Collective offers mental health education and mutual aid for all people while centering on the needs of those most marginalized by our society.
Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation Resource Directory
Virtual directory of mental health providers, programs, and resource materials for the African-American community
LGBTQ - BIPOC Resources
Source: The Summit Wellness Group. (https://thesummitwellnessgroup.com/resources/bipoc-resources/)
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
This organization is committed to transforming the mental health of queer and trans people of color.
National organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to all LGBTQ+ youth, with an emphasis on protecting the Black community.
LGBTQ Psychotherapists of Color
A directory that matches LGBTQs of Color with licensed psychotherapists that are also a part of the same community. They also provide support, networking, leadership development, and community-building opportunities for LGBTQs of Color in psychology, social work, and counseling.
The Lesbians of Color Symposium (LOCS) Collective
A nonprofit dedicated to enriching the lives of LBTQ+ women and non-binary people of color through providing services and programming designed to educate, encourage and empower.
A transformative housing initiative and community safe space led by Black Trans Women to assist Black Trans Women affected by oppression by offering resident services and community programs.
This multinational LGBTQ+ network is dedicated to improving health and wellness opportunities, economic empowerment, and equal rights while promoting individual and collective work, responsibility, and self-determination.
This site contains articles written for queer persons of color by queer persons of color, providing reminders and tips to help you rest and recover.
This grassroots hotline and non-profit organization offers direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis. Ran by trans people, for trans people.