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We are regularly out on the web. When we find a great site we list it here for you to enjoy. From the list below choose one of our weblink topics, then select a URL to visit.

National / State Organizations

• MHA (National Mental Health America)
• MHAG (Mental Health America of Georgia)
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
• Treatment Advocacy Center
• Contact Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue      (read letter to Gov. Perdue from DOJ, Re: State Psychiatric Hospitals)

Local Athens Clinics/ Counseling Groups
Charges based on sliding scale and/or insurance at most clinics.

• Advantage Behavioral Health Systems
  Child & Adolescent Services, Prince Avenue: (706) 369-6363. 250 North Avenue: (706) 542-8656.
• Family Counseling Service
  1435 Oglethorpe Avenue. (706) 549-7755. Note: One of their counselors, Dr. Katherine Young, is bilingual.
• Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support, ARMC
  Lauren M. Richards, LMSW; lrichards@armc.org. Oncology Social Worker - Child and Adolescent Bereavement Coordinator. (706) 475-4900.
• McPhaul Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic, UGA
  (706) 542-4486
• Positive Outcomes Psychological Services
  485 Huntington Road. (706) 546-8440.
• Samaritan Counseling Center
  1690 South Milledge Avenue, Christian based counseling. (706) 369-7911.
• StressCare, Inc.
  1030 Village Drive, Watkinsville. (706) 769-1718
• UGA Center for Counseling and Personal Evaluation
  424 Aderhold Hall. (706) 542-8508.
• UGA Psychology Clinic, Psychology Building, Hooper Street
  (706) 542-1173 Website provides directions and a map
• UGA School Psychology Clinic, Aderhold
  (706) 542-4265