Mental Health & Wellness Resources Serving Ashe County

988 Lifeline

Free and confidential support for people in distress.

T:   988 Web: 988             Facebook: 988

Alcoholics Anonymous

A fellowship of people solving their common problem with alcohol and helping others recover from the effects of alcohol.

E: 19appmandh69@gmail.com
T: 336-982-2641
Web: BooneAA (booneaa.org)

Amy Gardner, LMFT

A licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in behavioral health therapy.

T:   828-360-9210

AppState Psychology Clinic

Offers in-person assessments, therapy, and telehealth therapy for children, adults, and families.  Services include treatment of anxiety, stress, depression, anger, phobias, PTSD, OCD, childhood separation anxiety, aggression, defiance, and difficulties in school.

T: 828-262-6639
Web:  Psychology Clinic | Appalachian State University

Ashe County High School – ASC Center

A resource providing counseling support to students at Ashe County High School.  For more information, speak to the ACHS School Counselor.

T:   336-846-2400

Ashe County Middle School – School Based Health Center

A resource providing counseling support to students at Ashe County Middle School.  For more information, speak to the ACMS School Counselor.

T:   336-384-1625

Barbara Brown, LPC

A licensed professional counselor providing individual and family counseling for children and adults of all ages. Areas of expertise include anxiety and mood disorders, behavior disorders, ODD, ADHD, and family therapy.

T:   336-846-1167

Blue Mountain Center for Integrative Health

Offering a wide range of wellness services including the treatment of depression, anxiety, addiction, and trauma; the recovery work for substance abuse, physical/sexual abuse, and grief and loss; expressive arts, play therapy, individualized yoga, stress reduction, smoking cessation, life coaching, and more.

E: bluemountaincenternc@gmail.com
T: 828-265-1455
Web:  Blue Mountain Center for Integrative Health

Blue Ridge Psychological Services

Specializing in the treatment of alcoholism, drug addiction, dual diagnosis, mental health and substance abuse, and opioid addiction.

T: 828-264-4323
Web: Blue Ridge Psychological Services Rehab

Cannon Memorial Hospital

Behavioral health services include an outpatient clinic in Linville as well as an inpatient behavioral health hospital. Cannon also has telehealth available for outpatient.

Crisis line: 866-275-9552
T: 828-737-7888
Web:  UNC Health Appalachian

Center of Emotional Health

Services include outpatient therapy, medication management, virtual visits, drug and alcohol treatment program, and veteran support services.

T:   828-820-8066
Web:  Center for Emotional Health

Daymark Recovery

Providing mental health and substance abuse treatment options.

24-hour crisis hotline: 866-275-9552
T: 336-246-4542
Web: Daymark
Facebook: Daymark

Freedom Farm Ministries

Freedom Farm is an inpatient program for addiction recovery.

T: 828-202-5907
Web: Freedom Farm Ministries
Facebook: Freedom

Grief Share

Grief and loss support groups, both in-person and online, providing support and ways of coping with grief and loss.

T: 336-846-1550
Web:  GriefShare

High Country United Way

Uniting people and resources to improve lives in the High Country.

E: info@highcountryunitedway.org
T: 828-265-2111
Web: High Country United Way
Facebook: HCUW

Hope for the Journey Therapeutic Services

Provides telehealth therapeutic services, specializing in life transitions, relationships, anxiety, and women’s issues.  Provides individual, couples, and family therapy for adolescents and adults.

T: 828-457-4673
Web: Counseling | Hope for the Journey Therapeutic Services  

Jane Smyre, LCSW

A licensed clinical social worker specializing in coping skills, stress and mood disorders in pre-teen, teen, adults, and elders.

T:   225-649-0039

Jenny Gibbs Holmes, LPC

A private practice licensed professional counselor working with children, adolescents, and adults dealing with depression, anxiety, and other mental health struggles.

T:   336-846-1455

Jodi Province Counseling Services

Counseling for primarily children and adolescents but also experienced to work with adults and families.  Offering only evidence-based therapies (reliance on scientific evidence for guidance and decision-making).

T:   336-818-0733
Web: Jodi Province

Dr. Joshua Broman-Fulks, Ph.D.

Dr. Broman-Fulks is a professor in the department of psychology at Appalachian State University who oversees a research program focused on investigating the relationship between lifestyle behaviors, anxiety, and well-being.

T:   828-406-1760  

Joy Spring Mental Health

Holistic mental health including assessments, medication management, individual and group therapy, and therapy intensives (burnout recovery, thriving with ADHD, parenting preparation, college prep & self-discovery, OCD healing, and Childbirth trauma repair).

T: 336-290-1396
Web:  Joy Spring Mental Health Services

Kim Furches, LMFT

A licensed marriage and family therapist providing support to children, adults, and families.

T:   336-846-1271

Laura Lawson, LCSW

A licensed clinical social worker providing counseling services to couples, families, and individuals experiencing depression, relationship issues, childhood or adult trauma, or aging concerns.

T:   336-489-4254

Dr. Murray Hawkinson, Ph.D.

A licensed clinical psychologist providing psychotherapy to adults, couples, families, teens, and children who are having difficulty solving a problem in their personal or work life and are looking for additional options and resources.

T:   828-264-8759

Mood Treatment Center

Committed to helping people and their families achieve full recovery from mood disorders and related problems including attention deficit, anxiety, addictions, autism and Asperger’s, depression, eating disorders, and more. 

T:   336-722-7266
Web:  Mood Treatment Center

Responder Wellness Coalition of the High Country

Mental health and wellness resource for first responders in the High Country. 

Crisis Line: 828-209-8038
E: info@responderwellnesscoalition.org
T:   828-773-7877
Web: Responder Wellness
Facebook: Responder

South Mountain Children & Family Services

Children’s Advocacy Centers provide services to child victims of sexual abuse and physical abuse, reducing multiple interviews and lessening the trauma child victims endure. The CAC has a trauma-focused counselor on staff to provide support for the children and their families. 

E: info@southmountain.org
T:   336-846-2442
Web: Southmountain

Statewide Peer Warmline

Non-clinical support and resources to those in crisis; “peers” who are living in recovery with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder who provide support to others who can benefit from their lived experience. 

T:   855-733-7762
Web:  NC DHHS: Crisis Services

UNC Adult Psychiatry Clinic

Provides inpatient, outpatient, and telehealth services for all psychiatric disorders, including eating disorders, women’s mood disorders, and substance abuse for children and adults.

T: 984-974-5217
Web:  Mental Health | UNC Medical Center  

UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health

A 54-bed inpatient facility offering short-term hospitalization to stabilize mental health for children and teens.  Referrals only; not a long-term solution or child-in-crisis drop-off location.

T: 919-338-8500
Web: UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health

Vaya Health

Vaya works with healthcare providers to help people with behavioral health or developmental disability needs find healing and hope.  Vaya also provides an Opioid Misuse Prevention and Treatment Program.

T:   800-962-9003
Web: Crisis Help | Vaya Health
Facebook: Vaya Health

Dr. William Canu, Ph.D.

Dr. Canu is a professor in the department of psychology at Appalachian State University who oversees a research program focused on attention-deficit disorders and rural clinical psychology.

T:   828-773-6534

Youth Villages – Boone

A range of service offerings including in-home programs for families, assisting young adults transition to adulthood, teens who are at-risk of placement out of home due to anti-social behavior, and problem-solving for youth and families. 

Crisis hotline: 855-274-7471
T:   828-268-7200
Web: Youth Villages