Orange County – Affordable Mental Health Support

24/7 Mental Health & Crisis Hotlines

• OC Links Behavioral Health Line

Phone: (855) 625‑4657 (24/7 live chat available)
Website: ochealthinfo.com/services-programs/mental‑health-crisis-recovery/navigation-help-resources/oc-links namioc.org+11ochealthinfo.com+11namioc.org+11

• College Hospital Crisis Response Team
  Phone: 1‑800‑773‑8001 (24-hour emergency services)
  
  

• UCI Medical Center Psychiatric Emergency Services
  Phone: (714) 456‑5801 (24-hour service)
  
  

• Medi-Cal Access to Care (Managed Care Crisis Line)
  Phone: 1‑800‑723‑8641 (24/7 California-wide)
  
  

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline / 988

 Phone: 988 (24/7, English and Spanish)

• NAMI Orange County WarmLine

Phone: (714) 991‑6412 or toll-free (877) 910‑9276 (24/7 peer support)

Website: namioc.org/oc-warmline ochealthinfo.com+2nami.org+2nami.org+2ocgov.com+10namioc.org+10namioc.org+10

• OC Health Care Agency Outpatient Clinics
  Countywide clinics offering behavioral health services
  Phone: (714) 645-8000
  https://www.ochealthinfo.com/services-programs/mental-health-crisis-recovery/adult-18-services/outpatient-services/community

• Healing Trails Therapy
  Offering pro bono therapy for those impacted by ICE raids
  Email: info@healingtrailstherapy.com

• Mariposa Center
  Access to low-fee therapy options
  https://www.mariposacenter.org/blog/what-to-expect-from-low-cost-counseling-in-orange-county/

• Open Path Collective
  Low-cost therapy listings
  Isela Edens: https://openpathcollective.org/clinicians/isela-edens/
  Jonathan Quinonez: https://openpathcollective.org/clinicians/jonathan-quinonez/

• Chapman University – Frances Smith Center
  Training clinic for low-fee marriage and family therapy
  https://www.chapman.edu/crean/academic-programs/graduate-programs/ma-marriage-family/frances-smith-center.aspx

• Pepperdine Community Counseling Clinic – Irvine
  Graduate student clinic offering low-fee services
  https://gsep.pepperdine.edu/about/clinics/irvine/

Sliding‑Scale & Low‑Fee Therapy Options

• Affirming Therapy of Orange County 

Phone: (657) 203‑3228
Sliding scale begins at $70 per 50-minute session

• OC Health Care Agency Outpatient Clinics
  Phone: (714) 645‑8000
  Provides integrated behavioral health services across county clinics namioc.org+15ochealthinfo.com+15ochealthinfo.com+15namioc.org+4nami.org+4namioc.org+4
  
  

• Mental Health Association of Orange County (MHAOC)

Phone: 866‑830‑6011 (Centralized Assessment Team, 24/7)
Website: mhaoc.org

• 2-1-1 Orange County
  Dial 2-1-1
  Connects callers to free or low-cost mental health providers and related services ochealthinfo.com+15namioc.org+15namioc.org+15ochealthinfo.com+5nami.org+5ochealthinfo.com+5