Emergency & Crisis Resources: Austin, Central Texas, & National Hotlines

While EMDR Therapy Austin does not provide emergency or crisis services, please do not wait or be deterred from getting help.

If you are experiencing a mental health emergency please call 911, or if it is safe to do so, go to the nearest emergency room.

Local Austin Resources

• Integral Care 24-hour crisis hotline: 512.472.4357

• Seton Shoal Creek Psychiatric Hospital: 512.324.2000

  • https://healthcare.ascension.org/locations/texas/txaus/austin-ascension-seton-shoal-creek

• Austin Oaks Hospital: 512.440.4800

  • https://austinoakshospital.com/

• SAFE Austin (for relationship abuse):  512.267.SAFE (7233), text at 737.888.7233, or chat at safeaustin.org/chat. 

Central Texas Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs)

This Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) refers to a group of law enforcement officers who are specifically trained to respond to persons in a mental health crisis. The Crisis intervention team has two primary purposes: responding to emergency calls involving mental health consumers in a mental crisis, and diverting persons from the criminal justice system and connecting them with mental health services.

• Travis County Crisis Intervention Team: 512.854.3430

• Austin Police Department Crisis Intervention Team: 512.854.3450

• Williamson County Mobile Crisis Outreach Team: 512.943.3545

• Hill Country MHDD (Hays and South Counties): 877.466.0660

• Scheib MH Center (San Marcos): 512.392.7151

• Bastrop Crisis Intervention Team: 512.549.5100

• Burnet Crisis Intervention Team: 512.756.8080

24-hour Crisis Hotlines

Hotlines provide access to trained call-takers 24/7. Hotline callers receive immediate assessments, referral to additional community resources, and if needed, crisis intervention services.

• Travis County (Integral Care): 512.472.4357

• Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Williamson Counties (Bluebonnet Trail Community Services): 1.800.841.1255 

• Hays County (Hill Country MHDD Centers): 1.877.466.0660 

• National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1.888.373.7888, or text HELP to BEFREE (233733)

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1.800.273.8255

  • Para llamadas en Espanol: 1.888.628.9454

• National Crisis Text Line: Text NAMI to 741741

Suicide Prevention

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1.800.273.8255

  • Para llamadas en Espanol: 1.888.628.9454

• National Crisis Text Line: Text NAMI to 741741

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (Information on warning signs, support, and resources.): afsp.org

• Trevor Project Hotline (Resources and hotline for LGBTQ youth): 866.488.7386 thetrevorproject.org 

Relationship Abuse & Sexual Violence

• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1.800.656.HOPE

• Texas Association Against Sexual Assault- crisis center locator: https://taasa.org/crisis-center-locator/

Resources from National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Central Texas