Crisis & Emergency Support
You Get to Choose How You Get Help. Here's What's Availabile.
If you’re overwhelmed or unsure what to do next, you deserve support that honors your autonomy. Below you’ll find peer-led lines, mainstream crisis services, and local options — with notes on what each may involve, so you can choose what feels safest.
Side Quest Psychotherapy does not provide crisis intervention or emergency response, and we may not respond immediately. If you are in immediate danger or experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911 or 988.
Immediate danger or medical emergency
911 · 988
Mobile crisis teams are available but may take longer to arrive.Local alternatives directory
dontcallthepolice.com is a vetted, city-by-city directory of community-based crisis resources — housing, mental health, domestic violence, substances, LGBTQIA+, and more. Each listing notes whether and when police may be involved, so you can make an informed choice. Search your city to find local options.
Looking for a personalized safety plan? Neurodivergent Insights offers a free neurodivergent-adapted safety plan — designed to help you identify your own warning signs, coping strategies, and support people in a format that actually works for your brain.
Download the free safety plan →
NO POLICE INVOLVEMENT UNLESS YOU REQUEST IT
Peer-Led & Consent-Based Lines
Grounded in mutual aid and lived experience. Do not involve emergency services unless you request it.
BEYOND CRISIS SYSTEMS
Community & Collective Care
Community care, trauma-informed resources, support beyond diagnosis
fireweedcollective.org →MAY INVOLVE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
Mainstream Crisis Lines
These may involve emergency responders, involuntary intervention, or hospitalization.
MD · DC · VA
Local Psychiatric Urgent Care & Mobile Crisis
Whatever brought you to this page today — we’re glad you’re still here. We trust you to know when you’re in crisis and to reach out to the supports on this page. And if you’re sitting with ambivalence, exhaustion, or uncertainty — that’s worth bringing to your next session.