Get Support · Always Free
You don't have to be in crisis to reach out. Pick what fits — every path is free, private, and judgment-free.
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Professional counseling
A free, private session with a licensed counselor, or with a counseling intern supervised by a licensed clinician at one of our partner practices. Stress, substance use, family pressure, or helping a friend — you can use a nickname.
Meet your counselors
Counselor / Prevention Advisor
Dr. Crystal CollierPhD, LPC-S
Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, prevention researcher, and educator. Dr. Collier provides free counseling sessions for people who reach out through Pulse.
Counselor
Maureen BixlerLCSW
Licensed clinical social worker and founder of Live Life Counseling, with years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and families. Maureen provides free counseling sessions for people who reach out through Pulse.
Counselor · Clinical Supervisor
Dr. Mercianna R. OliverPhD, LPC, NCC, ACS
Licensed professional counselor, board-certified telemental health provider, and approved clinical supervisor. Dr. Oliver runs C.E.O. Professional Services in Peachtree Corners, which offers individual, couples, and group therapy in person and by video, and trains graduate counseling interns. She sees people from Pulse herself and supervises the interns who do.
Free video sessions each month
Supervised by Dr. Oliver
Armani GrahamCounseling Intern
Graduate student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Albany State University, training at C.E.O. Professional Services under Dr. Oliver's supervision. Meets with teens and families online or in person.
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays
Supervised by Dr. Oliver
Nana Ampomaa YeboahCounseling Intern
Graduate student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Liberty University, training at C.E.O. Professional Services under Dr. Oliver's supervision. Meets with teens and families online or in person.
Weekdays, 10 AM – 2 PM
Supervised counseling interns
Some sessions are with counseling interns from partner practices. They're graduate students finishing their counseling degree, and every session they run is supervised by a licensed clinician at their practice, who stays responsible for your care. It's the same way interns see clients at any counseling practice in Georgia.
Rather talk with a licensed counselor? Just pick that in the form and we'll match you with one.
We connect, we don't treat. The conversation happens with a counselor or qualified partner — we coordinate it and never provide clinical treatment ourselves.
Private. We collect only what's needed to arrange the call — never diagnoses or medication lists. Counselors follow their own confidentiality rules and may act if someone is in danger. See our Privacy Policy.
Free · private
Request a call
Confidential. We'll follow up privately within 1–2 days.
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Peer-to-peer support
Talk with someone who's been there — trained peer supporters with lived experience of recovery or supporting someone through it. Not clinical treatment; someone who gets it, listening.
Think you need clinical care instead? Use treatment referral below.
Free · private
Request peer support
We'll match you with a peer supporter within 1–2 days.
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Family support circles
A free monthly video circle for families and friends. One is for people supporting someone who's struggling with substance use. The other is for anyone who has lost someone to an overdose, whether it was last month or years ago.
- About an hour, once a month. Join from your phone or computer, camera on or off.
- First names only. What's shared in the circle stays in the circle.
- A licensed counselor joins every circle. It's peer support, not therapy.
- You never have to talk. Listening is enough.
Free · private
Join a circle
We'll email you the date and a private link before the next one.
For counselors & counseling interns
Give one session a month
Licensed counselors and supervised counseling interns can volunteer free sessions for teens and families who can't afford care. Even one 45-minute session a month helps, online or in person, on your schedule.
Licensed counselors. Tell us your license and how much time you can give. We send you matched requests; you hold the session and keep your own records.
Counseling interns. You're welcome as long as you're supervised by a licensed clinician at your practice or program. Add your supervisor below so we can confirm with them first.
We connect, you counsel. Pulse only makes the introduction. Nothing clinical goes through us.
Free · private
Sign up to volunteer
We'll reach out within a few days to get you set up.
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Treatment referral
When more than a conversation is needed — an assessment, outpatient therapy, or a higher level of care — we help you find a real provider and follow up so you're not figuring it out alone.
We refer; we don't treat. Cost depends on the provider — we'll tell you what we know upfront. You can also search FindTreatment.gov or our Resource Locator.
Referral partners
Ready to start regular therapy and able to pay? These practices take referrals from Pulse.
Referral Partner · Private Practice
Brent SweitzerLPC, RPT
Licensed professional counselor and registered play therapist at Sweitzer Counseling in Cumming. Brent works with children as young as 3, including kids whose parents have struggled with addiction, and with couples. Private pay: $200 individual, $225 couples.
Free · private
Request a referral
We'll follow up with provider options that fit.