COMMUNICATIONS

**Updated for 2024**

For New Clients

Friedman Counseling Services, LLC, has availability for couple's counseling for spouses, partners, and/or co-parents and individual counseling for teenagers and adults (ages 15 and older). If you are interested in scheduling an initial session, please see our therapist emails.

For Current Clients

Current clients are asked to communicate with their therapist through the secure-messaging system available through the Client Portal. If you are seeking to reschedule, change, or cancel an appointment, please contact your therapist via the Client Portal. Please note that therapists do not provide counseling services via email or text. If you have a non-emergency question or concern, please use the Client Portal to schedule one of the following: (a) a phone check-in or (b) an in-office or tele-health session. Note that therapists check the Client Portal as they are able; this means your therapist may not see your message on the day that you send it.

Please do not use the portal in the event of an emergency. In the case of an emergency, please call 911. You can also contact Netcare Access, Franklin County's 24-hour mental health and substance abuse crisis center, at 614-276-CARE (2273). Additionally, you can can call or text 988, the national Suicide and Crisis Hotline.

For Those Experiencing a Crisis or Emergency

If you are experiencing an emergency or crisis, please call 911. You can also contact Netcare Access, Franklin County's 24-hour mental health and substance abuse crisis center, at 614-276-CARE (2273). Additionally, you can can call or text 988, the national Suicide and Crisis Hotline.