Clinicians are trained to hold other people's pain, decisions, and fear, and trained to keep their own experience out of the room. What that produces is not resilience. It is a backlog of moral injury, grief, and ordinary human weight that has nowhere to go.
The resources below are built specifically for healthcare workers, by organizations outside this practice. Several of them exist because licensing boards and employers often make it hard to seek care openly. They are confidential. We keep the list short and current.
Free, confidential, and anonymous peer support from volunteer psychiatrists. You can call for anything, not only a crisis.
(888) 409-0141 · Seven days a week
Connects healthcare workers with licensed mental health professionals who offer no-cost, confidential therapy. No insurance, no employer involvement.
The American College of Physicians' hub of peer support, counseling, and well-being programs for individual physicians, care teams, and medical organizations.
Crisis lines, treatment resources, and guidance for physicians and medical students, collected by the Federation of State Physician Health Programs.
These organizations are independent of Ballast Behavioral Health Group. We include them because they are reliable and genuinely useful, not as a substitute for care.
Ballast provides confidential psychotherapy for physicians, nurses, therapists, and other health professionals, designed around the barriers that keep clinicians out of care, including discretion about records and licensing questions. Care is available in person in the Memphis area and by telehealth across Tennessee. See care for providers or get in touch.
If you are in crisis
Ballast Behavioral Health Group is not a crisis service. If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.
A confidential consultation, no commitment required. Call, text, or email us, or request an appointment through our secure portal.