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Mental Health Resources in Provo and Utah County

Utah County has strong community and university resources for mental health, from 24/7 crisis care to low-cost training clinics. This guide brings them together in one place for Provo, Orem, and the rest of Utah Valley. Roots Counseling & Wellness serves Utah County by telehealth and keeps this list for anyone who needs it.

If you need help right now

  • 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. Free, confidential, 24/7. Veterans can press 1.
  • Wasatch Behavioral Health Receiving and Outreach Center (adults): 1175 East 300 North, Provo. (801) 852-2131. Walk-in crisis care, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • Vantage Point (youth ages 10 to 17): 1189 East 300 North, Provo, (801) 373-2215. Vantage Point North, 947 North 880 East, American Fork. 24/7 youth crisis programs.
  • Mobile Crisis Outreach Team: call or text 988 to reach Wasatch Behavioral Health's mobile team, which responds regardless of insurance.
  • Utah Valley Hospital Emergency Department: 1034 North 500 West, Provo.
  • In an emergency, call 911.

Talk to someone when it is not a crisis

Public mental health services

Wasatch Behavioral Health: 750 North Freedom Blvd., Provo. (801) 373-4760. The public behavioral health center for Utah and Wasatch counties since 1967, serving Medicaid members with interpreter services, including ASL. Its Mountain Peaks Counseling program serves people with private insurance or self-pay, (801) 960-1620. Substance use services: (385) 268-5000.

Low-cost and community options

  • BYU Comprehensive Clinic: (801) 422-7759. A training clinic serving Utah County, with a sliding scale of $0 to $20 per session (free for BYU students). Not a crisis service. The clinic posts its own estimated waits, which vary by service.
  • UVU Community Mental Health Clinic: 800 West University Parkway, Orem. (801) 863-4780. Free therapy for community members and UVU students from supervised graduate students.
  • Mountainlands Family Health Center: 589 S. State St., Provo. 801-429-2000. A community health center with a sliding fee scale for qualifying patients, offering counseling in English and Spanish by referral from its primary care providers. Ask whether the sliding fee applies to counseling visits.

Support groups

  • NAMI Utah, Utah County affiliate: 801-210-0159. Free classes and support groups. Statewide office: (801) 323-9900.
  • Grief and loss: Angel Babies of Utah County (pregnancy and infant loss), 801-709-0838. Share Parents of Utah, 801-272-5355.
  • Pregnancy and postpartum: National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, call or text 1-833-852-6262 (24/7). New Beginnings perinatal group in American Fork, 801-683-6830. PSI Utah online groups (psiutah.org).
  • Addiction recovery: Utah Valley Central Office of AA, 801-375-8620. Narcotics Anonymous, Central Utah Area, 801-810-4081.
  • LGBTQ+: Encircle Provo, 91 W 200 S. Free drop-in for ages 12 to 25, plus family programs. (801) 613-7305.
  • Veterans: Provo Vet Center, 360 South State Street, Building C, Suite 103, Orem, free counseling, 801-377-1117. Orem VA Clinic, 774 South State Street, Orem. Veterans Crisis Line: 988, then press 1.

Domestic violence and sexual assault

The Refuge Utah: 24-hour domestic violence helpline 801-377-5500. 24-hour sexual assault helpline 801-356-2511. Shelter, therapy, and support groups. therefugeutah.org

What to expect when looking for a therapist

Low-income residents of Utah County live in a federally designated mental health professional shortage area (HRSA, updated May 2026), and some training clinics post multi-month waits for individual therapy. It can help to contact several providers at once, ask about telehealth, and check your insurance plan's directory.

How Roots can help

Roots Counseling & Wellness offers secure telehealth counseling to Utah County residents with licensed Utah clinicians. Most first appointments can be scheduled within a week or two. Learn more about online therapy in Provo or call (435) 233-2240.

Disclaimer: This guide is for general information and is not a substitute for clinical advice. If you are in crisis or experiencing thoughts of harming yourself or someone else, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or go to your nearest emergency room. Listings were checked October 15, 2026, and details can change. Please call ahead.

Sources (checked October 15, 2026): healthcare.utah.edu (988); wasatch.org; utahcounties.org/receiving-centers; intermountainhealthcare.org (Utah Valley Hospital); counselingcenter.utah.edu; safeut.org; 211utah.org; comprehensiveclinic.byu.edu; uvu.edu/community-clinic; mountainlands.org; namiut.org; psiutah.org; nautah.org; encircletogether.org/locations/provo; va.gov; therefugeutah.org; data.hrsa.gov.