Walk-In Counseling Center was founded by a group of psychologists in 1969, in response to the unmet need for accessible mental health services in the Twin Cities.
For the past 43 years we have provided free mental health counseling to help thousands of people address issues of depression, anxiety, chemical abuse/dependency, trauma, domestic violence and a variety of other emotional and interpersonal concerns.
Our mission is to provide free, easily accessible mental health counseling to people with urgent needs and few service options. Our overarching goal is to help people stabilize during a time of crisis and resolve problems before they become severe.
We achieve this goal by involving approximately 150 volunteer mental health clinicians each year who provide the services. We estimate the value of our volunteer clinic services at more than $18 million over the past 43 years.
We are, to our knowledge, the only mental health service in the nation staffed by volunteer clinicians.
In 2011 we…
- Provided 6,013 counseling sessions
- Served unduplicated 1,856 men, women, and teens
- Engaged 180 volunteer counselors, supervisors and receptionists
- Provided 12,500 hours of service at an estimated value of $750,000
