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Emergency Care

Pink Couch Wellness does not provide crisis treatment in an outpatient therapy setting.

If you are currently in crisis, please text or call 988, call 911, or go to your local emergency room. See below for a list of local Des Moines Area crisis resources.

Call 988 if

  • Thoughts of suicide

  • Ongoing anxiety or depression

  • Concerns about use of alcohol or drugs

  • Thoughts of hurting yourself or others

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988 Factsheet (PDF)

988 FAQs (PDF)

Call 911 if

  • Someone's life is in danger

  • Overdose

  • Emergency medical help

  • Fear for your safety or someone else's

Des Moines Area Crisis Resources
24/7 Help

Dial 988 to talk (many languages)

Text 988 for texting (English only)

Suicide prevention lifeline chat (English only)

Welfare Check / Mobile Crisis

Call 911

Text "HOME" to 741741

Call (855) 581-8111 or Text (855) 895-8398

In-Person Help

Go to any hospital emergency room

Psych or Behavioral Health Walk-In Evaluations

1801 Hickman Road, Des Moines, IA 50314

Walk-in evaluations M-F 9AM-5PM

Broadlawns Crisis Observation Center 

1801 Hickman Road, Des Moines, IA 50314

Open 24/7

1250 E 9th Street, Des Moines 50316

Walk-in evaluations M-F 9AM-5PM

1450 NW 114th Street Clive, IA 50325

Walk-in evaluations 24/7

Other Support Resources

Community Based Crisis Stabilization

EasterSeals (Adult & Children)

Call 515-288-0818

Resources or Shelter Inquiries

United Way

Call 211

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Call 1-800-799-7233

Des Moines Domestic Violence

24/7 Local Crisis Line

Call 515-243-6147

Child, Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse

Reporting Number

Call 1-800-362-2178

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Iowa's Area Education Agencies (AEA)

Mental Health in Schools

Website

National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Mental Health First Aid

Website

National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAMI Iowa

Website

National Human Trafficking Resource Center

Call: 1-888-3737-888 to get help, report a tip, or learn more

Website

OneIowa

Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

LGBT National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743

LGBT National Talkline: 888-843-4564

Anti-bullying Hotline: 866-488-7386

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Website

Postpartum Support International
The Trevor Project
Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence
Your Life Iowa

​24/7 Support when you don't know where to turn.

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Call: 855-581-8111

Text: 855-895-8398

Chat

Pink Couch Wellness accepts insurance from: BCBS, Optum/UHC, Aetna, Midlands Choice, Iowa Total Care, Molina, and Health Partners.​ 

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