Mental Health Care in Asheville, NC

A Caring Alternative

What Does a Caring Alternative Offer?

A Caring Alternative is a mental health facility at 1550 Hendersonville Road, Suites 104 and 106, Asheville, North Carolina, offering outpatient care and telehealth therapy. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE and state-financed insurance and offers a sliding fee scale. Therapy approaches include CBT and couples and family therapy. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

1550 Hendersonville Road, Suites 104 and 106
Asheville, NC 28803

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at a Caring Alternative

Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Other State funds
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Crisis and Emergency Services

Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

Cognitive behavioral therapy
Couples/family therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Who the Program Serves

Young adults
Seniors or older adults
Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
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Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Housing services
Mentoring/peer support
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Family psychoeducation
Illness management and recovery
Psychosocial rehabilitation services
Therapeutic foster care
Vocational rehabilitation services
Case management service
Suicide prevention services

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in North Carolina lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.