Accessible Therapy Resources
Finding affordable mental health care in the Bay Area can feel overwhelming. This page compiles free, sliding scale, and low cost therapy resources across San Francisco, the East Bay, and Marin, along with crisis lines for immediate support. You do not have to figure this out alone.
Mental Health Resources in the Bay Area
Finding affordable mental health care can feel overwhelming. This page is a starting point. All of the resources below offer free, sliding scale, or low cost services. If you are in crisis, please start with the crisis lines at the top of this page.
Crisis Lines
If you or someone you love is in immediate distress, please reach out, these lines are here for anyone who needs support.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988, available 24/7
Crisis Text Line — Text HOME to 741741, available 24/7
Trans Lifeline — 877-565-8860, peer support by and for trans people
The Trevor Project — 1-866-488-7386, for LGBTQ+ youth; text START to 678-678
National Domestic Violence Hotline — 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788
Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR) — 510-430-1298, support for survivors of sexual violence
Center for Domestic Peace (Marin) — 24-hour helpline: 415-924-6616
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Helpline — 1-800-931-2237
National Alliance for Eating Disorders — 1-866-662-1235
Blackline — 800-604-5841, prioritizes BIPOC communities in crisis
SAMHSA National Helpline — 1-800-662-4357, free, confidential, 24/7, substance use and mental health
San Francisco
Access Institute for Psychological Services — Fees based on income | 415-861-5449
San Francisco State Psychology Clinic — Low cost counseling with supervised interns | 415-338-2856
Bay Area Community Counseling (BACC) — Nonprofit sliding scale clinic for all ages | sf-bacc.org
Hyde Street Community Services / Tenderloin Outpatient Clinic — Free for low-income SF residents | 415-673-5700
Greenlight Clinic — Free individual and group therapy for ages 14–26 | 415-742-4306
SF Jung Institute's James Goodrich Whitney Clinic — Sliding scale, depth and Jungian therapy | sfjung.org
Holos Institute — Fees based on income | 415-862-0594
Well Clinic — Income based sliding scale available | wellsanfrancisco.com
Center for Somatic Psychotherapy — Sliding scale | 415-217-8895
Queer Life Space — Sliding scale, LGBTQ+ affirming | 415-358-2000
Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center — Sliding scale | 415-868-5741
East Bay (Berkeley & Oakland)
Berkeley Therapy Institute — Sliding scale (min. $35/session), individuals, couples, and families | 510-841-8484
The Psychotherapy Institute — Sliding scale, individuals and couples | 510-548-2250
The Wright Institute Clinic — Low cost CBT with supervised interns | 510-548-9716
Pac†ific Center for Human Growth — Low cost therapy, LGBTQ+ community center | 510-548-8283
JFCS East Bay — Sliding scale counseling | 510-704-7475
UC Berkeley Psychology Clinic — Low cost | 510-642-2055
Asian Community Mental Health Services — Sliding scale, multilingual | 510-869-6020
La Clinica de la Raza — Medi-Cal accepted, multilingual | 510-535-6200
Earth Circles Counseling Center — Accepts Medi-Cal | 510-601-1929
California Counseling Institute — Sliding scale, all ages | 510-704-8046
Marin
JFCS Marin — Sliding scale counseling and other supports available | 415-449-3700
Center for Domestic Peace — Therapy and support groups for survivors of domestic violence | 415-526-2553
Community Institute for Psychotherapy — Low cost, sliding scale options with supervised interns | 415-459-5999
Bay AreaWide & Online
CIIS Community Counseling Clinics — Six locations across the Bay Area, holistic and integrative approach | ciis.edu
Open Path Collective — Sessions $30–$80 with vetted therapists | openpathcollective.org
Inclusive Therapists — Directory of sliding scale therapists centering BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities | inclusivetherapists.com
Open Counseling — Searchable directory of free and sliding scale providers | opencounseling.com
This list is offered as a starting point and is not exhaustive. Availability and fees are subject to change — please contact providers directly to confirm current offerings.
Talking to Kids about Antisemitism
Talking to your children about antisemitism is not easy, but it is important. Join me and Zohar Keissar, MSW, on April 28th for a free JCRC Bay Area webinar where we will offer practical, age-appropriate guidance for parents and anyone who cares for kids.
Antisemitism is not a new topic, but knowing how to talk about it with your kids is something many parents find genuinely difficult. Where do you start? How much do you say? What if your child is too young to understand, or old enough to push back? These are the questions I hear most, and they are exactly what I will be addressing in an upcoming free webinar hosted by JCRC Bay Area on Tuesday, April 28th from 8:00 to 9:15 p.m.
I will be presenting alongside Zohar Keissar, MSW, a social worker at JFCS San Francisco, and together we will offer practical, grounded guidance for parents, grandparents, and anyone who works with or cares for children and teens.
What We Will Cover
One of the most important things to understand is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach. How you talk to a seven-year-old about antisemitism looks very different from how you talk to a teenager, and part of what we will explore is exactly that: how to meet kids where they are developmentally and have conversations that feel age-appropriate without being dismissive of the real weight of what is happening in the world.
We will also look at the role parents play in these conversations, including what to do when your child comes home with a perspective that does not match your own. Disagreement between parents and kids, especially teens, is normal. Navigating it with honesty and openness, without shutting the conversation down, is something we will talk through together.
Some of the tips we will cover:
Meet them where they are. Let your child's age and developmental stage guide how much you share and how you say it.
Follow their lead. Start by asking what they already know or have heard. You may be surprised, and it helps you respond to what they actually need rather than what you assume they need.
Use simple, honest language. You do not need to have all the answers. Saying "that's a really important question, let me think about that" is always better than avoiding the conversation altogether.
Name the feeling before the fact. If a topic is scary or upsetting, acknowledge that first. "This can feel really scary, and it makes sense that you feel that way" goes a long way. Kids want to feel validated in their feelings.
Normalize coming back to it. Hard conversations do not have to happen all at once. Let your child know they can always bring it up again, and remember to check in with them over time.
Watch your own anxiety. Kids are perceptive. If you seem frightened or overwhelmed, they will feel that. Taking a breath and grounding yourself before the conversation helps them feel safe enough to open up.
Emphasize safety and agency. End on what is being done, who is keeping them safe, and what your family values. Children do better when they feel like there is solid ground beneath them. “Look for the helpers.”
Why This Conversation Matters
As a psychotherapist, I work with children and adults every day who are trying to make sense of things that feel scary or hard to understand. Antisemitism falls into that category for a lot of families right now. What I know from both my clinical work and my own experience is that children do better when they are not left to piece things together alone. They need the adults in their lives to be willing to have the conversation, even when it is uncomfortable, even when you do not have all the answers. You don’t have to do it perfectly. They also need to know that the adults in their lives are able to hold whatever feelings might arise. For that reason, it’s important that parents have their own space to explore and process anything they may be grappling with.
Feeling seen and not alone in something frightening is itself protective. That is true for adults, and it is equally true for kids.
Join Us
This webinar is free and open to the community. Registration is required, and you can sign up at tinyurl.com/ChildrenandAntisemitism.
If you are a parent, grandparent, educator, or anyone who wants to show up better for the young people in your life around this topic, I hope you will join us. It is going to be a warm, practical, and hopefully really useful conversation.
Tuesday, April 28 | 8:00 – 9:15 p.m. | Online Register at tinyurl.com/ChildrenandAntisemitism