Accessible Therapy Resources
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.
