The following organizations provide a range of mental health services, from diagnosis to counseling to medication, in several neighborhoods around San Francisco.
San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group Clinic and Training Center
tel: (415) 677-7946, ext 1
9 Funston Avenue, The Presidio
www.sfprg.org/Home.html
- Low fee psychotherapy clinic
- Sliding scale fees based on income, up to $85 per session
Haight Ashbury Psychological Services
tel: (415) 221-4211
2166 Hayes Street, Suite 308
- Individual and group counseling
- Sliding scale: $19- $65 per session
Bayview Hunter’s Point Foundation Behavioral Health Program
tel: (415) 822-7500 5815
3rd Street, Monday-Friday 9-5
www.bayviewci.org
- Referrals
- Diagnosis and treatment for mental illness
- Sliding scale based on ability to pay, no one is denied service
- Accepts MediCal
Chinatown North Beach Mental Health
tel: (415) 352-2000
729 Filbert Street, Monday-Friday 8:30-5, drop-in Monday-Friday 9-11 & 1-3
- Individual and group therapy
- Full diagnosis, medication evaluation
- Multi-lingual (Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Italian, Laos, Cambodian)
- Sliding scale based on income, accepts Medicare
Family Service Agency & Family Service Agency West
tel: (415) 474-7310
1010 Gough Street, Monday-Friday 8:30-5 – tel: (415) 386-6600
www.fsasf.org
- Mental health services for seniors, adults, and children
- Eviction prevention program
- Accept Medicare and MediCal
- Sliding scale (ranges from $0 to $100) based on income and adjustments are possible – very flexible
- Adult Care Management providing intensive case management and supporting individuals to live in the community and maintain independence and stability
MOST Team & South of Market Street Mental Health Services
tel: (415) 836-1700
760 Harrison Street
- Individual therapy and counseling
- Medication provided
- Cannot deny service to anyone
- Do not accept private insurance, accept Medicare and MediCal
- Sliding scale based on income
Richmond Area Multi-Services
tel: (415) 668-5955
3626 Balboa, Monday 9-7 & Tuesday-Thursday 9-9 & Friday 9-5
www.ramsinc.org/ramshome.html
- Counseling services
- Multi-lingual (Russian, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and others)
- Accept MediCal and Medicare
- Must be San Francisco resident
Central City Older Adult Services
tel: (415) 558-5900
90 Van Ness, Monday-Friday 8:30-5
- Services for individuals 60 years old or older
- Crisis intervention, psychiatric evaluation, therapy, and referrals
- Sliding scale based on income
Golden Gate Senior Services
6221 Geary Blvd, Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30
tel: (415) 752-6444(Richmond)
100 Diamond, Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30
(Now Called Castro Senior Center)
tel: (415) 863-3507 (Diamond)
1345 Ocean Ave, Monday-Friday 9-1
tel: (415) 337-8211 (Ingleside)
www.ggsenior.org
- Day care center for developmentally disabled seniors
- Free of charge
In Home Supportive Services
tel: (415) 557-5251
Monday-Friday 8-5
www.sfhsa.org/ihss.htm
- Provides care for people with disabilities in their own homes when they are no longer able to care for themselves
- Free of charge or sliding scale depending on circumstances
Queer Lifespace
tel: (415) 358-2000
470 Castro Street, Suite 202
www.queerlifespace.com
- Providing effective, affordable mental health and substance abuse services
- LGBTQQI focused care
- Safe space in the Castro for healing
- Individual, couples and group therapy
Center For Special Problems
tel: (415) 292-1500
1700 Jackson Street
- Assessment, consultation, case management
- Serves adult, adolescents, transgender individuals
- Counseling for trauma survivors and perpetrators
- Sliding scale based on income, private insurance, Medi-Cal
- Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish
Instituto Familiar de La Raza, Inc
tel: (415) 229-0500 / fax: 647-3662
2919 Mission, Monday-Friday 8-5
- Outpatient clinic for monolingual, Spanish speaking, clients
- Family, marriage, women, individual, AIDS counseling
- Sliding scale based on income, Medi-Cal
Episcopal Community Services
tel: 487-3300 / fax: 252-1743
165 8th St.
www.ecs-sf.org
- Operates two year-round shelters for homeless adults
- Provides academic skills, as well as job counseling, training, and placement
- Social services at 10 supportive housing sites
Assisted Independent Living Program (Baker Places)
tel: (415) 864-4655 / fax: 869-6623
600 Townsend Street, Suite 200E
www.bakerplaces.org
- Assistance for clients with psychiatric/substance abuse histories to live independently
- Ongoing case management support
Westside Crisis Clinic
tel: (415) 353-5050
888 Turk Street, Monday-Friday 9-7
- Offers immediate help for those suffering from emotional crisis
- Accepts MediCal
- Sliding scale based on income
Alternatives Program
tel: (415) 401-2630
2712 Mission Street, Lower Level, Monday-Friday 8:30-5
- Services for African-American males recently discharged from an institution
- Intensive case management, on-site psychiatric care, medication, individual counseling
Citywide Case Management Team & Citywide Forensics
tel: (415) 597-8000
939 Market Street, 4th Floor
- Intensive clinical, medication, crisis, and case management services
- Serves adults who are high-end users of psychiatric hospitals
- Group therapy, skill building, on-site job training
- Multilingual services
