Mental Health Support

In recognizing the need for cultural and language specific mental health services in the Bay Area and the lack of multi-lingual speaking counselors, we created the Multi-lingual Counseling Center to serve the needs of our growing multi-lingual community. Our mission is to provide mental health services and treatment to individuals suffering from different mental health symptoms such as depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, anxiety, ADHD and all other mental health diagnosis.

Provides prevention and early intervention services to Pacific Islanders (including Native Hawaiians) in collaboration with longstanding community-based organizations.

An Oakland Therapist and Teacher, who specializes in energy therapy that can be very helpful for PTSD. Offers free workshops that teach people who are working with refugees simple techniques to help clear stress, trauma and shock.

Provides services for residents who are on Medi-Cal or are uninsured including children, youth, families, adults and older adults, for the prevention, early intervention, and treatment of mental illness and/or substance use conditions.

SIDRA is designed to provide culturally sensitive prevention and early intervention mental health services and increase access to mental health treatment for Middle Eastern and Arabic communities in Alameda County.

Offers a holistic array of culturally-sensitive bilingual services that support the mental health and well-being of refugee and immigrant clients who have multiple layers of complex needs.

Dial 988 to access free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.

The LGBT community center has social events, educational programs, health programs, and counsellors. There are support groups for young people, queer people, bisexual people, and transgender people. There are trainings and workshops for help with jobs. There is free therapy, art classes, yoga classes, and support for mental health.

Wellness in Action is a community workforce training and development program for paraprofessional community mental health advocates from unserved and underserved refugee and new immigrant communities in the Bay Area.