CHILD & FAMILY THERAPY AGENCIES
Achieve 408.928.5777
1212 McGinness Avenue San Jose
ACHIEVE 650.494.1200
3860 Middlefield Road Palo Alto
A special education and mental health service for students with complex needs, and their families. Programs include intensive day treatment, both in a self-contained campus and on public school sites; outpatient mental health services; therapeutic extended-day and respite services; early intervention.....
Special Education Services:
– Speech/Language Therapy
– Community Integration
– Transitional Services
– Technology Integration
– Vocational Training
Mental Health/Positive Behavioral services for students (5-22) & families, complex needs
Spanish speaking
Mailing list & facebook contacts
Locations: San Jose & Palo Alto
ACT for Mental Health 408.287.2640
http://www.actmentalhealth.org/
441 Park Ave San Jose
Counseling services are available on a sliding scale basis.
We are open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 9 AM to 6 PM, and Fridays by appointment. Call anytime and leave a message -- we promise to get back to you.
Downtown Counseling Center Affordable counseling services for:
- persons in emotional distress,
- people with thoughts, feelings or behavior which impair their ability to function well,
- parents and children reunifying after legal separation,
- individuals referred by the courts or other social agencies.
Types of counseling services available include:
Individual readjustment counseling
Support groups
Marital and family counseling
Bereavement counseling
Military trauma counseling
Referrals to community resources
Educational and Training Classes At various times during the year we offer classes in anger management, effective parenting, parenting after divorce, and parenting without violence.
Mujeres Group
A Program for Spanish speaking women to enhance abilities and skills to cope with their problems of everyday living.
Addiction Prevention Services 408.379.3796
http://www.emqff.org/services/addiction.shtml
251 Llewellyn Ave Campbell
EMQ FamiliesFirst Addiction Prevention Services (APS) works to prevent addiction by informing and educating youth, families, schools, and communities about the dangers of adolescent drug and alcohol use, prescription pill swapping, teen pregnancy, and other unhealthy behavior choices. By working within identified schools and communities, APS can provide support to kids, teens, parents, and caregivers both in and out of the classroom. The program offers discussion groups for youth and parents, plus classroom presentations and training programs for teachers and other professionals. APS is available in Santa Clara County.
Our programs include:
Celebrating Families! - For families that have a parent in recovery.
HiRAP - A support group program for adolescents ages 13-17 who demonstrate high-risk behavior.
HIPP - Brief counseling for families struggling with addiction-related issues.
School-based Prevention Counseling Services - Teaches schoolchildren to avoid high risk behaviors that can lead to addiction.
Alum Rock Counseling Center 408.294.0500
24 hour crisis counseling hotline 408.294.0579
1245 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose
ARCC’s Mental Health Services is an innovative and comprehensive approach to meet the individual needs of youth and their families who are at high risk for incarceration, educational failure, runaway behavior, substance and drug abuse, violence and other delinquent behavior. Based on Santa Clara County’s Project Cornerstone development assets approach, Mental Health Services supports the healthy development of all youth by recognizing and building on their strengths rather than simply reacting to their problems. By providing intensive intervention efforts that focus on the emotional, mental and behavioral health of high-risk children and their families, the long-term health risks associated with delinquent and dysfunctional behaviors will be reduced. Families who are successful in accessing and receiving long-term, linguistically and culturally appropriate mental health services have far-reaching, and potentially long-term, health benefits. What makes ARCC’s programming particularly effective is that it is not only designed to reach and respond to families in crisis, but to go beyond—promoting their long-term stability through a combination of intensive mental health therapy, follow-up, after-care and referrals. ARCC’s services are available free of charge to youth and their families living in Santa Clara County.
multi-language: Spanish
Asian Americans For Community Involvement (AACI) 408.975.2730
http://www.aaci.org/home.htm
2400 Moorpark Avenue, #300 San Jose
Services Offered:
Counseling - providing individual, group and family counseling;
Outpatient clinic - providing psychiatric assessment, medication evaluation and approrpriate prescriptions, maintenance, and follow-up;
Case management - linking clients to various community resources and providing translation and transportation when necessary;
School Based Counseling - providing services in school-based settings as needed; and
24-hour Emergency Coverage - providing 24-hour emergency support.
Community Served:
Santa Clara County
Languages:
Cambodian; Chinese: Cantonese, Chiu Chow, Mandarin, Taiwanese; English; Hindi: Oriya, Khmer, Lao Mein, Laotian; Filipino: Ibanag, Ilocano, Pampango, Tagalog; Spanish; Thai; and Vietnamese.
Insurance plans accepted include Valley Health Plan, PPO, Selected HMO, MediCare, MediCal, and Healthy Families/Healthy Kids insurance. Sliding scale fees are available for the uninsured and are determined by ability to pay based on income. All ages are eligible.
Bay Area Family Therapy Training Associates 408.257.6882
21760 Stevens Creek Blvd #103 Cupertino
Individual and group counseling for children and adolescents
Families therapy
narrative therapeutic techniques
See also: Jeff Zimmerman, Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin in Private Practice
Bill Wilson Center 408.243.0222
http://www.billwilsoncenter.org/
3490 The Alameda Santa Clara
Counseling & Mental Health Programs:
The Centre for Living with Dying program provides emotional support to adults and children facing life-threatening illness or the trauma of having a loved one die.
Family and Individual Counseling
Family and Individual Counseling address a variety of problems facing individuals such as family conflict, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, stress, out-of-control behavior and school problems.
Transitional Age Youth Mental Health Services (TAY)
Provides immediate mental health services to young people ages 16-24 that may be experiencing a mental health crisis.
Youth & Family Mental Health Services
Provides individual therapy, rehabilitation counseling, collateral services, group therapy/counseling, case management services and psychiatric medication services. Bill Wilson Center's Youth and Family Mental Health Services are available for children, adolescents and adults up to age 21 and their families who have full scope MediCal insurance as their primary insurance provider.
Website maintains Teen Resources http://www.billwilsoncenter.org/youth and Family resources; See also Centre for Living with Dying
Billy DeFrank Center 408.343.7940
938 The Alameda San Jose
Counseling for the LGBT community. Counseling is confidential and is offered in English, Spanish and American Sign Language.
Counseling is offered for youth ages 16-25 years old. No one turned away for lack of insurance or funds.
Support groups & workshops, youth webpage, resources for lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, transgender and ally youth.
CARE Parenting & Family Counseling Center 650.361.1780
http://www.careparenting.net/index.html
4157 El Camino Way, C, Palo Alto
CARE stands for Caring Adults, Respectful Environments, is based on the premise that parents, through a balanced expression of care, can promote healthy development and healing by serving as agents of therapeutic change. This approach is developmentally grounded and rooted in a belief in the capacity of children and families to rebound from adversity strengthened and more resourceful. The CARE Parent Therapy approach helps parents build on their strengths as parents and understand where they can develop further to support their child or adolescent’s growth. For example, we help parents identify and cultivate:
Tolerance and limit setting
Praise and consequences
Support and challenge
We provide counseling and psychotherapy for children and adolescents, parents, and individual family members.
See also Mike Axelman, Sara A. Tsuboi, Private practice
Catholic Charities – Community Counseling Center 408.325.5116
http://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org/services/behavioral_health/comm_counseling_services.html
2625 Zanker Road San Jose
Community Counseling Services offers therapy for issues such as anxiety, depression, mood disorders, co-occurring mental health diagnosis and substance abuse, trauma, relationship challenges, sexual issues, grief and loss, court required individual therapy, problems at work, parenting challenges, anger management issues, and life transitions.
Our treatment team includes licensed professionals (PhD, LCSW and LMFT), registered interns (Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Science), pre-doctoral interns and interns completing their education in psychology. Catholic Charities’ staff has extensive experience serving a wide range of needs.
We are offering:
Sensitive counseling for people of any or no faith tradition
Individual counseling for mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders
Couples, marriage, and family counseling
Therapy for children and adolescents
Sliding Scale Fees to suit your budget
Youth & Family Services offers the following programming:
- A network of school and home based intervention services focused and tailored to the needs of targeted populations of high-risk young people.
- Two youth centers with a continuum of recreation, after-school, computer and technology programs; counseling, support groups, mentoring and leadership development services; combining both a prevention and intervention approach.
- A Kinship Resource Center, which provides grandparents and relative caregivers practical and comprehensive support so that they can provide safe homes for the children in their care.
The Center for Developing Minds 408.358.1853
15951 Los Gatos Blvd., Suite 6 Los Gatos
Dr. Damon Korb and Dr. Neal Rojas are Behavioral-Developmental Pediatricians
Center for Healthy Development 408.298.8111
100 N. Winchester Suite 275 Santa Clara
The Center for Healthy Development (CHD) has been a pioneer in providing long term individual and group therapy for children in Santa Clara County. CHD recognizes the need for distressed children to have their own “safe haven” with a specially-trained child therapist who can help them express their internal emotional concerns and struggles.
Children’s Play Therapy Children use play to communicate about their thoughts and feelings. Many children, even those with good verbal skills, feel more comfortable using play as their form of communication. Staff therapists are trained to closely observe a child in order to understand what that child is trying to communicate through the different types of play, and to help them build their own emotional vocabulary. Parents sometimes think that nothing is happening when the child's sessions consist primarily of play, but this is the basic therapeutic tool of child therapy, and a child may be working very hard in therapy without it being obvious to the parent.
When a child enters treatment, it is customary for the parents to meet with the therapist first, and to have periodic adjunct sessions in which they can voice concerns, and to hear about the child's progress.
Children’s Socialization Group
Children's Socialization Group is an opportunity to help children who are having difficulty in their peer relationships learn new skills to make and keep friends.
New Skills and Choices program is to ensure that children and families within the Family Court System will have the necessary health, developmental and social underpinnings to assist their success in life. The programs are a comprehensive and integrated continuum of care consisting of three levels: prevention, intervention, and intensive intervention.
Parents in Conflict - eight weeks of group intervention for both parents
The class objectives are to help parents build new skills in communication and parenting and to make constructive choices for their family.
Parents in this class may have:
Conflict over visitation and custody of their children
Children in the family who are in stress due to parental conflict and separation
Litigation that is entrenched
We encourage both parents to participate in the classes
Safe Families - twelve weeks of group intervention for both parents
Families referred by the Superior Court include: The class objectives are to help parents build a safe environment for their children and reduce conflict and increase child protection.
Parents in this in class may have:
A history of domestic violence allegations
A contact/restraining orders
Supervised exchanges for visitation
Both parents attend separate classes held on different days of the week
Co-parenting and Parallel-Parenting Counseling
Accepts: sliding scale, Valley Health Plan, Victim Witness Funds, FIRST 5 Santa Clara County (Family Court Services program)
Centre for Living with Dying 408.278.2513
The Atrium 1265 El Camino Real, Suite 208 Santa Clara
grief counseling for adults; Healing Heart program for children
on-going group counseling for school age children
Crisis Care Team will come to schools; slight fee may be requested (donation)
Centro de Bienstar 408.287.6200
160 E. Virginia, Suite 280 San Jose
We serve children and families, adolescents, mentally ill adults, homeless, and older adult populations. Our services include:
Mental Health (Centro de Bienestar) Centro De Bienestar (Center of Well Being) is a multi-service behavioral health care provider.
Substance abuse counseling (Proyecto Primavera)
Drinker Driver Program
Deferred entry of judgement (DEJ) program
Alcohol/Drug Outpatient and SACPA treatment programs
Perinatal intensive outreach treatment program
Spanish speaking
Children’s Health Council 650.326.5530
Toll Free # 866.242.6789
650 Clark Way Palo Alto
CHC offers a flexible problem solving approach to the assessment
and treatment of:
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Asperger's/Autism
School Performance/School Readiness
Children with Complex Medical Problems (CCMP)
Medically Fragile
Behavior Management
Anxiety
Depression
Communication/Speech and Language Issues
Kindergarten Readiness
Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity
Treatment Expertise
Individual and Family
Group therapy services
Behavior assessment, management and consulting services
Neuropsychology services integrated with other specialty care
Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) 650.965.2020
711 Church St Mountain View
Onsite and Community–Based:
•Parenting Classes and Support Groups
•Restorative Justice Program (Santa Clara Juvenile Probation Program)
•New Outlooks – Adolescent drug & alcohol program
•Outlet – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth Outreach
•A Place for Girls
•A Place for Kids
•Anger management classes
•Family Partner collaborative with First 5 of Santa Clara County
•Blossom Project – Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood
•Individual/Family/Couples Counseling and Psychotherapy (Village Wellness)
–Counseling
–Bilingual/bicultural services
–Child Abuse, Domestic Violence
–Information and Referral Services
•Psychological Assessment
County Mental Health - Santa Clara Co. 800.704.0900
(www.sccgov.org/portal/site/mhd)
The Mental Health Call Center can be contacted regarding a mental health crisis that you or a family member might be experiencing. Staff is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 1(800)704-0900 and can speak with you in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Suicide & Crisis Services (24/7 Hotline) 408.279.3312
Emergency Psychiatric Services 408.885.6100
871 Enborg Ct San Jose
Mobile Mental Health Team? 408.885.6210
2221 Enborg Ct San Jose
Clinics:
Bascom Mental Health Center 408.793.5870
650 So. Bascom Avenue San Jose
Bascom Mental Health Center is a Family & Children Outpatient Mental Health Clinic. Services provided include assessments, emergency evaluations, individual and family therapy, medication evaluations and medication support services. Referrals are received from the Juvenile Probation Department, Acute.....
Central Mental Health Center 408.885.6220
2221 Enborg Lane San Jose
Central Mental Health is an outpatient mental health clinic which serves adults, 18-60, older adults age 60+, and is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A full array of mental health services are provided which include: crisis intervention, case management, mental health supportive co.....
Children's Shelter MH Clinic 408.558.5460
4525 Union Avenue San Jose
Community Solutions 408.779.5773
16264 Church Street, Suite 103 Morgan Hill
Provides a spectrum of residential and outpatient behavioral health services to children and adults including: after school programs, sexual assault, child abuse prevention programs, parenting services, supervised visitation, juvenile justice related programs, batterer intervention programs, DDP, IL.....
Downtown Mental Health Center 408.299.6175
1075 East Santa Clara Street San Jose
The Downtown Mental Health Center has three full-time Service Teams operating daily, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm. The Teams provide a full array of mental health services, case management services, crisis intervention, and medication support services. All Teams are comprised of care managers.....
Fair Oaks Mental Health 408.555.5987
660 South Fairoaks Avenue Sunnyvale
Fair Oaks Mental Health is unique in providing outpatient services to children, adolescents and their families, as well as to seriously mentally ill adults and young adults. The Family and Children’’s Division services offered at Fair Oaks may include: individual, group, collateral, family therapy.....
Family & Children Services 408.292.9353
950 W. Julian Street San Jose
A health and human services agency dedicated to building strong, safe, and self-sufficient individuals and families.
Gardner Family Care Corp. Centro De Bienestar 408.287.6200
160 E. Virginia Street, Suite 280 San Jose
Gardner Family Care Corp. provides outpatient mental health services to predominantly Latino children, families, and adults and older adults; including mental health services Intensive in-home mental health treatment services to youth involved with the Juvenile Justice System, school-linked mental health.....
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley 408.445.3400
1333 Meridian Avenue San Jose
The Indian Health Center provides outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services. These services include individual, group, family therapy, case management, psychiatric evaluations, psychosocial assessments and wellness education. A wide variety of individual and group activities.....
Las Plumas Mental Health Center 408.272.6726
1650-K Las Plumas Avenue San Jose
Outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents and young adults. Services include assessments, individual and family therapy, medication evaluations and medication support services, case management, and crisis intervention. Referrals are received from the Juvenile Probation Department, .....
Mekong Community Center 408.274.2453
1661 Burdette Drive, Suite C San Jose
Mekong Community Center provides linguistically and culturally sensitive mental health services to enable mentally disabled South East Asian refugees/immigrants; particularly Vietnamese;.
Mental Health Clinic at Juvenile Hall 408.299.3166
840 Guadalupe Parkway San Jose
Outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents and their families. Services include assessments, individual and family therapy, medication evaluations and medication support services, case management, and crisis intervention.
Mental Health Clinic at Muriel Wright Center 408.227.8022
298 Bernal Road San Jose
Outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents and their families. Services include assessments, individual and family therapy, medication evaluations and medication support services, case management, and crisis intervention.
Ujima Adult & Family Services 408.928.1700
2681-B Zanker Road San Jose
Afro centric services targeting African American families and youth at risk. Providing 24 hour home based case management services for those youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system and African American Survival Skills Groups for youth and families. Adult Program: is a culturally proficient.....
Eastern European Service Agency 408.297.7348
1046 W. Taylor St, Suite 100 San Jose
Advocacy within the legal, educational and Social Service Systems. Assist in the completion of forms or applications. Translation of foreign documents. Licensed Mental Health Services and comprehensive Health and community referrals. Prenatal, childbirth and postpartum care. Self help groups. Housing assistance. Emergency transportation.
Refugee question and answer phone line.
Eastfield Ming Quong Family Clinic 408.379.3790
For after-hour and weekend emergencies, contact EMQ FamiliesFirst's Mobile Crisis Program at (408) 379-9085 or toll-free (877) 41-CRISIS (412-7474).
251 Llewellyn Ave Campbell
Services at this Location
24/7 Intensive Family Services
Addiction Prevention Services
Crisis Services
Experiential Therapy
Family Therapeutic Services
First 5
Foster Care and Adoption Services
Matrix Program
Psychiatric Services
School-based Treatment
Systems of Care
Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS)
Wraparound (Program UPLIFT®)
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
(A) Home Within 888.898.2AHW (2249)
"One child. One therapist. For as long as it takes," offers pro-bono psychotherapy to current and former foster youth who have been in the foster care system
San Jose, CA
Ling Lam, MA, MFT
Clinical Director
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Ling Lam is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice in San Jose and Palo Alto, specializing in relationships, stress and anxiety, and personal growth. Besides his private practice and volunteer work with the San Jose chapter of A Home Within, Ling has helped facilitate a class on interpersonal dynamics at the Stanford Business School and a support group for kids who have lost a parent. Ling has dual Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Counseling Psychology, and has worked as a HDTV chip designer before he hit his quarter-life crisis, volunteered at an orphanage in Russia, and started the journey to become a therapist.
JFK University Community Counseling Center 408.524.4900
http://www.jfku.edu/Locations/Community-Counseling-Centers/Sunnyvale-Counseling-Center.html
572 Dunholme Way Sunnyvale
JFK University’s Sunnyvale Community Counseling Center provides high-quality mental health services at affordable rates. It is a safe, confidential place to receive personal counseling and find support. The center is staffed by mature graduate students from the Counseling Psychology programs in the College of Professional Studies who are supervised by professionals licensed in clinical psychology, marriage and family therapy, and social work.
Adults, children, couples and families can receive counseling for a wide variety of issues, including:
Parent education
Therapeutic groups
School-related issues
Alcohol and drug problems
Life transitions
Family conflicts
Divorce
Grief
Anxiety and depression
Incest and abuse
Sexuality
Appointments are available weekdays or evenings (we cannot accommodate walk-ins), and the center is wheelchair accessible
Staff
Counseling at the Centers is provided by caring, mature graduate students from the Counseling Psychology program in JFKU's College of Professional Studies. Counseling trainees and interns are supervised by professionals licensed in clinical psychology, marriage and family therapy and social work.
Fees
Fees are on an affordable, sliding-scale; however, third-party payments cannot be accepted.
Referrals
Referrals will be made to other agencies for individuals who are acutely suicidal, potentially violent, suffering from severe psychiatric illness, or actively abusing drugs or alcohol.
Kaiser Santa Clara Adult Psychiatry Department 408-366-4400
Santa Clara: 700 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara
Building 2
Kaiser Santa Clara Child Psychiatry Department 408-366-4450
Santa Clara: 700 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara
Building 2
Kaiser Santa Clara Chemical Dependency Recovery Program 408-366-4200
Santa Clara: 700 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara
Building 1
Momentum 408.254.6828
http://www.momentumformentalhealth.org/
438 North White Road San Jose
Momentum offers a comprehensive array of treatment, rehabilitation and housing programs and services to people of all ages recovering from psychiatric disabilities. Specialized, culturally competent services are available for Latino, Asian and African-American populations.
Momentum services include:
Adult Crisis Residential Services
Adult Residential Care Services
Day Rehabilitation Services
Employment Services
Outpatient Services
Privately Funded Services
Youth and Family Services
Specific services and programs include:
Crisis residential treatment - 46 beds at three sites
Transitional residential treatment - 12 beds
Crossroads - 45 beds
Supported housing with mental health supports - 104 capacity
Adolescent outpatient program - 80 capacity
Multi-disciplinary, community-based service teams providing case management, rehabilitation and treatment - 2,000 capacity
Employment services - 350 served at two sites
Family services, community support and prevention programs
Rehabilitation and self-help services.
Mobile Crisis Team - Child & Adolescent (CACP) 408-379-9085
Or 1-877-41-CRISIS
serves children & adolescents up to age 18 and their families; will go to schools
provides direct intervention for acute psychological crisis / linkage to comm. Services
Palo Alto Medical Foundation 650-853-4726
http://www.pamf.org/teen/santaclara.html
links for resource for youth
Process Therapy Institute 408-358-2218
16573 Los Gatos-Almaden Rd Los Gatos
Individual, couple, child, and family counseling
Free initial discovery session
CRISIS, ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AACI Domestic Violence Shelter 408-975-2739
2400 Moorpark Ave. Ste 300, San Jose
- Crisis intervention shelter for women & children (girls any age, boys to age 12)
Adult Protective Services 408-928-3860
For dependent adults ages 18-59, or adults over 60 800-414-2002
- Hours Monday –Friday 8 am – 5 pm
California Youth Crisis Line (www.youthcrisisline.org) 800-843-5200
- 24 hour help for runaways or kids in crisis
Child Advocates of Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties 408-573-5600
1731 N First St, #3 San Jose
- recruits & trains community volunteers to represent children in the juvenile justice system
- trains volunteers to act as court-appointed advocates to abandoned, neglected or abused children
Child and Adolescent Crisis Program (CACP) @ Eastfield Ming Quong 408-379-9085
251 Llewellyn Ave Campbell
- Provide mobile crisis response; will come to schools
- Can initiate a 72 hour hold (5150) for danger to self/others
- Crisis intervention services include assessment & diagnosis, child and family evaluation, linkages with other services
- Cost comparable to a visit to the emergency room; insurance usually covers
Child Assault Prevention /CAPP (www.ywca.scv.org) 408-295-4011 X208
375 S Third St San Jose
YWCA Project to empower children to recognize/deal with potentially abusive situations
Child Protective Services (Abuse & Neglect Reports Hotline) 408-299-2071
373 W Julian San Jose 95110
Children’s Shelter 408-558-5460
4525 Union Ave San Jose
Family Violence Center 408-277-3700
125 E. Gish (X 4th St) San Jose
- Services for victims of family violence, includes counseling, advocacy, referrals to 24 hour shelters, assistance with obtaining restraining orders, education programs
- Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm
Family Violence Counseling Associates 408-246-9990
2136 The Alameda San Jose
- Helping Hands program
Mobile Crisis Team (formerly Emergency Treatment Center) 408-292-4357
- Service of the Adult & Child Guidance Center
- Serves adolescents age 11-17 and their families; will come to schools
- Ongoing counseling/fee based on sliding scale; accepts MediCal
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 800-843-5678
National Child Abuse Hotline 800-422-4453
New beginnings… 408-271-9769
265 N Meridian, Ste. 9 San Jose
- Offenders’ program for men, counseling for victims. Probation certified
Next Door (www.nextdoor.org) 408-279-2962
1181 N 4th Street, Ste. A, San Jose
- women’s shelter; support for physical abuse
- drop in support groups (fee)
- 24 hour crisis line
Parent Aide Program 408-292-9353
950 W. Julian St. San Jose
- Child abuse prevention program that provides in-home support for parents: helping them deal with stress, isolation, and developing realistic expectations for children
- Provided by Adult & Child Guidance Center
Parental Stress Hotline 408-993-8336
Suicide & Crisis Intervention Services 408-279-3312
- 24 hour information & referral; telephone crisis counseling
Support Network for Battered Women 800-572-2782
444 Castro Street Mountain View
- 24 hour “lifeline”
- individual counseling
- free drop in-support groups; child care provided
- divorce clinic; lawyer consultations available
Turning Point Counseling & Educational Services 408-739-2171
- English, Spanish, Cantonese.
- Women's groups.
- Batterer’s group
Valley Medical Center: Pediatric SART Team 408-885-6460
751 S Bascom Ave, Bldg H12 San Jose
- Sexual Abuse Response Team provides evidentiary exam for rape & sexual assault victims up to age 12
Victim Witness Assistance Center (Intake Unit) 408-295-2656
777 N. 1st Street San Jose
- provides compensation for medical expenses, income loss, counseling
- eligibility: a police report must have been filed
Victims of Crime Resource Center 800-842-8467
WATCH (Women & their Children’s Housing) 408-271-9422
2400 Moorpark Ave, Ste. 350 San Jose
non-emergency transitional housing & program for battered women
individual and group counseling for women & children, life skills programs
YWCA Rape Crisis Line 408-287-3000
- 24 hour crisis intervention
EMERGENCY HOUSING, RUNAWAYS, HOMELESSNESS
Bill Wilson Center 408-243-0222
3490 The Alameda Santa Clara
Runaway & Homeless Youth Shelter: short-term housing for runaway, homeless, and other troubled youth (ages 11-17). Individual, group, and family counseling provided to restore family ties if possible, and stabilize homeless youth to avoid victimization from street life.
Transitional Housing Program: comprehensive services for homeless youth ages 16 to 22, including young parents & their infants. Long-term shelter, independent living skills training, job readiness skills, and counseling. Teen parents also learn parenting skills.
Independent Living Skills Program: teaches youth in foster care skills they need to become self-sufficient. Youth in group homes / foster care "age out" of the system at 18 regardless of whether they have skills needed to be independent. Many end up on the streets and homeless. ILP focuses on job skills, household management, and interpersonal skills.
Drop-in Center (downtown San Jose) helps homeless at-risk youth, ages 12 - 22, by providing basic necessities (food, clothing, personal hygiene items). The program also provides counseling, living skills training, job readiness training, housing assistance, health education (including HIV prevention) links to other services such as legal services and health care.
Children’s Shelter Mental Health 408-558-5460
4525 Union Ave San Jose
Emergency Housing Consortium 408-294-2100
2011 Little Orchard San Jose
Shelter Bed Hotline (24 hour) 800-774-3583
Social Advocates for Youth 408-253-3540
1072 S. DeAnza Blvd., #A-208 San Jose
SAFE PLACE – Place for teens in times of crisis; 24 hour crisis line
CASA SAY – Licensed Shelter for Homeless/Runaway Youth
Independent Living Program
HOSPITALS & EMERGENCY PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
Child and Adolescent Crisis Program (CACP) @ Eastfield Ming Quong 408-379-9085
251 Llewellyn Ave Campbell
- Provide mobile crisis response; will come to schools
- Can initiate a 72 hour hold (5150) for danger to self/others
- Crisis intervention services include assessment & diagnosis, child and family evaluation, linkages with other services
- Cost comparable to a visit to the emergency room; insurance usually covers
El Camino Hospital 24 hour emergency services 650-940-7055
Information 650-940-7000
2500 Grant Rd Mountain View
- evaluation fee; some insurance plans accepted
- MediCal will pay a portion of the expenses
Emergency Psychiatric Services (24 hours) (County Mental Health) 408-885-6100
82 Endborg Court San Jose
Good Samaritan Hospital Emergency Services 408-559-2211
Information 408-559-2011
2425 Samaritan Dr San Jose
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara 408-236-6400
900 Kiely Blvd Santa Clara
Lucille Packard Stanford Children’s Hospital 650-497-8000
725 Welch Road Palo Alto
O’Connor Hospital 24 hour Emergency Services 408-947-2666
Information 408-947-2500
2105 Forest Ave San Jose
Poison Control Center 24 hour emergency hotline 800-876-4766
Stanford Hospital 24 hour emergency 650-723-5111
Information 650-723-4000
300 Pasteur Drive Palo Alto
Valley Medical Center 24 hour emergency 408-885-6950
Information 408-885-5000
751 S Bascom Ave San Jose
HOTLINES & SELF HELP RESOURCES
(see also chemical dependency for additional hotlines)
Adult Protective Services 408-928-3860
- For dependent adults ages 18-59 and all adults over 60
AIDS Hotline 800-342-2437
AIDS/HIV - ARIS Toll free local information number: 408-683-2315
AMBER ALERT 911
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children suggests 3 criteria that should be met before an Alert is activated:
- Law enforcement confirms a child has been abducted.
- Law enforcement believes the circumstances surrounding the abduction indicate that the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death.
- There is enough descriptive information about the child, abductor, and/or suspect's vehicle to believe an immediate broadcast alert will help.
- If you see or hear the vehicle described in Amber Alert, call 1-800-TELL CHP (835-5247)
Battered Women Support Hotline (24 hours) 800-572-2782
California Youth Crisis Line (24 hours) 800-843-5200
- Help for runaways or youth in crisis, just to talk
- Ages 12-24
Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting (CPS) 408-299-2071
Contact Helpline (24 hours) 408-279-8228
- Information, referral, counseling, SIDS support team
Crisis line for the Handicapped (24 hours) 800-264-3066
- Crisis intervention & referrals for the physically disabled
Gay & Lesbian Youth HotLine (24 hours) 800-850-8087
- For ages 23 and under
- Confidential Hotline is staffed by other young people
- Answer questions, thoughts & concerns re: homosexuality, bisexuality, transgender, & gender identity
- 24 hour information line 408-703-6163
Mobile Crisis Team (formerly Emergency Treatment Center) 408-292-4357
- Service of the Adult & Child Guidance Center
- Serves adolescents age 11-17 and their families; will come to schools
- Ongoing counseling/fee based on sliding scale; accepts MediCal
National Center for Missing & Exploited children 800-843-5678
Report a missing child or child pornography, or the on-line enticement of children
National Runaway Switchboard 800-621-4000
Parental Stress Hotline (9:00 am – midnight) 650-327-3333
South Bay 408-993-7336
Runaway Hotline (24 hours) 800-621-4000
South County Rape Crisis Intervention Service (24 hours) 408-779-2115
Suicide & Crisis Intervention Service (24 hours) 408-279-3312
- Information & referral
- Telephone counseling crisis counseling
Support Network Crisis line for Battered Women (24 hour) 800-572-2782
24 hour crisis line at the Support Network for Battered Women
Teen Health Line (Packard Children’s Hospital – 12pm-8pm) 888-711-8336 (TEEN)
Registered nurses answer confidential questions for teens
Teenline (9 am – 12 am, Family Service Mid-Peninsula) 650-327-8336
408-993-8338 (TEEN)
Vanished Children’s Alliance 408-296-1113
2095 Park Ave San Jose
Victim Witness Assistance Center 408-295-2656
777 N 1st St San Jose
Warm Line for Children (24 hours) 408-279-0303
WOMA Women’s Alliance – Crisis Line 408-279-7550
- 24 hour crisis line for battered women at Next Door
Youth Crisis Hotline (24/7 hours, toll free) 888-247-7717
- Ages 8-18
- Referrals to services in the youth’s area
YWCA Rape Crisis Hotline (24 lines) 408-287-3000
PRIVATE PRACTICE THERAPISTS
(underline = former SCUSD intern)
Ina Adams, LMFT 408-244-4815
- Abuse
- Custody issues
- Will negotiate re: fees
Associated Valley Counselors 408-244-9317
1132 McKendrie St San Jose
Mike Axelman, PhD 650-361-1780
http://www.careparenting.net/index.html
4157 El Camino Way, C, Palo Alto
- $175/hour
Diane Azevedo, LMFT 408-358-2876
15000 LOS GATOS BLVD #8 Los Gatos
Misty Batch, LMFT 408-504-1559
Steven Benovitz, LMFT 408-985-9767
4100 Moorpark Dr #212 San Jose
Dr. Susan Bucholz 650-988-8011
Mountain View
- $155/hour
Sharon Carberry, LMFT 650-344-0928
- Sandplay, chemical dependency, family therapy
George Cenkner, MFT 800-928-5503
1588 Homestead Rd Santa Clara
www.collaborativewellness.net
- "Solution Focused Counseling and Consulting"
Lucia Chambers, LMFT 408-244-7942
1939 The Alameda Santa Clara
- Divorce/child custody or arbitration
- Children, adolescents, couples, families, sandplay
Sue Cheatham, LMFT 408-395-5580
Judy Collins-Wolfe, LMFT 408-370-6595
Steve Darrow, LCSW 408-985-1217
100 N. Winchester Blvd., Suite #364 Santa Clara
- Adolescents
- Drug & Alcohol, target relapse prevention
Bonnie L. Faber 408-836-4110
2020 Forest Avenue, Suite 7 San Jose
- She is primarily psychodynamic / relational, but also CBT, family, enneagram,
Gail Faris, LMFT 408-356-1414
Don Hadlock, LMFT (Process Therapy Institute) 408-985-0797
Cassandra Harms, LMFT (The Center for Developing Minds) 408.358.1853
15951 Los Gatos Blvd., Suite 6 Los Gatos
- provides individual counseling services as well as groups for anger management, organization and managing attention deficits/hyperactivity, and social skills.
Susan Holcumb, LMFT 408-358-2218 X417
Leslie Ingram, LMFT 408-297-7970
Community Counseling Association
1140 Pedro St Ste. 7 San Jose
- Moderately priced
Janet Karzmartz, LMFT 408-241-4175
52 Harold Ave Santa Clara
Keith Kellogg, LCSW. 408-356-1414
- Supportive in-depth psychotherapy for adults, adolescents and couples - straight, bisexual, and gay. Issues commonly dealt with include depression, fear, loneliness, intimacy, coming out, HIV, ACA, and sexual abuse.
Denise Leffers, LMFT 408-248-7901
1588 Homestead Rd Santa Clara
Lynn Marrin, LMFT 650-323-5758
851 Fremont Ave., 214 Los Altos
Connie McGrath, LMFT 408-244-5130
Terrance McLarnan, 408-247-9399
100 N Winchester # 264 Santa Clara
- Children, families, adults
- Has worked with LD and SED children
- Anger management group therapy
Kathy McNamara, LMFT 408-356-8200 X426
Process Therapy Institute
16573 Los Gatos-Almaden Rd Los Gatos
- Individual, child, couples & family counseling; sliding scale
- Process therapy institute approach: play therapy, gestalt, sand tray, art therapy
- Specializes in working with families of Special Needs Children (ADHD, LD, autism, FAS/FAE, developmental delay, emotional & behavior issues)
- Parent educator for the YWCA
Michelle Piro, LMFT 408-xxx-xxxx
David Steele, LMFT 408-261-3332
4020 Moorpark Ave San Jose
- Specializes in behavior modification, ADHD children
Sara A. Tsuboi, MFT, JD 650.213.6899
780 Welch Road, Suite 207 Palo Alto
- Child. adolescent, and family psychotherapy
- CARE Parenting
Jeff Zimmerman, PhD 408-257-6882
http://baftta.com/aboutus.html
Bay Area Family Therapy Training Associates (BAFTTA)
21760 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino
- Children, adolescents, families, parent education
- Michael White therapeutic techniques
Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin, PhD 408-257-6882
http://baftta.com/aboutus.html
Bay Area Family Therapy Training Associates (BAFTTA)
21760 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino
- Children, adolescents, families, parent education
- Michael White therapeutic techniques
SPECIAL NEEDS RESOURCES
Achieve 408.928.5777
1212 McGinness Avenue San Jose
- Special Education Services:
– Speech/Language Therapy
– Community Integration
– Transitional Services
– Technology Integration
– Vocational Training
AMC Entertainment
AMC Cupertino Square 16 1023 N. Wolfe road, Cupertino
AMC Mercado 20 3111 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara
- Sensory-friendly films program.
- Films shown once a month usually on a Saturday morning. (G/PG family films)
- Films have quieter sound system, less dim lights, no previews/advertisements, audience members are welcome to get up, dance, walk, or sing.
- “Silence is Golden” policy is not enforced unless safety of the audience is in question.
- May bring your own snacks for those on special diets.
Angels On Stage 408-394-6816
1582 Branham Lane #326, San Jose
- A non-profit charitable organization that provides special needs children with abilities of any type and degree, an opportunity to participate in musical theatre.
- For ages 5-22 years.
Aspiranet 408-229-0775
588A Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose
- Family Focused Support Network is an in-home behavior program designed to assist families with children who have developmental disabilities, by using techniques to address the child’s behaviors, and developmental stages, and to help parents learn coping skills to better connect with their children.
- Typically treat the following types of issues: Tantrums/aggression, rigidity/lack of patience, disconnection/lack of awareness of self or others, running away, poor hygiene, poor family relations, communication issues, and developmental milestones.
- Services referred through San Andreas Regional Center although they will take fee for service clients also.
- Services are provided typically for 9-18 months or longer if needed.
California Department of Rehabilitation 408-277-1355
100 Paseo de San Antonio, Room 324, San Jose
- The department of Rehabilitation (DOR) assists Californians with disabilities obtain and retain employment and maximize their ability to live independently in their communities. Working with individuals of every type and category of disability, DOR provides vocational rehabilitation services to eligible Californians. DOR also provides ADA technical assistance and training.
Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) 650-917-6800
Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View
- For grades 4-8th. (Although exceptions can be made.)
- Special needs classes are being held and students are differentiated by ability and functioning.
- 10 week classes - $190 with financial aid available.
Cupertino Parks and Recreation 408-777-3120
- Special needs gymnastics class.
- Ages 5-12 years
- Focus on balance, gross and fine motor skills, strength, and coordination.
- Fee for service.
Friends of Children with Special Needs 408-725-8000
1600 South De Anza Boulevard, San Jose
- Variety of fee for service programs including a full-time after-school program.
- Integrated play groups, tutorial groups, occupational, music, and art therapies.
- Open to all ages from pre-K- Adult.
- Summer program available.
- Family support gatherings including speakers for bi-weekly seminars. (Daycare included.)
- San Andreas Regional Center referral only for Adult Day Program
- Serving mostly students with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, and Downs Syndrome.
HOPE Services 408-282-0402
www.hopeservices.org
1555 Parkmoor Ave, San Jose
- HOPE Services Counseling Center provides professional counseling for both adults and children who have a developmental disability and a qualifying mental health diagnosis.
- Counseling, Psychiatric and behavioral services are offered.
- San Andreas Regional Center referral required for Purchase of Service
- Services are for adults and children.
- To enroll for services please consult with the San Andreas Regional Center caseworker.
Independent Peer Socialization Training Program 408-247-0037
2280 Kenwood Avenue, San Jose
- After-school adaptive skills training (2:30- 5:00pm)
- Fee for service is $10.43/hr. (non-San Andreas Regional Center clients)
- San Andreas Regional Center can make a referral for Purchase of Service.
- Serves mainly individuals with autism, but is open to any developmentally disabled person who meets their entrance criteria.
- Emphasis placed on the acquisition of social/independent living skills.
iPhone Applications
IEP Checklist (under header of Education)
- Free
- Available in both English and Spanish.
- Provides a quick reference guide containing required and optional points to be considered during an IEP meeting.
- Autism: Advice for Parents (under header of Education)
- Free
- Information available to help parents be supportive and make effective decisions concerning autism treatment.
- Available in English, Spanish, and French.
Organization of Special Needs Families 408-996-0850
20920 McClellan Road, Cupertino
Or
6350 Rainbow Drive, San Jose
- After-school enrichment groups including Social/Music therapy/Occupational therapy
- Saturday enrichment program also available.
- Summer day camp available.
- All special needs students regardless of grade are welcome along with typical peers K-8.
- San Andreas Regional Center can make a referral for Purchase of Service, but fee for service is available for non-Regional Center clients.
- Staff ratio 1:3
NOVA 408-730-7232
505 W. Olive Ave. Suite 550 Sunnyvale
- Youth Employment resource
Paratransit San Jose 408-436-2865
http://www.outreach1.org/index.htm
- OUTREACH is committed to the mission of supporting older adults, individuals with disabilities and low-income families with their efforts to lead independent and self-sufficient lives. Santa Clara County’s CalWORKs (California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids) Through funding from the County’s Social Services Agency and the regional Lifeline Transportation Program, OUTREACH is able to offer the following programs for CalWORKs participants and a limited number of low-income individuals making the transition to employment. For more information regarding any of OUTREACH's Transportation Services for CalWORKs participants: (408) 436-2865, ext. 223.
- Guaranteed Ride Program Qualified participants are eligible for a limited number of free door-to-door transportation to travel to work, training, school, and other site that support their efforts to become financially self-sufficient. Participants may use the service to drop off their children (up to 13 years of age) at school or daycare on their way to their CalWORKs eligible destination and pickup their children on their return home. Stranded at work when your car unexpectedly breaks down? Use Guaranteed Ride to get home.
- Give Kids a Lift! Give Kids a Lift! provides after-school transportation for the school age children (5 to 13 years of age) of CalWORKs participants. The program is designed to relieve parents of some of the transportation needs of their children so that they do not have to interrupt their work, training or school in order to transport their children to day care or a homework center after school.
- Valley Transportation Authority makes paratransit service available to persons who are unable to independently use its bus or light rail services due to physical, visual or cognitive disabilities, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
San Andreas Regional Center 408-374-9960
300 Orchard City Dr, Ste. 170, Campbell
- Serves developmentally disabled children and adults. (Autism, Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy, and Epilepsy)
- Eligibility and intake assessment required for services.
- State-funded program under the Department of Disabilities serving those qualifying under the Lanterman Act.
- Under the age of 3 years may qualify for services through Early Start. (1-800-404-5900)
SPECIFIC TREATMENT OPTIONS
AUTISM ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT PLANNING
Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP 831-333-9070
P.O. Box 222171 Carmel
- Program serves children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), including autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and related social learning disabilities (PDD-NOS, NLD, etc.), from birth to adolescence, their families, and those involved in their care (clinicians, educators, and paraprofessionals).
- Social communication assessment and treatment planning sessions
- SCERTS Model
EATING DISORDERS
Stanford Eating Disorders Clinic 650-723-5511
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
401 Quarry Road Stanford, CA 94305
- Inpatient services
- outpatient treatment
- treatment studies
SELF-MUTILATION (CUTTING)
Tonja Krautter, Psy.D, LCSW 408-808-1580
14651 South Bascom Ave Site. 225 Los Gatos
- Specialty: Self-Mutilation/Cutting Behaviors
- Eating Disorders
- Child, Adolescent & Adult psychotherapy
SUBSTANCE ABUSE: INFORMATION, REFERRAL, & SUPPORT
Addiction Prevention Services (formerly Kids are Special) 408-379-3796
251 Llewellyn Ave Campbell
- groups for youth age 13-17 demonstrating “high-risk” behavior
- family focus groups: addiction education & family behavior modification
Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Education Program (A-DAEP) 408-741-2096
West Valley College 14000 Fruitvale Saratoga
- No fee 12 hour substance abuse intervention/education program for teens
- High school students are referred by probation officers or school staff
Alanon/Alateen (24 hours) 408-379-1051
1 W. Campbell Rm Q83 Campbell
- 12 step support groups for family members affected by alcohol & drug use
- call for meeting times locations
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) (24 hours) 408-374-8511
274 E. Hamilton, Ste. D Campbell
- 12 step support group for alcoholics and addicts
- regular hours: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm & 2:00 – 4:00 pm; phone is answered 24 hours
- call for meeting times & locations
Comadres 408-288-6209
- San Jose and Mountain View locations
- Adult Drug & alcohol counseling; also general counseling
- Spanish, Vietnamese speaking
Hazelden Foundation 800-257-7800
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information 800-729-6686
Santa Clara County 24hr ACCESS crisis line 800-704-0900
Perinatal Substance Abuse Program 408-885-4060
2425 Enborg Lane San Jose
- Pregnant women, parenting women with children up to age 17. Drug free and methadone maintenance treatment
- Comprehensive outpatient alcohol and drug treatment. Emphasis on health, parenting and life skills. Services primarily in English, Spanish speaking staff .Child care and transportation available.
- Sliding scale, MediCal and private insurance.
Recovery Connections 408-264-9200
1723 Hamilton Ave Ste D, San Jose
- Adult residential treatment facility located in Santa Clara
- Outpatient support groups
- Sober living residences
Smoker’s Helpline 800-NO BUTTS (766-2888)
Spanish 800-45 NO FUME (456-6386)
- Information & support for quitting – kids & adults
- Smoker’s helpline is also available in Vietnamese, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Hearing Impaired – call for additional numbers
TRIAD Community Services 408-395-3773
Adolescent Alcohol & Other Drugs Outpatient program
- Free community education series
- Free adolescent assessments
SUBSTANCE ABUSE: SELF HELP/12 STEP/HOTLINES
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) (24 hour) 408-374-8511
Al-Anon/Alateen 408-379-1051
Cocaine Anonymous (CA) 408-496-9107
Cocaine Helpline (24 hours) 800-262-2463
Codependents Anonymous (CODA) 408-496-1570
Debtors Anonymous 415-522-9099
Dual (diagnosis) Recovery Anonymous 408-275-1010
Emotions Anonymous 408-238-7323
Gamblers Anonymous 800-287-8670
Marijuana Anonymous (MA) 408-450-0796
Nar-Anon Family groups 408-296-2474
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) (24 hours) 408-998-4200
Nicotine Anonymous 415-750-0328
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) 408-298-7243
Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) 408-450-2681
Smart Recovery (formerly Rational Recovery) 408-739-7230
- 12-step program without religious component
Smokers Anonymous (see Nicotine Anonymous)
SUBSTANCE ABUSE: TREATMENT
The Camp 877-577-6237
256 E. Hamilton Ave Stes J & K Campbell
- structured adolescent outpatient treatment
- includes assessment, individual/group/family counseling
- 12 step groups
Charter Behavioral Health System 408-224-2020
455 Silicon Valley Blvd., San Jose 95138
Columbia Good Samaritan Behavioral Health 408-559-2000
DADS Treatment Programs for Adolescents 408-272-6518
El Camino Hospital Chemical Dependency Services 650-940-7250
2500 Grant Rd. Mountain View
Kaiser Chemical Dependency Recovery Program (CDRP) 408-236-6815
- 6 week INSIGHT program 3 days/week
- one hour orientation for parents
Target Relapse Prevention 408-985-1217
100 N. Winchester Blvd Ste.364 Santa Clara
- Steve Darrow, LCSW, Advanced Target Relapse Prevention Specialist, Terence Gorski model
- 16 week individual program, 1-2X/week
Thunder Road Adolescent Treatment Center 510-653-5040
390 40th Street Oakland
- residential treatment program (6 weeks)
- accepts insurance; self pay
