Healthcare + Wellbeing Support
SF Healthcare + Therapy
Clinics in 12 neighborhoods of San Francisco, and pop-ups in many more. From their mission statement: “Harm Reduction Therapy Center provides integrated mental health care and substance use treatment to people who, because their relationship with drugs is so intertwined with other emotional and social aspects of their lives, need more than simple “just say no” solutions and mainstream programs.”
Lyon - Martin Community Health Services
Located in the Mission, from their mission statement: “The mission of Lyon-Martin Community Health Services is to provide high quality, compassionate and trauma-informed medical, gynecological, and mental health care services to trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) communities and cis-gender women with specific sensitivity to LGBQA sexual orientation, disability, size, race, ethnicity, and language regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.”
1930 Market Street in the Castro
Phone: (415) 476-3902
Call to schedule an intake or drop by Monday, Wednesday or Friday from 9am-11am.
AHP has a broad range of mental health services for LGBTQ individuals including therapy, psychiatry, substance use recovery, career and vocational counseling, and psychotherapy groups. They offer brief 20-session therapy. They are a part of UCSF and work with people whose health insurance covers UCSF care, such as Healthy San Francisco. They also offer COVID tests on site.
3850 17th Street (At Noe) San Francisco, CA 94114
(628) 217-5700
Monday-Friday 8 am - 6pm
LGBTQ focus, specializing in trans mental health care and writing surgery assessments. Dimensions Clinic for Trans and Queer youth Thursday night and Saturday. Services in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Cantonese. Free for people with SF Medi-Cal or Medi-Care.
Maria X Martinez Health Resource Center (formally Tom Widdel)
555 Stevenson Street San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (628) 217-5800
Broad range of low-barrier healthcare services to address medical, psychological and social needs of vulnerable adults in San Francisco, especially people experiencing homelessness. Patients can receive walk-in assessment and care for non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries. Can also provide medications for addiction treatment (e.g., Buprenorphine) and transitional primary care services. Limited dental and podiatry services are also offered onsite. Can help you sign up for Medi-cal.
Mission Mental Health
2712 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 401-2700
Bilingual therapy and psychiatry available to people with MediCal insurance and Medicare. Great trans competency and 4 female psychiatrists. To get an appointment you need to show up and wait in line at or before 8am any weekday. Its a good idea to be prepared to wait for a few hours or more to get an intake. FREE for people with SF MediCal or MediCare.
San Francisco Community Health Center/Trans Thrive
Main office: 730 Polk St 4th Floor
Trans Thrive: 1460 Pine St SF CA
Trans and sex worker friendly therapy mental health services and groups. Can help you sign up for Medi-cal. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays is 50 and fabulous group 5-6:30. Transmasc group tues 6-730pm, API trans support group wed from 5-630pm
SOMA Mental Health
760 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (415) 836-1700
FREE for people with SF MediCal or Medi-Care. Therapy and Psychiatry for people with MediCal and Medi-Care. To get an appointment, arrive and wait in line at or before 8:30am any Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday. Be prepared to wait for a few hours or more to get an intake, as SOMA Mental Health operates on a first come, first serve basis.
English, Spanish, Tagalog, Ilocano, Pangasinese, and limited Spanish translations available via phone.
Healthright 360
Monday - Friday 8:30am-5pm
Phone:
After hours: 800-200-7181
A resource directory of low to no barrier access to: medical and dental care, case management, residential and non-residential substance use recovery programs, re-entry programs and mental health services. Sliding scale is available based on income. There are services available in San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Contra Costa counties.
PRC (Positive Resource Center) Supportive Housing, Baker Place
For co-occurring mental health and substance treatment.Sliding scale - fees for the residential programs is determined by residents income. There is some room for negotiation as well.Small selection of houses in SF help to facilitate a “real world” experience, enabling clients to feel safe and at home. PRC Baker Place residents are actively involved in highly-structured programs that emphasize the development of group living skills. As a continuum of care, the agency is uniquely positioned to move clients from one program to another. These same clients are often rejected from other treatment programs unable or unwilling to deal with these complexities.
East Bay Referrals
Glenn Burke Clinic-Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
3207 Lakeshore Ave Oakland 510-882-2286
Project between center and Lifelong Medicare. Hormones, STI and HIV testing, peer support groups, sexual health counseling, Spanish Translation services
Pacific Center for Human Growth
2712 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 510-882-2286
Pacific Center for Human Growth is the oldest LGBTQIA+ center in the Bay Area, the third oldest in the nation, and operates the only sliding scale mental health clinic for LGBTQIA+ and QTBIPOC people and their families in Alameda County. Fee is based on income sliding scale
