Emotional & Behavioral Wellbeing
In this section, you will find a wide variety of services dedicated to helping teens and young adults with their emotional and behavioral health, including general mental health services, substance abuse services, and eating disorder services in San Diego County.
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Mental Health Counseling – San Diego Rescue Mission
Psychotherapy Center provides free, quality counseling to individuals, families, children and couples who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or unable to afford therapy.
619-819-1845
Survivors of Suicide
Survivors of Suicide Loss (SOSL) reaches out to and supports people who have lost a loved one to suicide. Their goal is to give survivors a place where they can be comfortable expressing themselves, a place to find support, comfort, resources and hope in a judgement-free environment.
619-482-0297
Job Options Inc.
Job Options (JOI) is a San Diego-based not-for-profit company that provides professional service personnel, many of whom have severe mental, physical or psychological disabilities, in basic services such as janitorial, hospital environmental, food service, laundry, administrative and clerical, commissary inventory management and shelf-stocking services. We are proud to offer individuals with disabilities the opportunity for gainful employment without discrimination.
(619)688-1784
Areta Crowell BPSR Center
Areta Crowell Wellness Recovery Center’s services are based on the principles of psychosocial rehabilitation, with emphasis on attending to the whole person and re-establishing one’s life as a result of the consequences of mental illness, rather than simply attending to the symptoms of the illness. The services focus on recovery, rehabilitation, and community integration, and are individualized to meet the needs of each client. Clients actively participate in setting service plan goals and are encouraged to involve family and significant others in the recovery plan.
(619) 233-3432
Love is Respect
This website is basically dating: 101. It explores what dating looks like, ways to respect your partner’s needs, and how to communicate what you want. It also deals with dating abuse, ‘which happens when one partner exerts power and control over the other’. It has tips to help you learn how to prevent, recognize and escape unhealthy relationships (online and off), and even offers legal assistance from the lawyer volunteer program and a live peer chat line.
619-235-5656 / Chat line: 1-866-331-9474
UPAC: Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE) Program
Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE) Program was created to address the effects of community violence, strengthen the family, and empower the community. All services aim to create stronger family bonds, reduce delinquent behavior, and advance community respect. All programs are free and target San Diego’s central region.
(619) 265-2772
UPAC: Helping Empower Authentic Relationships for Teens Program (H.E.A.R.T.)
The San Diego Helping Empower Authentic Relationships for Teens Program (H.E.A.R.T.) offers intervention services for male and female dating violence victims ages 13-24. While H.E.A.R.T. services target youth and young adults living in the Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and African American communities residing in the City Heights and Southeast San Diego areas; all are welcome!
(619) 265-2777
UPAC: Problem Gambling Prevention Program
UPAC’s Problem Gambling Program provides education, workshops, counseling, and treatment to interested groups, professionals, and gamblers at no cost to prevent problem gambling.
(619) 521-5720 Ext. 1313
Crestwood Chula Vista Mental Health Rehabilitation Center
The mission of Crestwood San Diego is to provide an alternative to traditional psychiatric care through collaboration, empowerment, a healing environment, peer providers, family partners, and a recovery-oriented milieu. Crestwood San Diego provides the structure and support needed to promote stabilization and foster recovery. Our goal is to restore a sense of hope, self-empowerment and realized potential of recovery in each of our clients.
(619) 481-6790
Psychiatric Centers at San Diego
PCSD has practiced in San Diego County since 1972, and has enjoyed a reputation for its state of the art treatment and quality of care. The members of PCSD are active in inpatient and outpatient care, medical and clinical administration, research, teaching, lecturing, and clinical writing. Our physicians are trained in evaluation, rapid intervention, short term treatment, and sophisticated medication management. Likewise, our psychologists and therapists are trained in both individual and family therapy, as well as group, short term crisis intervention, and long term psychotherapy, when appropriate. Our nurse practitioners are equally trained in individual and family therapy, as well as group therapy, crisis intervention, and medication management. 11 locations are available throughout San Diego County.
(619) 528-4600
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We do not endorse any specific organization listed nor are we responsible for ensuring the quality of the services listed. Users should always select services at their own discretion. Additionally, this information is subject to change as funding for programs can shift over time, though we do our very best to keep the resource center as up-to-date as possible.