Berkeley Parents Network: Finding Affordable Therapy

Berkeley Parents Network

Finding Affordable Therapy

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Therapist who accepts Medi-Cal and/or Medicare

January 2003

My mother has Medi-Cal and Medicare and suffers from severe depression. I am desperately looking for a therapist/counselor/psychiatrist who can help her, but have difficulty finding anyone who accepts Medi-Cal and/or Medicare. She has limited income, so we need someone who is at least partially covered by her insurance, or has a sliding fee scale. I wish I could afford to send her to the best specialists, but I'm afraid I cannot. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations or advice! Thanks!

Recommendations received:

Berkeley Therapy Institute

Christopher Cunningham

The LifeLong Clinic (2)

Rob Perl

Psychotherapy on a tight budget

June 2002

Recently moved to the Bay Area, three small children, one newborn and a husband who travels extensively. I am overwhelmed and living on a very tight budget. Can anyone recommend a low cost psychotherapist in Berkeley or Oakland. Thanks

Links to some of the recommendations below:

Psychology Clinic at UC Berkeley Berkeley

Women's Therapy Center El Cerrito

I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (and a parent) with an office in North Berkeley. I do offer affordable psychotherapy. However, there are a few other possibilities that I would like to share. There are a few Counseling Centers that offer therapy on a sliding scale. The Women's Therapy Center in El Cerritto and JFK Counseling Center in Orinda offer these services. JFK also has groups which can bring down the cost. If you are interested in going on line to view local therapists in private practice, you can visit www.eastbaytherapist.org It has a therapist finder database which will match your needs to a local therapist. If I may be of further assistance, please e-mail me at hillford AT sbcglobal.net or call my office at 301-6166. Good Luck. Cindy Hill-Ford, MFT

You might try the Women's Therapy Center in El Cerrito - the number is 510-524-8288 Cassi Vieten

If you can wait until September, try the psychology clinic at UC Berkeley. Graduate psychology interns work in this low fee clinic. The interns are being supervised by some of the best senior therapists in the bay area. Phone number is 642-2055. You might wamt to try other training clinics for low fee treatment such as the Wright Institute, California School of Professional Psychology, or the Women Health Center (I think that is the name, but I am not sure). Anonymous

There are low cost psychotherapists available at the Berkeley Therapy Institute at 510.841.8484 located on MLK, at the Wright Institute clinic in Berkeley at 510.548.9716,at the Ann Martin Center in Oakland at 510.655.7880, and at the Women's Therapy Center in El Cerrito at 510.524.8288. Good Luck, Andrea

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