Mental Health Services YMCA

About Us

The first YMCA of its kind in the country, the Mental Health Services YMCA servers more than 10,000 individuals each year through 20-30 school-based intervention, prevention, and treatment programs; one-on-one counseling, and therapy, along with workshops and support groups at four mental health clinics; clinical training and professional development programs for therapists and youth development specialists; and social safety net services and crisis intervention services at the South San Francisco Community Resource Center.

Led by Dr. Deidra Somerville, we are the first YMCA Mental Health Branch in the nation. Our services include on-site, in-person care for youth, adults, and families across the Bay Area.

We deliver therapeutic approaches to serve the community, rooted in evidence-based mentoring and mental health practices.

At the YMCA of Greater San Francisco, we believe wellness is essential and achieved through a healthy spirit, mind, and body. Our holistic approach enables us to deliver critical mental health resources to youth through afterschool programs and to families through our comprehensive resource centers across San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin.

Some of the programmatic examples of how the Y is delivering Mental Health Services include the individual and group counseling sessions via our Early Periodic Screening and Diagnostic Testing (EPSDT) program in schools, family counseling sessions in our Family Resource Centers, trauma recovery mental health services in community and via home visit, domestic violence counseling, and a host of mental health services provided by the San Mateo Youth Services Bureaus.

We are committed to supporting and nurturing families in developing connected, productive, and healthy youth who can navigate the future and contribute to the community by delivering therapeutic approaches grounded in evidence-based mentoring practices and mental health modalities.