The Marina Counseling Center

The Marina Counseling Center

San Francisco, CA, United States

Mental healthChildren & YouthLGBTQ+
CharityFounded 1982Regional reach
Profile last updated: May 2, 2026

About

Founded in 1982, The Marina Counseling Center is a charity based in San Francisco, United States working on mental health, children & youth, lgbtq+.

The Marina Counseling Center is a non-profit counseling center in San Francisco, California, offering psychotherapy for adults, children, adolescents, couples and families, in person in San Francisco and virtually throughout California. It provides sliding scale fees based on financial need so that mental health care remains accessible to the Bay Area community, and it serves people from diverse cultural backgrounds, identities and sexual orientations, with specialised support for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC clients. Its services cover individual psychotherapy, couples and relational therapy, child and teen therapy including play therapy, and affordable therapy from supervised trainees and associates. The center also runs an integrative training program for emerging mental health professionals, placing trainees and interns under the supervision of licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. It has operated since 1982.

Location

San Francisco, United States

Founded

1982

Organisation type

Charity

Focus areas

mental healthpsychotherapycounselingsliding scalecouples therapychild and adolescent therapyLGBTQ affirmingtraining programSan Francisco

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Mental healthChildren & YouthLGBTQ+

Works for

ChildrenYouthFamiliesLGBTQ+ peoplePeople in poverty

How they work

Direct servicesCapacity building

Programmes

Training Program

Mental health

Integrative training program for emerging therapists, including practicum and internship placements, supervision and weekly trainings.

School-based counseling program

Children & Youth

Opportunities for students to gain child and family hours through school-based counseling.

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