Community Resources
Counseling Services
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Atlantic Street Center
2103 South Atlantic Street
Seattle, WA 98144
Phone: 206-329-2050
Fax: 206-329-2171
Email: csinfo@atlanticstreet.org
Website: www.atlanticstreet.org
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 am-7:00 pm; counselors’ hours are flexible within those hours.
Cost: Intake and sessions are on a sliding fee scale; accepts medical coupons; does not bill insurance but can provide documentation for reimbursement from private insurance.
Additional Information: Our participants face a wide variety of personal, emotional, and financial challenges. Because no one solution will work for everybody, we tailor our services to meet the needs of each family. Our case managers work one-on-one with children and families to help them identify needs and create action plans for positive changes. When appropriate, Atlantic Street Center therapists provide mental health counseling for youth and their families who are dealing with difficult issues such as depression, divorce, trauma recovery, unstable life situations, domestic violence, loss, and abuse. In addition, specialized programs such as Positive Alternatives for Youth and Seattle Team for Youth provide intensive services aimed at reducing illegal activities, increasing school attendance and academic success, and increasing life stability. Together, case managers and therapists provide and coordinate a comprehensive set of services that helps each child and family face their challenges head-on.
Auburn Youth Resources
816 F Street Southeast
Auburn, WA 98002
Phone: 253-939-2202
Fax: 253-939-0667
Website: www.ayr4kids.org
Hours: The intake appointment lasts for 2 hours and is done during normal business hours of 9:00 am-7:00 pm Monday - Thursday and 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Fridays. Counseling appointments can be scheduled as late 8:00 pm and occasionally on Saturdays.
Cost: Flat fee scale. Intake is $125; $100 per session; accepts medical coupons and private insurance; there is a sliding scale available if cannot pay flat fees, do not have medical coupons or insurance.
Additional Information: Professional registered or licensed counselors provide individual, family, and group counseling at our agency and in clients' homes to meet the needs of children (3-19 years old) and their families. AYR counselors are skilled in helping children and families feel comfortable with the counseling process. Common problems addressed include family conflict, suicide, depression, anger and impulse control, teen pregnancy, sexual and physical abuse, school problems, court-referred counseling, and communication problems.
Center for Human Services (CHS)
17018 15th Avenue NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
Phone: 206-362-7282
Fax: 206-362-7152
Email: execdir@chs-nw.org
Website: www.chs-nw.org
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: Sliding fee scale, with highest fee being $90/ hour. CHS accepts a medical coupons and most insurance.
Additional Information: To participate in counseling at CHS, a client needs to begin by calling the CHS
counseling intake line, participate in a phone screening with a counselor, and then schedule their initial appointment.
Coastal Treatment Services
14730 NE 8th Street, Suite 110
Bellevue, WA 98007
Phone: 425-646-4406
Email: info@coastaltreatment.com
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:00 am - 7:00 pm
Cost: Evaluation is $250; mental health orientation is $85; individual counseling is $80 per session; group counseling is $30 per session
Additional Information: Services are for children and adults. Clients need to go through the initial evaluation which takes 3 hours, and then through orientation before starting counseling.
Consejo
3808 S. Angeline St.
Seattle, WA. 98118
Phone: 206-461-4880
Fax: 206-461-6989
Email: hr@consejo-wa.org
Website: www.consejo-wa.org
Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday through Friday
Cost: Sliding scale and medical coupons are accepted.
Additional Information: Mental health counseling for adults and children including those who speak only Spanish. To set up sessions, call and ask for intake.
Divorce Lifeline
433 Minor Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: 206-694-5757 or 1-800-509-0515
Fax: 206-694-5777
Email: northpugetsound@lcsnw.org
Website: www.lcsnw.org
Hours: Varies
Cost: Group therapy may be covered by Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), and by private pay arrangements based on individual assessment. EAP programs require referral for treatment prior to group assessment or group treatment.
Duration: Short Term Groups (5-7 Members) lasts for 10 Weeks; Ongoing Support (For those who have completed Short Term) lasts at least 20 weeks.
Additional Information: There are both Adult and Children/Teen Programs. Divorce Lifeline provides group therapy where individuals learn ways to cope, meet with peers with similar experiences, and work toward healing and a richer life. Divorce Lifeline offers insight, experience, warmth, and understanding. Each group is led by a Master’s level counselor who facilitates the group in its therapeutic process. They are especially skilled in working with the separated and divorced person. Group therapy is a very effective form of treatment and is considerably less expensive than individual therapy.
Family Services
Downtown Location:
615 2nd Ave, Suite 150
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-826-3050
Fax: 877-903-0711
Email: info@family-services.org
Website: www.family-services.org
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: $115/hour; does accept most insurance and Medicare, does not accept medical coupons
Location: Multiple offices. Call or visit website for locations.
Additional Information: There are services for couples and families and individual counseling for children and adults. Client’s need to participate in a phone screening with therapist then set an appointment. After screening, the therapist may make referrals based upon client’s needs if appropriate.
Fremont Community Therapy Project
Laura S. Brown, Ph.D. ABPP
3429 Fremont Place North, #319
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-633-2405
Email: lsbrownphd@cs.com
Website: www.drlaurabrown.com and www.therapyproject.org
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: $40 per hour but sliding scale available down to $10 per hour.
Additional Information: Services include therapy and assessments. Intake usually takes 1 and ½ hours. The services are provided by master degree students in the doctoral degree program of clinical psychology. Services are not provided to those who are actively suicidal, psychotic, or abusing substances, or cannot speak English (due to inability to provide an interpreter). Please contact Dr. Laura S. Brown or the FCTP website.
Friends of Youth
Duvall
2633 Northeast Valley, Suite 1
Duvall, WA 98109
Phone: 425-844-3090
Issaquah
414 Front Street
Issaquah, WA 98027
Phone: (425) 393-6367
Snoqualmie
7972 Maple Avenue Southeast
Snoqualmie, WA 98068
Phone: (425) 888-4151
Website: www.friendsofyouth.org
Hours: Appointments are on Mondays-Fridays, 10:00 am-8:00 pm
Cost: Sliding fee scale; accepts medical coupons and insurance.
Additional Information: There is an initial appointment for intake; services are for youth ages 2-18 and their families that live in Issaquah, Snoqualmie, and Duvall.
Jewish Family Service
1601 - 16th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-461-3240
Fax: 206-461-3696
TTY: 206-861-3197
Email: contactus@jfsseattle.org
Website: www.jfsseattle.org
Hours: Office hours Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
Additional Information: Counseling for individuals, couples, families and groups is available on Capitol Hill, in North Seattle and on the Eastside. Check website or call for more details.
Kent Youth and Family Services
232 2nd Avenue South, Suite 201
Kent, WA 98032
Phone: 253-859-0300
Fax: 253-859-0745
E-mail: mikeh@kyfs.org
Website: www.kyfs.org
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Cost: Sliding scale fee depending on income; accepts Medicaid, medical coupons, and most insurance.
Additional Information: Methods of therapy vary based on therapist’s expertise, such as mental health, family or social work. Kent Youth and Family Services therapists are available in 15 schools
within the Kent school district.
Mercer Island Youth and Family Services
2040 84th Avenue Southeast
Mercer Island, WA 98040
Phone: 206-236-3525
Email: miyfs@ci.mercer-island.wa.us
Website: www.ci.mercer-island.wa.us/yfs
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Cost: $85 per session; provides a sliding fee scale if needed; unable to bill insurance but provides documentation for reimbursement from private insurance
Additional Information: Services are provided to people of all ages. Individual, couples, and family services. Services are provided only to Mercer Island residents. There is a brief consultation and then either short term or long term therapy.
Northshore Youth and Family Services
10309 Northeast 185th Street
Bothell, WA 98041
Phone: 425-485-6541
Email: myfs@aol.com
Hours: Appointments are within normal business hours of Monday-Thursday 9:00am-7:00pm and Friday 9:00 am-3:00 pm.
Cost: $100 per session; there is a sliding fee scale based on income and family size; accept medical coupons from clients of King County.
Additional Information: Clients need to do a request for service and set up an intake where information is obtained from the client and given to the clinical director to set up an appointment with a counselor. Services are for people of all ages, and for couples, marriage, and parenting issues.
RAYS: Renton Youth and Family Services
1025 South 3rd Street
Renton, WA 98055
Phone: 425-271-5600
Website: www.rays.org
Hours: Appointments are on Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-7:00 pm
Cost: $85/hour; there is a sliding fee scale; accepts medical coupons and insurance
Additional Information: There is an intake appointment for 2 hours that is charged by the hourly rate. There is a waitlist for intake. Services are for the child and can include their family in conjunction. RAYS counseling has expertise in behavior problems, anger management, domestic violence and abuse intervention and prevention, depression, and issues with loss. Services are based out of main office as well as in the Tukwila and Renton elementary, middle, and high schools which provided individual, group, and family counseling.
Sea Mar Community Health Center:
Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic
10001 17th Place S – Lower Level
Seattle, WA 98168
Phone: 206-766-6993
Fax: 206-766-6993
Website: www.seamar.org
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost: Sliding fee scale; accepts DSHS medical coupons and insurance
Additional Information: Child, family, adult, individual and group counseling. Services are bi-lingual and bi-cultural, primarily for Hispanic/Spanish-speaking.
Sound Mental Health (Formerly Seattle Mental Health)
Email: questions@smh.org
Website: www.smh.org
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: Sound Mental Health is an approved provider for Medicaid, Medicare and most commercial health plans.
Additional Information: Provides counseling services for individual adults and children, families, couples, and groups. Clients must go through a 10 minute phone screening prior to the 2 hour assessment. The assessment is required prior to starting counseling.
Locations:
Auburn
4238 Auburn Way North
Auburn, WA 98002
Phone: 253-876-7600
Bellevue
14216 NE 21st St.
Bellevue, WA 98007
Phone: 425-653-4900
Fax: 425-653-4910
Northgate
9706 4th Ave. NE #303
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: 206-302-2900
TTY: 206-302-2209
Rainbow Creek
14270 NE 21st St.
Bellevue, WA 98007
Phone: 425-653-5000
Fax: 425-653-5010
Redmond
16345 NE 87th Street #C-1
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: 425-869-6634 or 425-653-4960
Fax: 425-653-4961
Seattle Sound Mental Health Counseling Services & Children's Services
2719 East Madison, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-302-2600
Fax: 206-302-2610
Tukwila
6100 South Center Blvd. 3rd floor
Tukwila, WA 98188
Phone: 206-444-7900
Southeast Youth and Family Services
3722 South Hudson Street
Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-721-5542
Email: seyfs@uswest.net
Website: www.scn.org/seyouth/index.htm
Hours: Counselors work during office hours of Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5:00 pm, but they can be flexible based on need of clients.
Cost: Sliding fee scale ($0-55); accepts medical coupons
Additional Information: Services are for youth of any age up to 20 and their families; youth who work, reside or attend school in Southeast Seattle are eligible for services. The youth served are of culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds, and often live in single parent households. Individual counseling, family counseling and mental health services are offered in this program. Sessions are structured to address problems including family conflict, offensive behavior, physical/sexual/emotional abuse, suicidal thoughts/threats, depression, school problems, teen pregnancy and parenting, drug and alcohol abuse and related problems, peer difficulties, unemployment, and self-esteem related issues. Counseling can be provided at the agency, at school, at the client's home, or other agreed upon locations. Advocacy on behalf of the youth with schools, legal entities, DSHS and other service systems is provided as needed. Referrals and crisis intervention is also provided as needed.
Southwest Mental Health Ministry (SWMHM)
2640 Benson Road South
Renton, WA 98055
Phone: 425-204-0111
Email: revstevel@mindspring.com
Website: www.swmh.org
Hours: Thursdays 8:00 am-needed; can be referred to Seattle office if later appointments are needed.
Cost: Free if without insurance or Medicaid
Additional Information: Services are only for those without insurance or Medicaid. Short term counseling for those in Renton area and Southwest King County; treatment is mainly for those with severe mental health issues, but do offer some family and marriage counseling. Services are religiously based. See website for details and locations.
Southwest Youth and Family Services
4555 Delridge Way Southwest
Seattle, WA 98106
Phone: 206-937-7680
Fax: 206-935-9967
Email: info@swyfs.org
Website: www.swyfs.org
Hours: Appointments are available on Monday-Thursday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am -3:00 pm; clients need to verify scheduling with a counselor.
Cost: Sliding fee scale; accepts medical coupons and insurance.
Additional Information:Classes offered in English, Spanish, Cambodian and Somali. Also offers ESL classes. Clients need to make a request for counseling and then set up an intake appointment before starting counseling. Services are for both children and adults. Services are offered in both English and Spanish. Counselors are matched based upon the clients’ culture, language, gender, and other factors so that there are no barriers between the counselor and client.
Therapeutic Health Services
Website: www.therapeutichealth.org
Corporate Office
1116 Summit Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-726-4100
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-4:30pm
Locations:
Central Youth and Family Services
1901 Martin Luther King Jr. Way South
Seattle, WA 98144
Phone: 206-322-7676
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm and Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: Sliding fee scale based on income; accepts private insurance and Medicaid, medical coupons
Additional Information: Individual counseling services for youth ages 6-20 and their family in conjunction.
Shoreline- Midvale Branch
17962 Midvale Ave. N., #150
Shoreline, WA 98133
Phone: 206-546-9766
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: Free with CNP medical coupons
Additional Information: Services are for adults only; there is an initial intake to determine services that are needed for patient.
Rainier Branch
5802 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-723-1980
Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, can be extended to 7:00 pm depending on counselor
Cost: Sliding fee scale- depends n income; Medicaid – CNP coupons
Additional Information: Services are for children of young ages to age 23, and adults who suffer from chronic to severe mental health and emotional illnesses. Services are for individuals and family members or individuals. There is an intake process which is by appointment- they accept some walk-ins at certain times.
Summit Branch and Seneca Branch
Summit: 1116 Summit Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-323-0930
Seneca: 1305 Seneca St., Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-323-0934
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: Sliding scale for private pay; does accept DSHS CNP and GAX coupons.
Additional Information: Services for adults only. Offers mental health counseling services in relation to drug and alcohol abuse treatment.
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation
Email: access@valleycities.org
Website: www.valleycities.org
Cost: Intake is $150; $105 per session; accepts private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, private pay, and offers a sliding fee scale depending upon availability.
Additional Information: Individual mental health counseling for adults and children and adolescents and their family. Clients need to call and have a phone screening to set up intake appointment.
Locations:
Auburn
Administration and Comprehensive Services
2704 'I' Street Northeast
Auburn, WA 98002
Access: 253-939-4055
Staff: 253-833-7444
Fax: 253-833-0480
TTY: 253-735-3354
Hours: Monday 8:30 am - 6:15 pm, Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 am - 6:45 pm, Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Federal Way Comprehensive Services
Federal Way Youth and Family Services
33301 1st Way South - Suite C-115
Federal Way, WA 98003
Phone: 253-661-6634
Fax: 253-661-6652
Hours: Monday 8:30 am - 7:15 pm, Tuesday 8:30 am - 6:15 pm, Wednesday 8:30 am - 6:15 pm, Thursday 8:30 am - 6:15 pm, Friday 8:30 am - 5:15 pm
Family Support Center at Appian Way Apartments
25834 26th Place South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone: 253-839-1546
Fax: 253-839-3428
Family Support Center at Laurelwood Gardens Apartments
29505 21st Ave. South #4
Federal Way, WA 98003
Phone: 253-945-7108
Fax: 253-839-4965
Kent Comprehensive Services
Kent
325 West Gowe Street
Kent, WA 98032
Phone: 253-520-9350
Fax: 253-520-1799
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30am-7:15pm and Friday 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Seattle Homeless Families
655 S. Orcas Street - Suite 122
Seattle, WA 98108
Vashon Youth and Family Services
20110 Vashon Hwy SW
Vashon, WA 98070
Phone: 206-463-5511
TTY: 206-463-7575
Fax: 206-463-5513
Email: info@vyfs.org
Website: www.vyfs.org
Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm and occasional evening appointments
Cost: Sliding scale based on income; accepts medical coupons and only Group Health insurance; there is document provision for clients to get reimbursement through their other insurance companies.
Additional Information: Focus on youth and their families; there is individual counseling for adults. Counseling services are designed to help with variety of issues, especially family conflict, divorce, grief, and loss.
Youth Eastside Services
TTY: 425-747-4937
Email: KirkL@youtheastsideservices.org
Website: www.youtheastsideservices.org
YES – Bellevue (Temporary Office)
10777 Main Street, Suite 300
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: 425-747-4937
Fax: 425-957-0351
YES — Kirkland/Rose Hill
13009 NE 85th St.
Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone: 425-827-4937
Fax: 425-827-7047
YES — Redmond/Family Resource Center
16225 NE 87th St.
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: 425-869-6036
Fax: 425-869-6037
Hours: Counselors have own schedule within business hours, which are Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am - 9:00 pm and Fridays 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, with some evening appointments.
Cost: Sliding fee scale based on family size and gross annual income ranging from $10-
$90/hour; accepts medical coupons and insurance.
Additional Information: Services are for children only; parents are included in conjunction with the child’s therapy.