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 Mental Health Resources

If you're experiencing an emergency, call 911. You can also text the Crisis Text Line at 741741 to chat with a Crisis Counselor. 

Things can get tough. As a founder, former academic, and human, you could be experiencing a nexus of mental and emotional strains. This list is intended to help give more options to start the process of navigating different types of support. This is a navigation tool, not a replacement for professional advice or diagnosis. We hope these resources make professional options transparent and easy to find. 

As a Berkeley Lab or Activate fellow, you can apply your healthcare stipend to a variety of insurance options. If you're not sure where to start, it might be helpful to take a self-assessment – we've listed a few in the Assessments / Apps section below.

 Assessments / Apps

• Kaiser launched Find Your Words a national depression awareness campaign with self-assessments and tools to find support.

• Headspace and Calm are apps that can facilitate sleep, meditation, and stress reduction.

• Self-compassion exercises and meditations are available for download.

One-on-One Outlets

• If you're looking for a therapist, the TherapyDen website is a good place to start – letting you choose where you'd like to have appointments and what you want to work on.

• Berkeley Therapy Institute offers 1:1 outpatient psychotherapy. Check for insurance coverage here.

• UCSF's Adult Outpatient Program provides a broad range of services tailored to each person during an initial consultation.

• Kaiser Permanente members can call the San Francisco and East Bay psychiatric departments directly, without a referral.

• Talkspace matches users with a licensed therapist for online sessions.

Group Settings

• TogetherAll provides a safe group support network.

• One Medical offers a community-based approach to addressing mild to moderate depression. Sessions are held in downtown San Francisco and One Medical accepts a variety of insurance providers.

• UCSF's Adult Psychiatric Clinic offers mindfulness based cognitive group therapy for depression.

Additional Hotlines

• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-HOPE (4673)

• National Substance Abuse Hotline: 800-662-HELP (4357)

• Crisis and Substance Abuse Lifeline, or Text 988

• Domestic Violence Hotline, 800.799.SAFE (7233), or Text 88788

• Healthy and Well at Work from Berkeley Lab