home / your health Mental Health/Counseling		Mental Health/Counseling McDonald/Wright Building Contact 323-993-7669 or send e-mail to mentalhealth@lagaycenter.org. Interested in the Center’s Mental Health Internship program?   Read about the program here and click here for an application.
The staff and volunteers of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Mental Health Services Department specialize in affordable psychotherapy for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. We offer counseling in a safe and welcoming environment for people of all cultures,  ethnicities and sexual orientations. Counselors include masters and doctoral-level staff (both licensed and license-eligible) and pre- and post-graduate masters and doctoral-level interns.  Psychiatric consultations may be available, based on a referral by one of our staff counselors. Most therapy is short term, usually 26 sessions, but group treatment may go on for longer periods of time.    The most common issues for which people seek treatment are: Depression Anxiety Relationship issues HIV Substance use, in particular, crystal meth Domestic violence We offer the following therapy groups: anger management crystal meth and substance abuse domestic violence HIV Over 50 sex and intimacy sexual compulsivity transgender issues Click here for more information on how to schedule an appointment.   Click here to access our Private Practice Therapists Directory.