Behavioral & Mental Health Services
The Services We Provide
The DCYHC Behavioral Health Counseling Services Department provides individual, family, couples, and group counseling ranging from mild to severe symptom treatment to 150 youth and families a month at DCYHC and JUHSD high schools. Most of our youth are dealing with bullying, reproductive health issues, stress, anxiety, abuse, substance use, truancy, depression, family and relationship conflicts. Oftentimes the youth will come in with their parents or partners to work out their conflicts. Our comprehensive system allows for our clinic’s primary health care providers to seamlessly refer patients to our onsite counselors and can schedule Mental Health consultation.
“The Daly City Youth Health Center has helped me with personal problems, especially with my emotions. It makes you stronger knowing there are kind people who are there for you. It is like they are family.”
– Anonymous DCYHC client“At the age of 16, I had suicidal thoughts and began self-harm – and I even experienced an involuntary hold in a mental health unit. This is how I came into contact with the Daly City Youth Health Center. It took me two years of counseling there to final learn how to ask for help and to embrace vulnerability. I can honestly say I wouldn’t be who I am today without this place and my amazing therapist, who always believed in me even when I didn’t.”
– Ana DCYHC client
Why Counseling?
Counseling is a safe place where you can talk to someone and work out any problems, stressors, or issues you might be having. Because everyone experiences hard times that can affect their lives or the lives of those around them, DCYHC counselors are there to help you to feel comfortable, safe, and understood. In a counseling session, you can talk about whatever you need to talk about. However you want to talk about it, and our counselors are here to support and listen to you.
Examples of counseling topics:
feeling sad or hopeless
feeling anxious
feeling depressed
feeling isolated
feeling suicidal
acting disruptive or rebellious
can’t control anger
getting into fights
having difficulty focusing
getting involved with drugs and/or alcohol
not eating or sleeping normally
not getting along with family, friends, partner or classmates
having poor school grades
skipping school a lot
being sexually active
being pregnant
being forced to have sex
witnessing violence
IF YOU JUST NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT ANYTHING
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