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 Mental Health & Crisis Resources | Gender Affirming Care Resources

Center for Gender Affirming Care

Phone: 858-966-8493

Mental Health & Crisis Resources

Below you will find:

  • Crisis supports
  • Gender affirming social supports (peer and parent)

Behavioral Health Crisis Support –
If patient is an imminent risk to themself or others, please call
911 (ask for PERT – Psychiatric Emergency Response Team)
or go to your closest emergency room.

  • Rady Children’s Hospital Behavioral Health Urgent Care*
    • Phone: 858-966-5484
    • Address: 4305 University Ave., Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92105
  • San Diego County Emergency Screening Unit (ESU)
    • Phone: 619-876-4502
    • Address: 4309 3rd Ave., San Diego, CA 92103
    • Available to children and adolescents under age 18 for emergency psychiatric assistance
  • Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRT)
    • Access & Crisis Line (ACL): 1-888-724-7240
    • Behavioral health teams are dispatched to assess and provide assistance during a crisis
  • San Diego County Emergency Psychiatric Unit
    • Phone: 619-692-8200
    • Address: 3853 Rosecrans St., San Diego, CA 92110
    • Available to adults for emergency psychiatric assistance
  • San Diego County Access & Crisis Line (ACL)
  • Trevor Project Lifeline
  • 211: for more resources in your area

Gender Affirming Care Resources

The following resources are intended for ongoing support and are not emergency services.

San Diego County

  • TransFamily Support Services (San Diego chapter)
    • Phone: 858-304-0085
    • Website: transfamilysos.org
    • Location: San Diego, CA 92128
    • Provides family coaching, healthcare and insurance navigation, legal system support, and school support at no cost.
    • * Includes gender affirming therapists
  • Hillcrest Youth Center
  • North County LGBTQ Resource Center
  • Our Safe Place (SD Youth Services)
    • Phone: 619-525-9903 (M–F, 9am–6pm)
    • Website: Our Safe Place
    • Drop-in Centers:
      • San Diego — CA 92102
      • Escondido — CA 92026
      • Oceanside — CA 92054
      • Chula Vista — CA 91911
    • * Includes gender affirming therapists (Medi-Cal and uninsured only)
  • PFLAG (San Diego chapter)
    • Phone: (619) 579-7640
    • Support, education, and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ people and their families.
  • Project TRANS
  • Urban Restoration Counseling
    • Low-fee options and insurance accepted; centers LGBTQ Black and Indigenous people of color (BIPOC).
    • Website: urbanrestorationcounseling.org
    • * Includes gender affirming therapists
  • Children’s Legal Services
    • Encourages youth to explore therapy options through Medi-Cal or insurance (video or text).
    • * Includes gender affirming therapists

Riverside County

Orange County / Long Beach