BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
individuals. families. communities
BACR’s Behavioral Health Services support the mental, emotional, and social well-being of students and their families across the Bay Area. Our school-based model integrates licensed clinicians directly into school communities, where they provide individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, classroom presentations, and support for school wellness teams.
Our clinicians use evidence-based, person-centered approaches with a specialized focus on addressing anxiety, depression, and trauma, tailoring services to the unique needs of each student—creating safe, inclusive environments that promote healing and resilience.
We also invest in the next generation of behavioral health professionals through our clinical trainee program—offering real-world experience and weekly supervision to strengthen the field and extend our impact.
OUR CORE SERVICES
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
CRISIS RESPONSE
AND DE-ESCALATION
CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS
AND WELLNESS PARTNERSHIPS.
GRADUATE TRAINEE PROGRAM
FOR EMERGING MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
GROUP THERAPY
FOCUSED ON SKILL-BUILDING AND PEER CONNECTION
SCHOOL STAFF TRAINING
ON MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR SUPPORT
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC
TRAUMA AND ABUSE RESPONSE
OUR APPROACH
Our clinicians work closely with school leaders, wellness teams, and families to ensure students receive consistent, compassionate, and effective care. Services are designed to address common challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and behavioral concerns.
We prioritize ongoing learning, cultural humility, and data-informed practices to adapt to the evolving needs of the communities we serve.
MENTAL HEALTH
Mental health services at BACR help lay the groundwork for the well-being of the individual, couple, and family. All our mental health programs have the common goal of helping our clients be more successful in their lives by reducing risk factors and increasing their resiliency. Our services aim to provide opportunities for client-centered exploration, to develop navigation skills and to advocate for change in the systems and structures of racism and inequity that impact our clients and families.
Core mental health services include individual, group, and family counseling, case management, parent education, and trauma response as well as consultation with school personnel, other stakeholders and collaborators. We offer programs dealing with multiple issues in schools and in community settings. We strive to guide our clients towards more successful outcomes such as improved coping skills, emotional functioning, school performance, and peer/family relationships. BACR prevents and intervenes in challenges that can otherwise lead to problem behaviors and negative outcomes.
EAST BAY and NORTH BAY PROGRAMS
DERYA OZES, INDUSTRY DIRECTOR | MESSAGE DERYA
SUBSTANCE USE
We deliver prevention, assessment, intervention, treatment and recovery support services to youth, families, and adults in our community. We also coordinate youth and community-led substance use advocacy and social change programs.
Our prevention services provide basic education on the physical and psychological effects of alcohol and drugs, aid to parents on how to identify use/abuse by their children, and how to talk to them if they are using and/or thinking of using. Our assessment services help identify where on the continuum from recreational and experimental use to severe substance use disorders someone may be, and the guidance as to what next steps may be. Our intervention and treatment services help people struggling with their substance use and abuse participate in the level of treatment needed to begin the road to recovery. Finally, our Recovery Support Services help ensure that participants continue to live healthy lives. Our services are provided in a number of settings: schools, in-custody, freestanding recovery centers, and county offices. We deliver services in Marin and Contra Costa counties.
Our advocacy programs engage youth and adults in assessing community-level substance use issues. Using a community action model, we organize for policy changes in schools, cities, and counties.
DERYA OZES, INDUSTRY DIRECTOR | MESSAGE DERYA
