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Mental Health Resources
Counseling/Therapy
Santa Cruz Transgender Therapist Team
To make a client referral: Call the program facilitator and leave a detailed confidential message
regarding your client’s needs. This will help to secure a good therapist/client match with the
therapists who are currently open to see new clients.
Program Facilitator:
Sally Blumenthal-McGannon, LMFT
HIV, all ages, families, grief/loss
823 Cathedral Dr Aptos CA 95003 Cross St: Trout Gulch
Tel: 831-685-4728
Team Members:
Connie Batten, LMFT
Life-threatening illness, grief/loss, life transitions, couples
340 Soquel Ave Suite 103 Santa Cruz CA 95062 Cross St: Ocean St
Tel: 831-425-4432
Dana Blumrosen, LMFT
Adults, adolescents
303 Portrero St. #45-202 Santa Cruz CA 95060 Cross St: River St.
Tel: 831-454-8270
Eileen Cavalier, LMFT
Families, couples, trans family members, dual diagnosis
740 Front St Suite 360 Santa Cruz CA 95060 Cross St: Water St
Tel: 831-425-3118
Mischa Eovaldi, LCSW
Bilingual (Spanish/English), EMDR, teens, elderly
8065 Aptos St Aptos CA 95003 Cross St: Trout Gulch
Tel: 831-685-3219
Shane Hill, Ph.D.
Gender specialist, children, teens, families, couples, hypnotherapy
Temporarily in Portland OR, Phone & Skype sessions only at this time
Tel: 831-423-0849
Chris Hogeland, LCSW
Bilingual (Spanish/English), CBT, DBT, Trauma, homeless
115-A Coral Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Cross St: Hwy 9
Tel: 831-454-5195
Kaleo Kaluhiwa, MFTI
HIV+ only, adults
1060 Emeline St Santa Cruz CA 95060 Cross St: Ocean St
Tel: 831-454-4321
Maren Martin, LCSW
Teens, couples, families, sex therapy
311 Forest Ave, Suite 6 Pacific Grove CA 93950 Cross St: Pine Ave
Tel: 831-375-1134
Anna Paganelli, LMFT
Adults, adolescents, individuals, couples, families
340 Soquel Ave Suite 107 Santa Cruz CA 95062 Cross St: Ocean St
Tel: 831-425-7400
Andrew Purchin, LCSW
Children, teens, families, EMDR
550 Water St #C-2 Santa Cruz CA 95060 Cross St: Market St
Tel: 831-460-0241
Monterey Area
Stephen L. Braveman
Board Certified Sex Therapist and Gender Specialist
494 Alvarado St., Suite A
Monterey, CA 93940
Tel: 831-375-7553
Web: http://www.bravemantherapy.com
Counseling and Therapy Services (CATS)
CATS is a program of Community Human Services in collaboration with John XXIII AIDS Ministry and Monterey County AIDS Project. Provides receive free, confidential counseling (English or Spanish) to improve your mental or emotional health. Our LGBT-affirmative staff, including an LGBT-identified psychotherapist, provide a safe and supportive space in which LGBT and/or HIV+ individuals and their families can receive counseling. Potential counseling issues include gender identity and intersexuality. Services are available in Salinas and Seaside by appointment.
Phone: 831-757-7915 (appointments) or 831-442-3959 (information) Email: ssalcedo@chservices.org
Web: www.chservices.org
Santa Cruz Area
Deborah Abbott, MA, MFT
Licensed psychotherapist with more than 16 years of serving Santa Cruz' GLBTI community with pride. Group for married women discovering woman-loving feelings. New office in Scotts Valley--just six minutes from downtown Santa Cruz-- is accessible and on bus route. License #27643
Community Psychotherapy
4340 Scotts Valley Dr., Suite J
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Tel: 831-461-9701
T. Antonia Broccoli, MSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Transgender Therapist/Clinical Social Worker
Gender Queer/FTM/Questioning/Intersex
117 Fern Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tel: 831-566-4409
Holistic Psychotherapist
Sex Therapist and Gender Specialist
CA Lic Marriage and Family Therapist #48627
Support Groups
Santa Cruz Area
Santa Cruz Trans
Meets the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 7:30 PM at the Diversity Center. All gender-different persons are invited to attend. Although our group is primarily a peer support group for those who are trans-questioning or in transition (MTF & FTM), all are invited to come and share personal experiences in a safe, caring, and moderated environment. To join the Santa Cruz Trans email list go to www.onelist.com/community/SantaCruzTrans. Also See Trans Men Peer Group below.
The Diversity Center
1117 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Email: luluford@sbcglobal.net (Lulu)
Web: www.diversitycenter.org/groups-and-programs
Trans Men Peer Group
Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30PM. Meetings are open to FTMs, partners, friends and family members. The group is free and meets at The Diversity Center. This group is open to anyone who was labeled female at birth and no longer feels that is complete or accurate. Group members may identify as or be exploring identities including: FTM, transman, guy, man, male, transgender, transsexual, gender queer, intersexed, gender-questioning, cross-dresser, male-to-male, transbutch, boi, drag king, bigender, genderless, trannyfag, etc.
The Diversity Center
1117 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Tel: 831-425-5422
Email: tcsmith@ucsc.edu (Taj Smith)
Las Mariposas
Spanish-speaking transgender women's support group. Meets fourth thursday of every month, 6-8pm at the Diversity Center. Free.
The Diversity Center
1117 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Monterey Area
Transexual Support Group
This group offers a safe and supportive place for individuals with gender identity issues. It is open to both MtFs and FtMs who have already transitioned or are looking to do so. This is by reservation only. Sorry no drop-ins. Group meetings are held every 2nd Saturday of each month from 10am-12pm and are $25 per session. Group is facilitated by Stephen L. Braveman, LMFT, DST and Melissa Fritchle, M.A., M.F.T. Intern, AASECT Sex Therapist Intern.
494 Alvarado St., Suite A,
Monterey, CA 93940
Tel: 831-375-7553
Email: stephen@bravemantherapy.com
Monterey Transsexual Post Transition Group
An Every Other Month Support Group for Both MtF and FtM Transsexuals
We are beginning a new Post-Transition group to address the unique needs of both MtFs and FtMs who have completed their transition. This group is meant to compliment, not replace, the monthly Monterey Transsexual Support Group. The new Monterey Post-Transition Support Group is meeting quarterly (to begin with - will increase the meetings as interest prevails), starting in March 2009. This group meets in the afternoon, following the Monterey TS Support Group, which meets in the morning from 10 AM to noon. An intake is required for those who have never attended one of our previous groups. All past or current members need only to RSVP, please, to let us know you will be attending.
Facilitators: Stephen L. Braveman, LMFT, DST, Heather Crimson, MA, MFT, AASECT Sex Therapist Intern (supervised by Stephen L. Braveman), Nickolas McDaniel, BA, Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee, Sex Therapy Trainee, Gender Specialist Trainee (supervised by Stephen L. Braveman)
Fees: $25.00 per session (fee intake required)
494 Alvarado St. Suite A,
Monterey, CA 93940
San Francisco/Bay Area
Transgender Support Group
A support group for transgender women and men seeking peer support. Meets Friday 8-9:30pm.
The Pacific Center
2712 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705
Tel: 510-548-8283
Web: www.pacificcenter.org/services
E-mail: atestard@pacificcenter.org (Aaron Testard)
If you’d like to suggest any additions or corrections to the resource list please contact Shanti Zunes-Wolfe at shanti@coho.org