PERSAD CENTER is a human service organization whose mission is to improve the well-being of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning) communities, and the HIV/AIDS communities. We serve our target populations and their loved ones, cradle to grave, across western Pennsylvania, with service centers in Pittsburgh and Washington, PA.

Services Offered

Counseling

Founded in 1972, PERSAD is the nation's second oldest licensed counseling center serving the LGBTQ community and people living with HIV. PERSAD was founded at a time when the mental health community response to someone who identified as LGBTQ was to try to change them and correct them as if it were the problem. PERSAD was created as an affirming counseling center to help LGBTQ people cope with the social discrimination they experienced and to receive professional counseling services without prejudice about their identity.

In the early 1980's PERSAD added serving the HIV/AIDS communities to our mission because of the devastating impact that HIV had on the gay population of that time. PERSAD continues to serve the HIV+ individual regardless of their sexual or gender orientation.

Our counseling and mental health Services Offered: - individual, family, and couples counseling
- group therapy
- support and educational groups
- psychiatric evaluation and medication management

Other services also include:
- Foster Care
- Youth Programs
- HIV/AIDS
- Intimate Partner Abuse Program
- Older Adult Services
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Transgender Services

Fees and Payment

Is a non-profit agency
Most commercial insurance is accepted.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
LGBTQ

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Medicare
Medicaid

Online Counseling:
In-person Only