The mission of the Contra Costa Crisis Center is to keep people alive and safe, help them through crises, and connect them with culturally relevant resources in the community.
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Services Offered
Individual Counseling - We provide group, couples, family, and individual counseling in our offices in Walnut Creek. Individual counseling is conducted by trained Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical Counselors which can be one-time or last for months, depending on the needs of each client.
Grief Counseling - Our grief counseling program was founded in 1973 and provides individual and group counseling to nearly 1,000 youths and adults each year. Our confidential and free services are provided at various locations throughout the county. We offer grief response teams to schools and businesses upon request after a student or colleague has died.
Through a partner relationship with the county coroner's office, our staff receives referrals and may, with permission, proactively contact next of kin and inform them of our services following a death. In addition, law enforcement officers request information regarding our grief counseling program at death scenes.
Fees and Payment
This is a non profit agency.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual LGBTQ
Payment: Sliding Scale
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