Counseling & Support

The agencies and organizations below offer specialized services. In addition, see the Family Service Agencies listing at the beginning of this chapter for a complete listing of JFCS services and branches. Also see Health & Medical listings in this chapter. The Bereavement section in Chapter 3, Lifecycles, deals specifically with mourning and loss.
East Bay

Shalom Bayit: Ending Domestic Violence in Jewish Homes
The Bay Area's Jewish resource center for domestic violence intervention and prevention. Counseling in English and Russian for abusive/controlling relationships, training and consultation for Jewish community leaders, and healthy relationship education for teens.
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Bay Area

AriYael Jewish Healing Center
Provides spiritual and emotional support for those experiencing illness, loss and all life transitions. Offers support groups, workshops and retreats upon request from an organization, synagogue or other groups. Individual services available.
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Northern California

Northern California Board of Rabbis
Builds meaningful connections among rabbinic colleagues across Northern California. As rabbis strengthen each other, they strengthen the community. Unaffiliated community members may contact the board for assistance with religious needs.
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Peninsula

JFCS Jewish Chaplaincy Services
Jewish chaplains and trained volunteers serving Stanford Medicine provide spiritual comfort and compassionate care tailored to individual beliefs and needs. Goal is to ensure the patient and family are not alone.
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San Francisco

JFCS Dream Program
Comprehensive services for families recovering from domestic abuse, including in-depth assessment of medical, emotional, vocational, financial, educational and legal needs. Helps clients develop skills and obtain resources to move through crisis into self-sufficiency.
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JFCS Counseling Services
Professional clinicians help individuals, couples and families meet life's challenges. Expertise in depression, grief and loss, anxiety, stress, loneliness, significant life transitions, separation and divorce, job loss and illness. Provides in-person and teletherapy services.
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South Bay

JFS Silicon Valley Support/Counseling
Mental health support for adults, older adults and families, designed to meet the emotional needs of our diverse community. Licensed therapist provides trauma-informed, culturally responsive counseling tailored to support individuals across the lifespan. ​
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