Free Mental Health Services for the LGBTQ+ Community

The Diversity Center provides high quality, LGBTQ+ affirming mental health services to Youth, Family members, adults, seniors, & LGBTQ+ residents of Santa Cruz County.

Mental wellbeing services include individual counseling, relational counseling, family counseling, group counseling and case management.

Our approach is strength-based and trauma-informed, engaging one’s self-agency, resiliency and natural- and chosen-family supports whenever possible.

Our mental health services are currently conducted by our licensed therapist Cybele Lolley, LMFT and Tracy Kopela, a Master-level Psychology Counseling student under clinical supervision.

The Diversity Center can offer these services at no charge because of securing grants and receiving generous donations for mental health services. Donate to support our mental health program!

Contact Us:

E-mail: mhservices@diversitycenter.org

Phone: 831-322-4870 (call or text)

  • Referrals and / or services inquiries should be directed to:

    The Diversity Center Mental Health Program:

    E: mhservices@diversitycenter.org

    P: 831-322-4870 (call or text)

  • If you are in a crisis, or need someone to talk to right away:

    Call 9-8-8 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (24/7)

    Call The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ+ confidential free hotline, at 866-488-7386 (24/7)

    Call Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860 to speak with a counselor (24/7).

    You can also call the Crisis Stabilization Program at 831-600-2800.

    For mental health emergencies, please call 9-1-1 or go to your local emergency room for immediate assistance.

Crisis Services

If you are in a crisis, or need someone to talk to right away:

Call 9-8-8 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (24/7)

Call The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ+ confidential free hotline, at 866-488-7386 (24/7)

Call Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860 to speak with a counselor (24/7).

You can also call the Crisis Stabilization Program at 831-600-2800.

For mental health emergencies, please call 9-1-1 or go to your local emergency room for immediate assistance.

Internship Program Placements

The Diversity Center is growing as a mental health counseling learning environment, and we are actively recruiting other qualified psychology counseling students and post-graduate Associates. Please contact Cybele Lolley, Clinical Program Director, for more internship and/or field placement information.