ACT for Mental Health | A Therapeutic Community Center

Helping people for over 50 years!

Your support goes a long way to improving the lives of those less fortunate. Donate now or learn additional ways to support ACT.

Healing Starts Here

Get help, find a support system, develop friendships. ACT for Mental Health provides affordable counseling in a community center atmosphere.

What We Do

Serving Santa Clara county for over 50 years, ACT provides vital, affordable mental health services to anyone in need.

History

Helping clients help themselves... The roots of ACT lie in the self-help, mutual support system of clients diagnosed with mental illness.

Counseling Center

Affordable Counseling Services

The Downtown Counseling Center provides affordable counseling services for individuals and families.

Fireside Friendship Club

A Therapeutic Social Club

For people with residual mental illness, the Fireside Friendship Club offers a therapeutic, self-help social club.

Mujeres & Hombres

Spanish-speaking Group

A program for Spanish-speaking men and women to help in dealing with the problems of everyday living.

Educational Services

Classes & Support Groups

At various times during the year we offer classes in topics such as anger management, effective parenting, and parenting after divorce.

Mission

ACT for Mental Health strives to empower persons who are handicapped socially, mentally and economically.

In a Community Center atmosphere, we offer support and encouragement through educational services, personal enrichment activities, therapeutic counseling and the teaching of basic life and work skills.

Put simply – ACT promotes mental wellness among the disadvantaged, the working poor, and those without resources.

The Annual Saratoga Rotary Club Art Show supports local non-profits

Submitted by ACT-admin on Mon, 04/30/2012

On Sunday, May 6th, The Saratoga Rotary Club is hosting their annual art show. Proceeds from this event help fund their Charitable Foundation which assists local non-profits like ours.

In the last year, The Saratoga Rotary Charitable Foundation assisted ACT with one-time expenses to develop our current website. This has been a tremendous help in reaching new clients, explaining our services and connecting us to new referrers and funders.

ACT is online...

Submitted by ACT-admin on Tue, 04/10/2012

ACT for Mental Health is online in a new way. We are on Twitter & Facebook!

https://twitter.com/#!/ACTMentalHealth

https://www.facebook.com/ACTForMentalHealth

We encourage you to interact with us on any or all of our social media forums! Please share your thoughts or ask questions!

What can ACT for Mental Health do for you?

Submitted by ACT-admin on Tue, 02/28/2012

ACT for Mental Health has been a part of Downtown San Jose since 1956. We initially were incorporated to sponsor the "Fireside Friendship Club," a therapeutic support group for persons with mental illness leaving institutional care at Agnews State Hospital.

Over the years, ACT has developed programs and services to cater to the needs of the San Jose community. With our grassroots beginnings, we like to think outside the box.

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