Counseling Referral Resources

PLNU Counseling Center Community Referral Resource Guide

Community Resources Free/ Sliding Scale Options:


Center for Enriching Relationships 
Phone: (619) 858-3105 or (619) 280-3430
Counseling Center in collaboration with PLNU’s Graduate program. Comes at a significant reduction in cost for current students. Staff is comprised of Alumni, Master’s Students (clinical counseling), and Associate level clinicians.

Urban Restoration 
Phone: (619) 648-1158
No-cost to low cost counseling services for individuals, couples and families. You can see an associate therapist or licensed therapist for a range of costs along a sliding scale. 

Bloom Counseling 
Phone:(858) 327-0752
Community option in association with Cultivate Counseling Collective. They utilize Graduate students and Associates for services alike. Available for low costs or sliding scale options. 

Center for Community Solutions
Phone: (858) 272-5777
A counseling center composed of licensed and pre-licensed therapists who provide individual, group, family, and child counseling using trauma-informed approaches. Specializes in working with survivors of Domestic Violence at low and sliding scale costs. 

San Diego LGBTQ Community Center
Phone:(619) 692-2077
The Center offers a wide selection of counseling services. Services offered include individual, couple/family, and group counseling. Counseling services are available to the LGBTQ community across the spectrum of identities or needs. 

Family Health Centers of San Diego
Phone: (619) 515-2338
San Diego’s most comprehensive public healthcare resource. Offer’s low to no cost counseling services. Takes Medicare/ Medi-Cal coverage along with other public insurance options. 

San Diego Addiction and Drug Rehab
Phone: (800) 586-9670
Directory of Addiction and Drug Rehabilitation Programs across San Diego County. 

Insurance Based Options


Psychiatric Centers of San Diego 
A directory of offices across San Diego County. It contains Therapists with ranging credentials that take various networks of insurance. 

Urban Restoration 
Phone: (619) 648-1158
Takes insurance providers to work with licensed professionals in the center as well. 

Cultivate Counseling Center
Phone: (858) 355-7998 
A local counseling collective that accepts various insurance providers to see licensed professionals. Employs some PLNU Alum. 

San Diego Institute for Couples and Families
Phone: (619) 542-1052 
Insurance based option based locally with Alumni and current staff represented among their staff. 

Helpful Filtering Sites

These websites are directories and filtering sites. Using these you can help narrow your search. This can help you filter through clinicians based on factors such as, gender, license type, specialty, or insurance network. They can be helpful tools to narrow a somewhat broad net.

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