Mental Health Practice – Bay Area Center for Adolescents
Bay Area Center for Adolescents is a group mental health practice in California dedicated exclusively to preteens, teenagers, and young adults. The practice maintains in-person offices at five Bay Area locations spanning San Francisco, Marin, the East Bay, the Peninsula, and the South Bay. Telehealth services are available via Zoom to adolescents and young adults throughout California.
The clinical team numbers more than 22 licensed professionals carrying credentials including Psy.D., Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT, MFT, LPCC, and LEP. W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D. serves as Director of the practice; James Keim, LCSW is listed among the clinical staff alongside multiple additional specialists across disciplines. The breadth of licensure spanning psychology, clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, licensed professional clinical counseling, and licensed educational psychology allows the center to approach clinical needs from multiple professional perspectives within a single group setting.
Services offered include individual therapy, family therapy, medication management, psychological assessment, and educational therapy. The practice addresses a broad range of presenting concerns: anxiety, depression, ADHD, substance abuse, defiance and opposition, eating disorders, body image issues, bullying, anger problems, panic attacks, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, self-harm, and LGBTQ+ concerns. Educational therapy is listed alongside clinical services, making the practice notable for its attention to academic and learning dimensions of adolescent wellbeing. A stated focus of the work is helping adolescents develop appropriate autonomy while maintaining healthy family relationships, reflecting the practice’s dual attention to the individual young person and their family context.
Clients may be seen in-person at any of the five Bay Area offices or by telehealth for those residing elsewhere in California. Insurance is accepted, with specific plan information available on the practice’s payments page. Self-pay arrangements are also available. Prospective clients may request a free initial phone consultation before scheduling their first appointment. Contact numbers are (415) 547-0241 and (415) 448-6679, with additional inquiry options accessible through the website. No year of establishment is stated on the homepage.