Here are some clinics in San Francisco that provide free or low-fee psychotherapy. Most clinicians working at these clinics are either current graduate students or post-graduate staff earning their hours towards licensure. 

Low Fee: less than $40 a session

• The Clinic Without Walls 
• CIIS Integral Counseling Centers 
• Center for Somatic Psychotherapy
• Liberation Institute 
• San Francisco State University Psychology Clinic
• RAMS Adult / Older Adult Outpatient Clinic
• ​Queer Life Space​
• Access Institute
• Open Path Collective

Moderate Fee: $40-$140 a session

• The Marina Counseling Center 
• New Perspectives Center for Counseling 
• Access Institute
• Grateful Heart​
• Jung Institute 
• SF Therapy Collective 
• San Francisco Marriage and Couples Center 
• Open Path Collective

Hotlines and Crisis

• Suicide Hotline 24 Hour Crisis line: 415-781-0500
• Westside Crisis and Outpatient Services: 415-355-0311, 245 11th Street, SF
• San Francisco General Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Services (24 hours): 415.206.8125, 1001 Potrero, Room 1B40, SF
• SF Rape Treatment Center: 415-437-3000, 2727 Mariposa St # 100, SF
• SF Women Against Rape: 415-647-7273, 3543 18th Street, SF
• Woman Inc (24 hour domestic violence line): 415-846-4722
• Men Overcoming Violence (MOVE): 415-626-6683, 1385 Mission St, SF
• Men’s Crisis Line: 415-924-1070
• Adult Protective Services: 415-355-6700 or 1-800-814-0009
• Child Protective Services: 415-558-2650 or 1-800-856-5553
• Comprehensive Child Crisis: (415) 970-3800
• T.A.L.K. Line (for parents under stress): 415-441-5437
• Community Behavioral Health Services 24-Hour Access Helpline : 415-255-3737 (Available to SF residents who receive Medi-Cal, SF Health Plan members, and other​ SF residents with limited resources.) 
• San Francisco Psychological Association Referral Service: 415-681-3063​ (Provides a list of low fee psychologists.)