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Behavioral Health

Santa Cruz Community Health offers comprehensive Behavioral Health support services for life’s challenges. Confidential services are provided in English or Spanish to all patients at our Downtown Women’s Health Center and the new Live Oak Health Center on Capitola Road.

Your mental and emotional well-being are as important to your overall health as your physical well-being. We offer a “whole person” approach to ensuring physical, mental, social and emotional health.

Please let your medical provider know if you are experiencing any problems in these areas:

  • Depression 

  • Trauma

  • Anxiety 

  • Addiction

  • Stress/Overwhelm

  • Parenting/Family Relationships

Our Team Offers the following:

  • Up to twelve (12) 30-minute sessions with one of our therapists.

  • Brief support provided by your medical provider and your therapist together right in the exam room.

  • A partnership between your medical provider and your therapist to offer whole person care.

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Read about Behavioral Health staff members’ areas of specialty. For full list of providers, please visit our Provider Page.

Mila Shank, LCSW
Mila Shank, LCSW

Mila Shank (she, her, hers) has worked at Santa Cruz Community Health since 2013 and has been in...

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Jill Winters, LCSW, PPSC
Jill Winters, LCSW, PPSC

Jill Winters, LCSW, PPSC (she, her, hers) joined Santa Cruz Community Health in 2014 as a...

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Rebecca Cope, LCSW
Rebecca Cope, LCSW

Rebecca Cope (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a bilingual psychotherapist...

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Rosalina Valdez, LCSW
Rosalina Valdez, LCSW

Born and raised in California’s Central Coast, Rosalina Valdez is a bilingual (English and...

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Cindy Mendoza-Lopez, MSW, PPSC
Cindy Mendoza-Lopez, MSW, PPSC

Cindy is a bilingual (English and Spanish) and bicultural Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the...

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Kayla Weiss, LCSW
Kayla Weiss, LCSW

Kayla Weiss is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who joined Santa Cruz Community Health Centers in...

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Christine Lacy, LCSW
Christine Lacy, LCSW

Chrissy (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been a Behavioral Health Provider...

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Susan Wallace, LCSW
Susan Wallace, LCSW

Susan is a bilingual Spanish speaking pediatric social worker who joined the SCCH Behavioral...

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Evelyn Drake, ASW
Evelyn Drake, ASW

Evelyn (She/Her) is a Complex Care Case Manager and Behavioral Health Provider with Santa Cruz...

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Emily Solick, LCSW
Emily Solick, LCSW

Emily Solick (she/her) has been living and working in Santa Cruz County most of her life. She...

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