BAPTI - Bay Area Psychotherapy Institute

12/03/2024

If you are thinking of donating for Giving Tuesday this year, we would be thrilled if you would donate to Bay Area Psychotherapy Training Institute!

Donating helps support our associate training program, provides resources for our Mental Health Equity Fund to aid us in offering affordable therapy to lower-income people, helps us provide support for the local middle school students at Stanley Middle School, and overall keeps our small nonprofit running.

Thanks so much!

Donate Help us continue to make a difference.The mental health needs of our communities skyrocketed during the pandemic and continue in the aftermath. Through our training program for pre-licensed psychotherapists and our Mental Health Equity Fund, BAPTI continues to provide affordable and responsiv...

06/12/2023

We're proud to announce that BAPTI has received a 2023 Excellence Grant from the Community Foundation of Lafayette! Big THANKS to the Foundation's generous donors and sponsors. This grant will go to our Mental Health Equity Fund, allowing us to continue to provide high-quality services for low-income members of our community. We deeply appreciate this recognition and support of our work.

04/17/2023

New support group for moms of young children (ages 0-8) starting May 2nd! More info at https://www.bapti.org/groups-at-bapti

Description- a purple flyer with information about the group: Moms of Young Children Support Group beginning May 2, 2023
Tuesdays 11:30am - 1pm
In-person in Lafayette, CA
Small group size - 6 participants
Cost per session - $75

Led by Maidah Chunghtai and Sybil Lockhart

12/14/2022

Please welcome our new associate, Evka! She is currently accepting clients.

A little about Evka: I work with individual adults and teens and enjoy supporting clients with anxiety, acute stress management, relationship issues, boundaries, and identity formation. My style is warm, empathetic and attentive. I have training in Expressive Arts Therapy and encourage the use of creativity as a means of self-expression, inquiry and transformation. I value collaboration and work with each client to find what techniques are most supportive to them.

Find her contact here: https://www.bapti.org/evka-whaleymayda

12/08/2022

Follow us on our new Instagram account!

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12/08/2022

If you’re doing holiday shopping, please consider using our Amazon Smile account for free! 0.5% of your purchase will be donated to BAPTI. Make sure you’re accessing the Smile page before completing your purchase.

BAPTI is one of the few sliding-scale mental health community organizations still standing in the East Bay. We have new openings for teens and children after school.

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11/29/2022

We could really use your help right now.

The mental health needs of our community skyrocketed during the pandemic. COVID-19 caused disproportionate suffering among those who are more vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged. BAPTI’s mission is to provide high-quality training to pre-licensed psychotherapists while providing affordable and responsive mental health services.

But today, BAPTI needs your help.

Several associates have completed their hours and four new associates are just getting started. We’ve also leaned into our Mental Health Equity Fund initiative to serve low-income community members, and now we find BAPTI is in need of bridge funding to continue moving our programs forward.

Our goal is to raise $20,000. An anonymous benefactor has generously offered a pledge to match up to $10,000 of all donations made by the end of this year. Any amount you donate will directly contribute to making mental health services affordable for low-income families.

Please donate today to keep BAPTI’s Mental Health Equity Fund and our critical programs running.

Thank you!

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05/23/2022

Registration is now open for our next Continued Education event: Considerations for Therapists of Twice Exceptional Clients. ONLINE on June 6th, 10 am - 12 pm. 2 CEs available for LMFTs, LPCCs, LCSWs and Psychologists! All proceeds go towards supporting our prelicensed training program in providing sliding scale therapy for the community. We hope you can join us! To learn more about and to register the training, visit bapti.ticketleap.com/twice-exceptional-clients. Please help us spread the word by sharing this within your network of therapists, too.

02/21/2022

We are hiring! Join our team, the recipient of CAMFT's "Outstanding Agency" award in 2021, as our next part-time Program Director.
As part of a three-person team, you will run our Associate Program. The position is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to give back to the therapist community, gain experience in a leadership role, and extend their professional network!
To learn more about BAPTI and the Program Director position, including the job description, desired qualifications and the compensation, please visit https://www.bapti.org/careers. To Apply and/or to inquire about the position: Please send a resume and cover letter to the Interim Program Director, Nes Pinar, at [email protected]

 Careers at BAPTI About BAPTIBAPTI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, public benefit corporation founded in 1993. Our mission is to provide high-quality training to pre-licensed psychotherapists while providing sliding-scale therapy services to clients in local communities in the SF East Bay and by telehea...

11/30/2021

Consider BAPTI for ! Support prelicensed clinicians as they provide affordable mental health services for our local community! Visit

Donations:Help us continue make a difference.The BAPTI Mental Health Equity Fund (MHEF) was established in 2018 by the BAPTI Board of Directors to allow our therapists to provide subsidized services to low-income clients who would otherwise not be able to afford high-quality psychotherapy services.....

10/18/2021

Thursday is the last day to register for our October CE Event: Can You See Me? Providing Mental Health Services to Immigrants. Friday, October 22, 2021 from 9:00 AM — 12:15 PM. 3 CEs available for LMFTs, LPCCs, LCSWs and Psychologists! All proceeds go towards supporting our prelicensed training program in providing sliding scale therapy for the community. We hope you can join us!

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