The Berkeley Therapy Institute is a licensed non-profit community mental health clinic that has been serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1972.

Mission Statement

The Berkeley Therapy Institute strives to provide excellent service to our patients and to the community.  We come together as a group with the conviction that, through the services we provide, individuals can heal, grow and flourish.  BTI is committed to treating all individuals equally, respectfully and with dignity, without regard to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, nation of origin, gender, age, and hierarchical position.  The BTI community values flexibility, equanimity, and a willingness to place the good of the group above individual interests.  Members of BTI act with generosity, compassion, and kindness.  This is our goal within our organization, with our patients, and with the community.

Our Promise

In addition, The Berkeley Therapy Institute recognizes that forces of systemic oppression, which differentially impact members of our community, create mental health disparities and barriers to accessing mental healthcare. Studies have shown that the impacts of prejudice, racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia can increase depression, anxiety, and stress, and decrease access to treatment.  Our clinicians believe that all people deserve equitable access to mental healthcare so that they may achieve fulfilling, and peaceful lives. We are committed to lifelong learning so that we may be allies, and help decrease these marginalizing impacts and increase access to mental healthcare.

Board of Directors

Alan Steinbach, MD, MPH – President
Joseph Chernick, PhD – Executive Director
Joan Sullivan, MD
Robert Dolgoff, MD
Chehrzad Shadman, PsyD – Director of Training
Richard Levine, MD – Medical Director
Eric Pierson, PsyD – Director of Finance
Nolan T. Krueger, PhD