Southeast Youth and Family Services Mental Health

About Southeast Youth and Family Services Mental Health

Southeast Youth & Family Services provides community mental health in South Seattle for children, youth, adults, couples and families.

The center offers therapy alongside dual diagnosis and outpatient care addressing issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, relationship concerns, substance abuse and life transitions.

Their team provides culturally relevant, family-directed care designed to reduce barriers for historically underserved communities.

Culturally Responsive Counseling

The heart of Southeast Youth & Family Services is relationally oriented psychotherapy rooted in each client’s social and cultural context.

Their multilingual clinicians reflect the communities they serve with counseling tailored to immigrants, refugees and low-income families across South Seattle.

Sessions focus on self-understanding, resilience and collaboration, drawing on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, trauma therapy and group work.

Treatment addresses both presenting symptoms and the deeper cultural and relational factors that shape well-being.

Family Support and Community Outreach

Along with individual counseling the organization pairs mental health care with parenting support, early learning and broader youth and family programming.

Their outreach-based model extends services into schools, homes and community centers, meeting families where they are to improve access.

Edited by: Patti Croft, MBA

Addiction Treatment Programs

Dual Diagnosis
During dual diagnosis treatment in Washington, you’ll receive integrated care for your mental health and substance use concerns, helping you establish long-term recovery.Part of treatment will include managing your mental health symptoms so you aren’t tempted to use substances to self-medicate. This can be done without counseling and medication.
Young Adult Rehab
Young adult rehab programs in Washington can help young people make healthier life choices and avoid common mistakes. These treatment programs offer detox, inpatient treatment, and outpatient care tailored to the unique needs and challenges of young adults.
LGBTQ Friendly Rehab
If you’re looking for a safe space to work on your recovery as an LGBTQ+ person, consider finding an LGBTQ+ friendly rehab in Washington. Members of the LGBTQ+ community have often experienced trauma, rejection, and even abuse. These concerns are addressed along with typical evidence-based detox, inpatient treatment, and outpatient care.
Case Management and Care Coordination
SEYFS offers case management and care coordination to connect Seattle youth and families with additional supports, helping navigate school challenges, life transitions, and community resources alongside counseling services.
Psychiatric Services and Medication Management
Southeast Youth and Family Services provides psychiatric services, including medication management, integrated with counseling to support the behavioral health needs of children and youth in Seattle.
Culturally Responsive Services for Immigrants and Refugees
SEYFS serves Southeast Seattle’s diverse population, offering culturally relevant mental health support tailored to immigrant and refugee families and BIPOC communities.
Trauma and Behavioral Health Support
Counselors at Southeast Youth and Family Services work with youth and families experiencing trauma, depression, anxiety, and behavioral challenges, providing community-based support throughout Seattle.
Telehealth Counseling
SEYFS makes individual, family, and group counseling available via telehealth, expanding access to mental health services for youth and families across the Seattle area.

Insurance Coverage

Medicaid
There are many ways to pay for rehab in Washington, including using Medicaid if you qualify. You can find treatment centers that accept Medicaid offering multiple levels of care, including detox, inpatient, and outpatient. You may pay little or nothing out-of-pocket.
Self-pay options
In Washington, you can pay for rehab in many ways, including self-pay. With self-pay, also known as private pay, you write a check, use a medical loan, or electronically transfer money to the center. Check on the payment structure, which may vary depending on the level of care.
Financing available
When you’re planning to look for financing options to pay for rehab in Washington, there are a few details to keep in mind. You can use financing to pay for detox, inpatient rehab, outpatient care, and more. Options include grants, scholarships, and medical loans.
Sliding scale payment assistance
Don’t let the cost of rehab keep you from getting care in Washington. Instead, find a program that has a sliding scale payment plan. With a sliding scale, you’ll pay less depending on your income and family size. This makes it much less stressful to get the care you need.

Levels of Care

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Outpatient Rehab
Southeast Youth and Family Services delivers outpatient mental health counseling for children, youth, and families in Seattle, with services available in-office, in schools, in the community, and via telehealth.

Therapies

Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Not everything we think is true or helpful. Cognitive behavioral therapy in Washington teaches you to challenge distorted thinking so you can see things more clearly and choose healthier responses. Learning which thought disortions you are most susceptible to can help you challenge unhelpful thoughts, create better interpretations of situations, and choose healthier responses.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
People want to improve their situation but don’t always know how. Dialectical behavioral therapy in Washington teaches you healthy coping mechanisms and improves your confidence so you can build a better life. Learning to develop a healthier mindset through stress management skills gives you the abilithy to create better circumstances in your life, and choose healthier responses to challenges.
Experiential Therapy
In Washington, experiential therapy helps you express your emotions in non-traditional ways. This makes it much easier to reach long-term recovery. During treatment, you may take part in art projects, musical expression, or physical challenges like an obstacle course. These allow you to process emotions in a non-traditional way.
Family Therapy
Family counseling at Southeast Youth and Family Services helps Seattle families work through conflict, life transitions, and school-related challenges, with a culturally responsive approach tailored to each family’s needs.
Group Therapy
SEYFS provides group counseling sessions for youth in Southeast Seattle, offering peer support alongside individual and family services to address shared behavioral health and emotional concerns.
Individual Therapy
SEYFS offers individual counseling for children and youth in Seattle, addressing depression, anxiety, trauma, and behavioral challenges through one-on-one, culturally responsive sessions with trained counselors.
Trauma Therapy
During trauma-informed therapy in Washington, you’ll be given the tools you need to manage your emotions and understand what happened in a healthier way. Trauma-informed therapy is a normal part of evidence-based treatment programs and may be a part of inpatient treatment, outpatient care, or both. Methods include sharing of experiences, peer support, mindfulness practices, and more.