In 2023, Painted Brain served over 1000 unique participants

individuals engaged in Peer Services

individuals engaged in Digital Health Literacy

individuals engaged in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training

individuals engaged in Mental Health Services

individuals engaged in Life Skills Development

PADS PEER VOICE-ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION PROJECT

Painted Brain (PB) was awarded the PADs Peer Voice-Advocacy and Education GrantCalifornia Statewide Project funded through the MHSA Multi-County PADs Innovation Project.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN…

Painted Brain was founded in 2005 as a community-based art group at a Los Angeles mental health center.

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PROGRAMS

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

A holistic, client-centered discipline that not only aids individuals of all ages in fully participating in daily activities but also focuses on enabling better health and life satisfaction through unique therapeutic practices.

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

Let us assist you by setting up a meeting with our development team. We can provide consultation, feedback, and a wealth of new ideas. 

PSYCHIATRIC ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

A psychiatric advance directive (PAD) is a legal, rights document enabling people to plan for, prevent, and/or reduce the severity of potential future mental health crises  

DIGITAL HEALTH LITERACY

Painted Brain’s digital health literacy training is a series of courses developed for peers that aims to increase digital health literacy among mental health consumers and the general public. 

SUPPORT GROUPS

Painted Brain envisions all group activities, even art groups, as supportive in nature, but we also offer targeted support for specific topics.

COMMUNITY CENTER

You can access free workshops, materials, and resources for mental health, art, social work, and occupational therapy.

TESTIMONIALS

artistic journey

Dr. Kristen Ochoa

“Painted Brain has been a great support for our clients, helping them feel valued, build community, socialize and engage positively and grow in their independence through group leadership opportunities. We are grateful for their partnership.”

board room

Christopher Shnieders, Director of The Saks InsTitute

“Painted Brain is transforming lives and supporting our advocacy efforts on multiple projects to improve the quality of care and protecting the agency of those living with mental health challenges to get the adequate care they need to establish recovery.”

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Tod Lipka, CEO of Step Up

“Connections to others and a sense of belonging is vital and essential to the recovery process. Painted Brain has provided exactly such an important connection and creative arts community, using the commonality of mental illness, for over ten years. Painted Brain has been of tremendous value to many Step Up members during that time.”

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