COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL

Painted Brain creates lasting, community-based solutions to mental health challenges and the impact of social injustice through arts, advocacy, and enterprise.

GET SUPPORT

Certified Clinicians, Peer Support Specialists and Social workers are here to provide resources from understanding not judgement.

  • Individual and Group Therapy

  • Case Management and Healthcare Coordination

  • Occupational Therapy

  • Forensic Treatment

  • Job Placement Support

  • Psychiatric Advocacy

GET TRAINING

Turn your lived experience and compassion into a career. Become a Certified Peer Support Specialist and help your community.

  • Med-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification Training

  • Continuing Education in Law and Ethics

  • Scholarships Available

  • Flexible Learning options

  • Career Placement Assistance

GET INVOLVED

It takes a community to heal. We appreciate any and all ways to support each other. Look for ways to give back and heal.

  • Workforce Training

  • Community Development

  • On-site Programming

  • Art Events

  • Digital Literacy

  • Tailored Services

Support not Judgement

As a peer led organization we understand the value and importance of feeling understood. We believe in creating welcoming safe spaces for everyone.

Turn your Compassion into a Career

Gain peer support skills to provide essential behavioral health support services through our Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Training.

Our Partners

Let’s Redefine Mental Health

Mental health challenges often lead to isolation, making recovery harder. At Painted Brain, we break this cycle through peer support and lived experience, creating Communities, Careers, and Creative expression. Together, we transform challenges into opportunities for meaningful connection and fulfilled lives.

What our community is saying…

  • "Like many folks across the world, I sought community and connection after experiencing some life-changing events. Painted Brain provided me with tools to tend to some parts of my health that needed care."

    Ezekial Goodwin, Creatives in Resicence Program Alumni

  • “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.”

    Christopher Schneiders, Director of The Saks InsTitute

  • “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.”

    Dr. Kristen Ochoa

  • “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.”

    Tod Lipka, CEO of Step Up

  • "The struggle is never over but the Painted Brain peer support training helped me to turn the struggle into a strength."

    Edward Cervantes, Peer Support Graduate

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