Founded in 1963, the Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit community clinic that provides treatment services and testing services: psychotherapy, educational therapy, psychological testing and educational testing to youth and adults.

The Center sponsors lectures for educators and mental health professionals, and offers training in the specialty of child psychotherapy.

The agency is named in memory of Ann Martin, MD, a pioneering behavioral pediatrician and youth advocate. Dr. Martin was among the first in California to lead research on psychological and educational intervention for social-emotional problems in childhood.

We have a multi-disciplinary staff that includes learning specialists (several with a credential in educational therapy), psychologists, social workers, marriage family therapists, and psychiatrists.

The Center assists over 900 youth and adults annually through 24,000 hours of treatment services. Families are primarily from Alameda County with 60 percent living in Oakland. About 55 percent of our clients are African-American, Latino, or Asian.

We have three clinic locations in Piedmont and Oakland and six school-based programs in the Oakland Public Schools. Our school-based programs deliver psychotherapy to disadvantaged students with serious emotional troubles so that they can best benefit from their public education.

Ann Martin Center is funded by government contracts with
Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Agency,
foundation grants, private donations, and client fees.
How you can help

The Center is a member of the Alameda Council of Community Mental Health Agencies.