Pacific Pride Foundation takes a lifespan approach to LGBTQ+ Programming, with all offerings inclusive of Transgender and Gender Diverse individuals, including…
PROUD LGBTQ+ Youth Program (12 – 17 years):
Support for Caregivers and Families of LGBTQ+ Individuals:
Middle and High School Outreach:
LGBTQ+ Sensitivity Trainings:
Lavender Elders Program:
Our LGBTQ+ Outreach Advocate provides individualized trainings in-house to groups of 4 – 6 individuals, the cost of which varies depending on the number of participants.
All of PPF’s sensitivity trainings provide full coverage of Transgender and Gender Diverse identities—an important concern for our LGBTQ+ Outreach Advocate, who identifies as transgender (agender) and queer. Whether as part of a full LGBTQ+ training (paired with Sexualities 101), or whether as a specialized module focusing just on Gender Diversity, PPF can tailor a training to suit your needs.
PPF is a training center for Marriage and Family Therapists, meaning that the counselor you would be seeing is currently in graduate school and working on accumulating their clinical hours towards licensure. They are overseen by a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist called a clinical supervisor whom they meet with on a weekly basis to discuss their cases and arrange treatment plans. All our student counselors specialize in treating LGBTQ+ related issues and are focused on providing our clients with gender affirming care.
Yes, we do! Clients seeking services in Spanish can call our counseling office line at 805-963-3636 ext. 103 or fill out our online inquiry form to request counseling services in Spanish. Our bilingual counselors have a special interest in working with LBGTQ+ clients within the Latinx community.
Yes, we do! Clients can meet with their assigned counselor either in person at our office at 608 Anacapa Street, Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, or online via our HIPAA protected platform with Google Meet. Clients can specify which delivery method they would prefer when they set up their intake appointment.
At this time we do not provide services on the weekends, but we are able to see clients in the evenings both online and in person until up to 7pm on weeknights, depending on our counselors’ availability.
You can fill out our online inquiry form or call our counseling office phone number at 805-963-3636, ext. 103. You can also email us at counseling@
One proven method of preventing the spread of HIV & Hep C is to offer injection drug users harm reduction counseling and syringe services—as exposure to both HIV and Hep C can occur from sharing unsterilized needles. PPF offers harm reduction, risk assessment, sterile syringes and various other supplies and materials to help reduce the spread of blood born pathogens and support those who may be struggling with substance dependency. Click here to see our SSP schedule!
In 2014-15, PPF collected 68,976 contaminated syringes, supported 394 unique clients via 1,286 discrete exchanges and distributed 54,654 sterile syringes. Our Syringe Exchange staff offer each exchange client harm reduction counseling, frefer interested clients to substance abuse treatment programs and to other resources—including the many LGBTQ+-friendly Anonymous sobriety groups that meet weekly in PPF’s offices.
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