DISCOVER

Grit xpedition

Choose an area of challenge and GritXpeditions will chart your course for getting through.

Self interview

A guided self-reflection exercise for exploring life's challenges and finding solutions that fit you.

Self care toolkit

Build and customize a kit of tools and resources that can help you keep yourself feeling your best

Skills Studio

Your Challenges. Your tools to meet them Choose an emotion for ways to get through it, get back to it, or maintain it.

EXPLORE

journal

Go through a series of exercises where you will be suggested to talk about difficult interaction or write a Gratitude Letter to someone or a Letter to You

Catch your breath

A customizable breathing meditation where you can select background image, music and breathing pace.

Sketchbook

Chart your course for getting through We`ve collected our best tools for meeting the challenges in your life

Grit stories

COMING SOON! Check back for further developments on how you can share your story of getting through life`s challenges. See you soon!

GET SUPPORT

Helpful resources

Books and videos that will help you to understand better yourself and world around us.

ask us

Here are answers to our most frequently asked questions

courses

YAFC at UCSF has created a series of free, interactive, online courses developed and taught by faculty members.

in session

COMING SOON! Check back for further developments “in session” where you`ll be able to access some of our services online. See you soon!

ABOUT US

your team

Meet your team: healers and helpers for people who are in need, professionals, who really care

yafc

The Young Adult and Family Center is located at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, on the campus of the University of California at San Francisco.

Give back

Your generosity will enable us to expand our programs and further improve their quality - resulting in life-saving advances in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Our mission

At the Young Adult and Family Center we provide adolescents and young adults with the very highest levels of mental health care, so they can become their very finest selves, with a deep love of life and an abiding connection to others and the world around them.