The Malama Collective

The Malama Collective seeks to remedy gaps in mental health care for members of our community that are under-insured, uninsured, and vulnerable to obstacles of accessing quality long-term psychological services. Our goal is to offer care that goes beyond the stopgap measures of crisis management, and instead rectify root causes of suffering. Our services are affordable. We offer services on a sliding scale based upon income. Our Purpose Overcoming obstacles to long-term care: There are compounding needs for access to long-term psychological services for members of our communities facing under-employment, discrimination, and economic hardship. The Malama Collective remedies this by providing psychological support services on a sliding scale, based on income, and with an informed sensitivity to the social contexts and economic drivers of the uneven distribution of services in our community. Professional development in key areas of structural disparities and obstacles to access: The Malama Collective is dedicated to professional development programming, enabling early career clinicians to gain expertise in the structural obstacles many in our community face with regard to accessing health care services. This is a much-needed adjunct to on-going and continuing education in which all clinicians participate. Community outreach and programing: The Malama Collective is founded upon a principle of engaged community partnership. As a result, we have identified needs within our community for meaningful and psychologically informative events, group meetings, and support. Our community outreach and programming consists of art groups, support groups organized around common themes and concerns, as well as public lectures.