The Brookline Center | Mental Health Care for Our Community
Mental Health Services • Brookline, MA • Since 1958
About
The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health is a nonprofit mental health provider and innovation hub based in Brookline, MA (founded 1958). It offers affordable, high-quality outpatient mental health care and related community-based social services to children and adults across Massachusetts and beyond, with a mission to improve access, effectiveness, and health equity within the care system. Key facts: 73 employees, annual revenue about $25.6M, 4 offices (all in Brookline), services include individual and group counseling, school-based programs, case management, crisis intervention, and care coordination. Contact: info@brooklinecenter.org; 617-277-8107.
Clinic Type
Mental Health Services
Address
41 Garrison Rd, Brookline, Massachusetts 02445, US
Phone
6172778107
info@brooklinecenter.org
Opening Hours
Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Public review sites like MapQuest, LocalityBiz, and Yelp; Indeed for employee reviews.: Mixed ratings across public platforms, with no singular official score available. (Not explicitly quantified; scattered reviews across multiple platforms.)
Patients praise
- Positive experiences with specific therapists and rapport-building
- Appreciation for sliding scale payment options
- Good facility environment and convenient hours
- Effective family and individual therapy outcomes for some clients
Common complaints
- Difficulty reaching staff and communication issues
- Reports of unprofessionalism and dismissive treatment by some clinicians
- Billing/payment concerns, including surprise collections notices
- Inaccessibility of services for non-residents or those experiencing homelessness
- Unfulfilled intake/follow-up promises
"The clinicians are exceptional, consistently going above and beyond in ways I’ve never experienced anywhere else."
— The Brookline Center official impact stories"Incredibly shady, no respect for patients, hard to reach, incompetent therapists."
— LocalityBiz patient reviewSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Twenty Years of Transforming Lives — The Brookline Center — Jul 14, 2025
- Healthy Lives Press Release - The Brookline Center — Jul 28, 2025
- Boston Public Schools Ensures Every Student, Family, and Staff Member Has Mental Health Care — Dec 12, 2025
- Town's new online platform CARES serves as a one-stop-shop for people looking for social services - Brookline.News — May 26, 2026
- Brookline’s Therapeutic Recreation program creates community through physical activity and social connection - Brookline.News — May 13, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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