The service
What is Tagalog-speaking therapy and who benefits from it?
Per APA guidance on culturally and linguistically responsive care, care delivered in a client's first language supports better engagement. Tagalog-speaking therapy is psychotherapy by a clinician who works in Tagalog or Filipino, including the Taglish code-switching most Filipino-American households use.
Many Filipino-American adults on Medi-Cal report long waits to get a Medi-Cal therapist, and fewer of those therapists speak Tagalog. Eye Cue holds Medi-Cal contracts, and our team includes Tagalog-speaking clinicians whose availability we confirm at intake. Choose this option if you want a clinician who understands Filipino family culture, not just the words.
How it works
How does Tagalog-speaking therapy work at Eye Cue?
Call our intake team at 562-860-2891 and ask for a Tagalog-speaking clinician. We confirm current availability before scheduling, then check your Medi-Cal or private plan before your first session, so call with your insurance card ready.
From there you choose in person or telehealth. Meet at our Cerritos office or join by video from anywhere in California, with the same clinician either way. Treatment length depends on clinical need, not a session cap. If the fit is not right, we match you with another clinician within Eye Cue.
Coverage
Is Tagalog-speaking therapy available with Medi-Cal?
No other Tagalog or Filipino-speaking therapist page in the top search results mentions Medi-Cal. Most Tagalog-speaking clinicians in the LA market run cash-pay practices. Eye Cue accepts Medi-Cal as one of seven insurance plans. Our Medi-Cal therapy page explains how coverage works and what medical necessity criteria mean for your plan.
Whether your specific plan covers a given session depends on your plan type and medical necessity. We verify your benefits before your first appointment. Call with your Medi-Cal card ready. The California DHCS explains what outpatient mental health services Medi-Cal covers. We accept Medi-Cal, Anthem Medi-Cal, Blue Shield Promise Medi-Cal, LA Care and Molina for LA County clients, Cigna, and Aetna.
In session
What do Filipino-American clients work on in Tagalog sessions?
The concerns our clinicians hear most often in Tagalog sessions, in person at the Cerritos office and by video statewide. If you do not see your concern, call us; intake is the best way to find out if we fit.
Anxiety and depression
Anxiety tied to family expectations is a common presenting concern in Filipino-American communities. Anxiety therapy and depression therapy address both the cultural weight and the clinical pattern.
Intergenerational trauma
Multigenerational households carry pressure that is hard to name in English. Working in Tagalog lets the right words surface sooner, and trauma therapy gives that history a place to be processed.
Long-distance caregiving stress
Caring for aging parents in the Philippines while living in California creates a particular kind of grief. Sessions address that directly, in the language the strain lives in.
Grief and loss
Long-distance losses are hard to process in a second language. Tagalog-speaking therapy gives that grief its proper space, without the friction of translating as you go.
Family conflict
First-generation and second-generation family members often want different things. Family therapy and individual therapy address your side of that dynamic.
Work and identity
First-generation adults carry expectations from two cultures at once. CBT and solution-focused approaches help sort what is yours to carry from what is not.
Approaches
What evidence-based approaches do you use in Tagalog?
Our clinicians use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, and solution-focused therapy. These are the three evidence-based approaches Eye Cue offers across all language tracks.
You can also access family therapy and trauma therapy through Eye Cue in a culturally informed context. If you prefer to meet from home, our telehealth therapy reaches every California county.
In their words
What do clients say about Eye Cue Mental Health?
A note from someone we worked with at our Cerritos office.
"This therapist has saved my life. Makes you feel great when you walk out of his office. Saqui will also give you tools to continue your treatment on your own time. Highly recommend him for people all ages."
Javier M.
Google Review, 5 stars, Cerritos, CA
Individual results vary; this reflects one client's experience and is not a promise of outcome.
Eye Cue Mental Health at a glance: in practice since November 2017, over 8 years serving Cerritos and the LA and OC area · a team of clinicians supervised by Saqib Iqbal, LCSW · Medi-Cal accepted, roughly 70% of our current caseload · therapy in 6 languages, including Tagalog · open 7 days a week, 8 AM to 10 PM.
Good questions
Frequently asked questions about Tagalog-speaking therapy
Still unsure? Call 562-860-2891 and we will talk it through, no commitment.
We accept Medi-Cal as one of seven plans. No other Tagalog-speaking therapist page in the top results lists Medi-Cal. Coverage depends on your plan type and medical necessity. Call 562-860-2891 with your card and our intake team verifies your benefits before your first appointment.
Availability changes week to week. Call 562-860-2891 to ask about current openings. We are a multi-clinician group practice, not a single calendar, so we can often start clients sooner than a solo practitioner can.
You can switch between Tagalog and English as needed. Many Filipino-American clients move between both languages mid-session. Our clinicians work with whatever combination feels natural.
Yes. Call our intake team and describe the situation. We can work with adults who prefer or only operate in Tagalog. Confirm clinician fit and availability on that call.
Language is the starting point. Our Tagalog-speaking clinicians are culturally attuned to the dynamics in Filipino-American families. That includes stigma, the "what stays in the family" norm, and intergenerational pressure. You do not have to explain your family structure from scratch.
We match you with another clinician within Eye Cue. Treatment length is based on clinical need, not a session quota.
Call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or text HOME to 741741, the Crisis Text Line. Both are free and available 24 hours a day. Eye Cue is an outpatient practice and is not an emergency service.
Get started
Ready to start with a Tagalog-speaking therapist?
We accept Medi-Cal and private insurance. In-person sessions in Cerritos, telehealth statewide. Call to ask about current availability and verify your plan at no cost. We are open 7 days a week, 8 AM to 10 PM. In person at 17215 Studebaker Rd. or telehealth across California.
- 562-860-2891
- 17215 Studebaker Rd., Suite #110, Cerritos, CA 90703
- Open 7 days a week, 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
If you are in crisis right now or having thoughts of self-harm, call or text the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline any time. Eye Cue Mental Health is an outpatient practice, not a crisis center.
In person at our Cerritos office
17215 Studebaker Rd., Suite #110, Cerritos, CA 90703. The clinic sits at the 91 and 605 freeway junction, on the LA County and Orange County border. Open 7 days a week, 8 AM to 10 PM.
By telehealth anywhere in California
Our online therapy in California is statewide. Start sessions by video with a Tagalog-speaking clinician from anywhere in California.
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