Comprehensive Mental Health Services
At The Guidance Center, we provide a wide range of mental health services to support children, teens, and families facing challenges such as trauma, depression, anxiety, behavioral issues, and ADHD.
Our services are individualized, strength-based, and coordinated with other community providers to promote success at home, at school, and in daily life. We offer:
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Individual, Group, and Family Therapy
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Crisis Intervention
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Case Management
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Community Education and Outreach
School Based
Our therapists collaborate with school staff to identify and support students struggling academically or socially due to mental health concerns. Therapy sessions are held primarily on school campuses.
The Guidance Center is proud to provide these services to over 60 schools within the Long Beach Unified, Lynwood, Paramount, and Los Angeles Unified School Districts.
CalWorks
Through the CalWORKs program, we assist unemployed caregivers of minors in overcoming mental health barriers to employment. Services include assessment, treatment, and supported employment. Services are only available through referral for families receiving public assistance.
Family Preservation
Family Preservation is a short-term, family-focused and community-based program designed to help families who are risk of out of home placement cope with significant stresses or problems that interfere with their ability to nurture their children. The goal of Family Preservation services is to keep children with their families, or to reunify them, whenever it can be done safely.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
PCIT helps strengthen the parent-child relationship by providing on-the-spot parental coaching for children ages 2-8. This unique model of treatment allows parents the opportunity to learn, practice, and master specific parenting skills to address and reduce difficult-to-manage behaviors. It also builds social and emotional skills for the child such as sharing, taking turns, communication, impulse control, and frustration tolerance.
Psychiatric Services
Our child psychiatrists provide psychological testing and assessment for children whose symptoms are not clearly defined or, in some cases, to rule out learning disabilities, in addition to medication monitoring. This service is provided to existing clients.
Specialized Treatment for Ages 0-5
We provide specialized therapy for young children who have experienced trauma, focusing on attachment, developmental milestones, and trauma recovery.
In partnership with Help Me Grow LA, we help families access support and services promptly.