Foothill Family Service helps the San Gabriel Valley with family centers in Pasadena, El Monte, West Covina, Duarte, and Pomona.
Working with more than 22,000 clients and family members a year, our staff of more than 290 employees includes social workers, marriage and family therapists, early childhood therapists, parent partners, psychologists and consulting psychiatrists.
- Mental Health Services for Children and Teens - Therapists and/or psychologists provide individualized treatment to children and teens at local schools, at home and at our Family Centers. - Treatment options include play therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, parent-child interaction therapy and evidence-based practices. - When necessary, consultations with our psychiatrists and medication support are arranged. - Child Specialists provide additional support and can also link the child's family to necessary resources. - Specialized services are available for teens struggling with both mental health issues and substance abuse. - Multidisciplinary Assessment Teams (MAT) are designed to ensure the immediate and comprehensive assessment of children and youth entering out-of-home placement. A collaborative effort among Foothill Family, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), and the Department of Mental Health (DMH), the information gathered by this assessment is used to determine the most appropriate placement and services needed by the child(ren) to ensure that his/her needs will be met.
- School-Based Counseling Emotional, behavioral and mental health problems in children often go untreated or even unnoticed until symptoms surface in the classroom and become barriers to learning and social functioning. To meet this need, Foothill Family has therapists who provide services at 170 schools in 16 school districts across the San Gabriel Valley to provide counseling to children.
- Intensive Services - Full Service Partnership (FSP) provides comprehensive, in-home mental health services to severely emotionally disturbed children up to 15 years old living in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys. - Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) provides short-term intensive support to children experiencing a life crisis or eminent life crisis by teaching the clients and their caregivers intervention strategies that help children change negative behavior. - Wraparound works with children who have been removed from their homes and surrounds them with intensive support with the goal of establishing and further developing healthy family relationships that lead to a permanent home. - Family Preservation provides in-home family counseling, referrals, case management and linkage to other necessary services so children can safely remain in their homes or return to their homes after an allegation of abuse has been made.
- Individual & Family Counseling
Our professional services reach out to underserved adults too. Couples wanting to improve their marriage, an adult struggling with anxiety or depression, or seniors raising their grandchildren are examples of adults who sometimes need professional counseling to overcome life's challenges.
Fees and Payment
This is a non-profit organization.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual Faith-Based LGBTQ
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicare Medicaid
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.
