Our licensed counseling center works with children experiencing a variety of challenges.
Counseling Program
Therapy helps a child develop new skills and coping strategies to help them be successful in their day-to-day activities. Therapy also gives families support in providing children with a safe, loving and structured environment. Our clinicians use therapeutic techniques appropriate to the child’s developmental stage. Child Crisis Arizona provides various resources to families in need.
Child Crisis Arizona has contracts to provide children’s counseling by two highly skilled licensed therapists.
Our clinical staff has training and certifications in the following:
- Birth to 5 certification
- Trauma-focused CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) training
- General CBT training
- DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) certification
- Youth Trauma Professional certification
- Clinical Trauma Professional certification
- Forensic Interviewing training
- Sand Tray certification
- Play therapy experience
- Art therapy experience
- Substance Abuse therapy certification
Hours
Counseling offered on-site, Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. at 170 W University Dr, Mesa, AZ, 85201.
Funding Sources
Current Contracts: Care 1st, Mercy Care, Magellan Complete Care, CMDP
In Process Contract Applications: United Health Care Community Plan
Future Applications: Steward Health Choice Arizona, Arizona Complete Health, Banner-University Family Care
Goals
The counseling/behavioral health program has been able to maintain existing funding and services since rebuilding and restructuring in early 2016. It is imperative to grow this program in order to stay competitive and relevant in the behavioral health field.
Behavioral Health affects all of our lives and is an important piece of a child welfare/human service agency. We recently joined the AZ Council and they have a great networking opportunity for us to learn more and grow our Behavioral Health Services to the children and families we serve.
We are currently exploring opportunities to diversify funding sources, expand services offered. (i.e. after school behavioral health care, groups for our shelter children, services to our foster children, plus an additional and more central location in Phoenix).
Counseling services are available through referral only.
For information about the referral process, please call (480) 834-9424.
Virtual Parent Support Group
Child Crisis Arizona offers a bi-weekly virtual parenting support group.
During these meetings, find support in parenting and connect with other parents and guardians to share your struggles and successes. The virtual meeting (via Zoom) will be led by a Child and Family Education Specialist and tackle topics like:
- Maintaining structure and routines
- Creating boundaries
- Self-care for parents
- Managing stress and anxiety
Upcoming Meeting Dates:
Wednesday, April 3 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 17 | 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 1 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 15 | 12:00-1:30 p.m.
To sign up for the next meeting, register here:
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