Counseling Services

Aging/Seniors:

• Center for Aging Resources (CFAR)
  447 N. El Molino Ave.
  Pasadena, CA 91101-1403
  (626) 577-8480
  website
  Counseling and psychotherapy for seniors

Alcohol/Drug Dependency:

• Los Angeles County Department of Health Services - Public Health Alcohol & Drug Program Administration
  1000 S. Fremont Ave., Building A-9 East, 3rd Floor, Alhambra, CA 91803.
  The Centers acts as the entry point for any citizen of L.A. County seeking alcohol and other drug treatment and recovery services. They work closely with a network of contracted alcohol and other drug treatment agencies, mental health providers, domestic violence agencies, and other community-based organizations providing information and referrals on a wide variety of supportive services. The supportive services include job development, literacy training, temporary housing, referrals to food banks, health care and other needed services.

Case Management:

• City of Alhambra Senior Services, Joslyn Senior Center
  210 N. Chapel Ave., Alhambra, CA 91801
  This program provides free assistance to Alhambra seniors 60 and older and functionally impaired adults 18 and older, as a means to live independently and safely in their homes for as long as possible. The program, co-funded by the Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging, provides information in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Spanish. Case Management caseworkers can assist in contacts concerning Medicare, Medi-Cal and Social Security. They also serve as advocates for medical and mental health referrals, in-home service referrals, transportation, nutritional referrals, counseling and more. For more information, call (626) 570-3220 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
  
• Catholic Charities-San Gabriel Valley Region
  1307 Warren St., Los Angeles, CA 90033
  (323) 266-3130; Fax: (323) 266-3269
  Contact: Mary Romero, Regional Director
  E-mail: brownsonhse@earthlink.net.
  Helps people to attain self-sufficiency through case management, job placement, skills assessment, and psychological counseling. Specific services include: low-cost child care, emergency utility and other assistance, individual and family counseling, immigration/refugee services, homeless services, welfare to work program, medical and social services, and more.

Conflict Resolution/Mediation Services:

• Western Justice Center Foundation
  55 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105
  Ph: (626) 584-7494
  Fax: (626) 568-8223
  Website

County Services:

• Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
  http://dmh.co.la.ca.us

Crisis Intervention:

• Lutheran Social Services of Southern California
  2424 S. Fremont Ave. Alhambra, CA 91803
  (626) 901-9499, Fax: (626) 901-9455

Developmentally-Disabled:

• Family Resource Library and Assistive Technology Center Family Resource Center
  1000 S. Fremont Ave., Suite 6050, Unit 35, Alhambra, CA 91803
  (626) 300-9171 Fax: (626) 300-9164
  http://www.elafrc.org
  Contact: Michelle Sepulveda
  Committed to empowering individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and the professionals who work with them; provides peer support, information, and training in a way that is family centered and culturally sensitive.
  Program Setting: Free
  Year Founded: 1986
  Family Service Center

Homeless Services:

• Homes for Life Foundation
  8929 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 506, Los Angeles, CA 90045
  (310) 337-7417 Fax: (310) 337-7413
  E-mail: info@homesforlife.org.
  This organization provides permanent, service-enriched housing for persons with mental disabilities.

Mental Health Hospital:

• BHC Alhambra Hospital
  4619 N. Rosemead Ave., Rosemead, CA 91770
  (626) 449-5290
  http://www.bhcalhambra.com/

Psychological Health Services:

• Family Counseling Center San Gabriel
  314 E. Mission Road, San Gabriel, CA 91776
  (626) 285-2139.
  Services prevent family dysfunction and abuse, which include therapy, substance abuse, prevention/treatment, teen pregnancy treatment/prevention, Asian Helpline.
  
  
• Family Service Center
  1000 S. 8th St., Moor Field Annex, Alhambra, CA, 91801
  (626) 308-2516; Fax: (626) 308-2519
  Client Contact: Annette Jewik.
  Hours: Mon: 8 a.m.-12 p.m., M; Tues-Fri.: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.,
  Area Served: Alhambra City School District and surrounding San Gabriel Valley area.
  Center provides program services for the Alhambra School District. Services offered to the Alhambra Community are language appropriate and culturally sensitive. Direct mental health services are coordinated through the Family Service Center and provided on-site for Ramona Elementary School exclusively and include individual, group and family counseling by bilingual Cantonese and Spanish licensed counselors. The program's impact has brought about a 50% decrease in child abuse according to the Healthy Start 1996-97 State Evaluation.
  
  
• Foothill Family Service
  118 S. Oak Knoll Ave., Pasadena, CA 9110
  (626) 795-6907
  Provides individual, family and group counseling. Child abuse treatment throughout the SGV.
  
  
• Fuller Psychological and Family Services (FPFS)
  180 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
  (626) 584-5555
  
  
• La Vie
  650 Sierra Madre Villa, Suite 110, Pasadena, CA 91107
  (626) 795-7221
  Marriage, family and child counselors.
  
  
• Pacific Clinics, Pasadena–Adult Clinic
  909 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105-2625
  (626) 795-8471.
  Provides community client, crisis intervention, case management, community promotion, outpatient, and partial day treatment services.
  http://www.apanet.org/members/pc.html
  
  
• Pacific Clinics, Pasadena–Children's Clinic
  66 Hurlbut St., Pasadena, CA 91105
  (626) 795-8471
  Day treatment center for emotionally disturbed children (2-8), morning and afternoon program.
  
  
• Pasadena Mental Health
  1495 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, CA 91104
  (626) 798-0907
  Crisis intervention, counseling, referral to human services, parent education, mentorship services provided.
  www.pmhc.org
   
• Santa Anita Family Service
  121 S. Santa Anita St., San Gabriel, CA 91776
  Phone: (626) 308-1414; FAX: (626) 308-1818
  Affordable, professional counseling services that address mental health problems through individual, family and group counseling, education and intervention services. Services Provided: Clinical services (individual, child, family counseling); school-based services; parent education groups; drug diversion groups; outpatient drug treatment groups/counseling; adult anger management groups; adolescent anger management groups; domestic violence groups; empowerment groups; adults molested as children groups; multi-family groups; adolescent groups; case management services; in-home supportive services; Asian hotline; information and referral; drug testing; services for Seniors (case management; home-based care; caregiver support; companionship; respite services and more)
   
• The Sycamores
  210 S. DeLacey, Suite 110, Pasadena, CA 91105
  (626) 395-7100, ext. 2610.
  Provides day treatment, residential treatment and aftercare/wraparound services for children.
  www.sycamores.org
  
  
• Trinity Child & Family Services
  11100 Valley Blvd., Suite 109, El Monte, CA 91731
  (626) 437-8172.
  Serves the needs of children requiring out-of-home placement through residential/treatment and foster family programs.
  www.trinitycfs.org
  
  
• Wellness Community Foothills
  200 E. Del Mar Blvd., Suite #118, Pasadena, CA 91105
  (626) 796-1083
  A program of hope, learning and friendship for adults with cancer and their loved ones.
  

School-Related Counseling Services:

• Six elementary and middle (K-8th) schools in the Alhambra School District contract with the Children, Youth, and Family Services Consortium (a service provided by California School of Professional Psychology) to provide mental health services to the children and their families at the respective sites. The specific schools involved in these contracts include Baldwin, Emery Park, Garfield, Granada, Park, and Ynez. The services, delivered by CSPP student interns, include mental health consultation to staff, and counseling services to over 100 students and families. CSPP interns at each of these sites have been successful in significantly augmenting the psychosocial supports and mental health consultation/services that were previously not available to these schools.
  Contact: Samuel Q. Chan, Director of the Professional Services Center.

Violence/Rape:

• Center for the Pacific Asian Family: (800) 339-3940
• Haven House, Pasadena: (323) 681-2626
• Los Angeles County Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 540-4000
• Los Angeles County Elder Abuse Hotline: (800) 992-1660
• Los Angeles Rape and Battering Hotline: (213) 626-3393
• National Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 422-4453
• West San Gabriel Valley Rape Hotline: (626) 793-3385
• LA County and USC Violence Intervention Program
  1220 W. State St., #T-11, Los Angeles, CA 90033
  (213) 226-6233 or 6806.
  Evaluates and treats all victims of violence; serves as a countywide resource for cases of suspected child abuse and neglect and cases of sexual assault and domestic violence.
• YWCA of San Gabriel Valley - WINGS
  Business: (626) 338-3123
  Hotline: (626) 967-0658
  Intake Procedures: (626) 967-0658
  Fax: 626-858-5140
  E-Mail: ywca_wings@att.net
  Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  Shelter 24hours/7days
  Fees: Free
  Languages spoken: Armenian; Cantonese; Chinese; Farsi; Hindi; Mandarin; Spanish; Tagalog; Urdu;
  Handicapped accessible.
  YWCA-WINGS provides a variety of comprehensive services to female victims of domestic violence and their children.

Women/Children/Family:

• Plaza Community Clinic
  612 W. Shorb St., Alhambra, CA 91803
  (626) 570-9090 Fax: (626) 570-9056
  The Clinic offers prenatal, obstetric, and gynecological services to women, and primary health care to all members of the community. Additional services include CPSP, drug testing, immunizations, teen focus groups, Child Passenger Safety Seat training for parents, Healthy Families, and Medi-CAL Outreach Services.

Vocational Rehabilitation Services:

• Avon Products Training Center
  1441 E. Valley Blvd., Alhambra, CA 91801
  (626) 282-4049