New Horizon Counseling Center’s “The Wellness Place” School-Based Mental Health satellite clinics bring behavioral health care directly into public schools. Students can receive support for mental health, behavioral, and co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns in a familiar and convenient setting, regardless of insurance or immigration status.
Receiving care at school can make it easier to begin and stay connected to services. Students can meet with behavioral health professionals in a setting they already know, reducing transportation and scheduling barriers and limiting time away from school. Having services available in the school can also reduce stigma and make asking for help feel more comfortable.
Our licensed clinicians work with students and families to understand their needs, strengths, concerns, and goals. Services include individual and family therapy, crisis intervention, risk assessment, and collaboration with teachers, guidance counselors, and other school-based supports. When additional services are needed, we help connect students with psychiatric care, medication services, substance use treatment, and other behavioral health services and supports.
School-based care also strengthens coordination between the student, family, treatment team, and school supports. With appropriate permission, our clinicians can work with school staff and other providers to help services work together, support continuity of care, and respond as needs change.
Family members who need their own behavioral health or substance use services can also receive help connecting with New Horizon clinics or other providers of their choice. Parents and legal guardians may contact us directly or work with school staff to help connect a student with services.