Program Purpose:

To provide affordable counseling services, mental health education and referrals to individuals, couples and families throughout Santa Cruz County.

History:

Counseling Services was the first program of the agency founded in 1957 to provide services designed to maintain and strengthen individual, family and community life.

Service Description:

Many people seek counseling because they have had major stresses and are in crisis due to relationship issues, job loss, parenting, sexual orientation, depression, alcohol and drug use or due to past problems of abuse or dysfuntional families. Our clients are courageous in confronting their issues while often struggling to maintain jobs, relationships, and to develop new coping behavior. We also operate the PEAKS program for the evaluation and assessment of at-risk children up to age eighteen. Rainbow Counseling provides services for issues around sexual orientation. We accept private insurance and members of the Central Coast Alliance for Health. Clients are responsible for a portion of the fee based on a sliding scale related to monthly family income.

Contact Information:

Addresses and phone numbers:

FSA Santa Cruz Office:
104 Walnut Avenue #208
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

phone: 831-423-9444 x200
fax: 831-423-1532

FSA Watsonville Office:
11-D Alexander Street
Watsonville, CA 95076

phone: 831-728-9970 x200
fax: 831-728-9971

Staff:

Rita Flores, Program Director
email: rflores@fsa-cc.org

Servicios de Consejería:

Ofrece terapia profesional accesible a individuos y familias en el Condado de Santa Cruz. Los clientes son responsables por una porción del costo, determinado por una escala basada en sus ingresos mensuales como familia. Se acepta seguro médico privado, Healthy Kids, y Medi-Cal. El programa de Rainbow ofrece servicios a clientes gay, bisexuales y transgénero/a.