Program areas at CGC
Child Guidance Center prevents and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders of childhood by providing therapeutic, educational, consultation and outreach services to children, families, schools, and the community institutions which serve them.
Child Guidance Center provides extensive, comprehensive and ongoing mental health training for its clinical staff, undergraduate and graduate-level student interns, community providers and outside organizations. Cgc's dedication to training in evidence-based practices and other methods include: parent-child interaction therapy (pcit), trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, pc-care, family mealtime coaching, telehealth training, and others. Student interns perform outreach, clinical work and may also engage in applied clinical research, screenings, investigation and treatment.
Cgc's strong family, strong children program (sfsc) partners with 4 non-profit organizations to provide a coordinated, comprehensive array of culturally competent services, supports, and evaluation to meet the unique challenges of military connected families and their children. Supportive services, including mental health, housing, legal support, and domestic violence prevention are extended to children and families of veterans, active duty service members, reserve, guard, and the fallen in orange county.