Foothill’s Counseling Services Department
Foothill Community Health Center is dedicated to providing a safe and confidential space for patients to obtain support through the difficult transitions and challenges in life. It is our goal to offer compassion, education and resource referrals that will cultivate and promote healthy lifestyles of individuals and families in our community.
Our Behavioral and Mental Health Staff
Our counseling staff is committed to providing high quality, compassionate and linguistically and culturally appropriate services to the diverse community of East Side San Jose. The onsite counseling team includes a Licensed Psychologist and Marriage Family Therapist Interns who are supervised by a licensed MFT Supervisor.
Services Offered by Our mental Health Department Include
Our counseling services include individual services for adults and children, family therapy and therapeutic groups at an affordable rate.
Individual Therapy for issues pertaining to:
- Family Conflict
- Divorce, blended families and single parenting
- Behavior Management
- Social skills and self-esteem
- Relationship and Communication issues
- Issues with peers
- Issues in addiction and recovery and relapse prevention
- Codependency
- Grief and depression
- Stress and anxiety
- Incest and Abuse
- Trauma and combat-related PTSD
- Sexuality and LGBT issues
- Life Transitions and issues related to aging
Groups/ Psycho-Education Classes:
- Teen Pregnancy Groups
- Parent Education Classes
School Based Student Services
Starting October 2010, Foothill Community Health Center has partnered up with selected schools in the East Side Union High School district and the Alum Rock Union School District to provide on-site counseling services to their students at no cost to the patients. The FCHC School Based Mental Health Program offers skilled Marriage Family Therapist Interns to provide counseling services pertaining to peer-relation issues, self-esteem, academic issues, behavioral problems, social skills, divorce, grief and loss, LGBT youth support and family conflict. Our MFT Interns aim is to collaborate with school staff, families and the FCHC Outreach team to provide wrap around services and a unique plan of action to support the child’s needs.
