3 results for month: 06/2016
SCCC’s Gang Reduction & Youth Development (GRYD) group in Watts
The Southern California Counseling Center’s Outreach program, in partnership with the Watts Labor Community Action Committee, offers a Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) group to the community. The program provides youth with a positive alternative to at-risk and destructive behavior. Funded by the City of Los Angeles, GRYD combines youth and parent leadership training to create a comprehensive violence, crime, substance abuse, dropout, absenteeism, low academic and vocational achievement prevention program.
Raquel Serrano, one of the group’s facilitators, describes her experience with the program:
“In the youth empowerment ...
SCCC congratulates our Community Counselor Course graduates!
Congratulations graduates!
Every January and July, the Southern California Counseling Center offers a six-month Community Counselor Course (CCC). CCC provides training, supervision and support for community members who are already involved, or are interested in helping high-risk populations and under-served communities. The course provides students with the opportunity to build a solid base of counseling skills alongside case workers and staff members from local non-profits and government agencies.
SCCC congratulates the January 2016 cohort of students who graduated today!
Enrollment is now open for the next course, beginning July 8. ...
A Day with a Master of Family Therapy
Robert Mendelsohn, Clinical Director at SCCC, met with Celia Falicov on May 20th at the Pepperdine Malibu campus to discuss issues of difference, culture, immigration, etc. as they relate to clinical work. He describes his experience below.
Celia Falicov, Ph.D., met with us last Friday, May 20, at the Pepperdine Malibu campus for an amazing day, going in depth into how and what we talk about in our clinical work around issues of difference, culture, immigration, etc., with our clients and in our supervision groups. There is literally no encounter with our clients or each other in our multiple clinical settings that does not include considera...