School Based Counseling Contra Costa

Remarkable Services’ School-Based Counseling Program in action in Contra Costa

Contra Costa County is located in the San Francisco Bay area and has a total population of 1,153,561 (as of 2020). Remarkable Services’ School-Based Counseling Program serves the six high schools in The Liberty Union High School District.

This program provides psychotherapy, assessments, advocacy, and therapy groups on-site and online for high-risk or at-risk students. Administrators, academic counselors, or parents refer students.

With a total enrollment of over 8,000, many of the students in the Liberty Union High School District face considerable challenges.

Who is served?

2.3% experienced homelessness in 2018–2019 (194 students)
34% of students are economically disadvantaged
28% are eligible for free or reduced-price meals

The student population is ethnically diverse and includes a large number of students who immigrated as children or are first-generation children of immigrants.

41% White
36% Hispanic
10% Black/African American
6% Filipino
5% Asian
2% of Two or More/Other Ethnicities

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Delivering behavioral health support at scale to high school students

Remarkable Services’ School-Based Counseling Program in Contra Costa makes behavioral health support accessible to over 8,000 students. To enable the delivery of expert care at scale, Remarkable operates in partnership with selected universities as a socially responsible practicum site to train and supervise license-eligible behavioral health students. This model is made possible through the effective application of clinical training and intensive supervision.

Practicum students or Associates, supervised by licensed clinicians, provide psychotherapy services on-site or online for high-risk or at-risk students referred by administrators, academic counselors, or parents. Students referred to the program may be experiencing:

social anxiety,
generalized anxiety,
depression,
substance use,
isolation,
academic struggles,
ADHD/ADD

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Expert care, cultural humility

All personnel with oversight and supervision responsibilities are licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs).

Remarkable Services’ clinical model is uniquely integrative and comprehensive and is only transmitted through supervised training. Associates provide thorough clinical assessment, coordination with school personnel, and resource advocacy in addition to individual, group, and family therapy as indicated for their caseload of students. Groups are currently established for anxiety and depression, as well as for transitioning seniors.

This clinical approach is geared towards actively engaging people from a place of cultural humility. The teenagers receiving support may have experienced trauma in California or in their country of origin. Trauma-aware therapy, sensitive to the needs of our clients, can help young people build healthier adult lives.

RMFI has dedicated and expert services for students who identify as LGBTQ+.

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