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About me: An Introduction to Adolescent Counseling Services info@acs-teens.org
MISSION
Adolescent Counseling Services empowers teens and their families in our community to realize their emotional and social potential through counseling and preventive education.
VALUES
Diversity, integrity, respect and highest professional standard.
VISION
All teens are emotionally healthy, empowered with the tools and knowledge to face life’s challenges.
Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) is a community
nonprofit that has served teens and their families in
Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties for over 30 years.
ACS’s team of therapists, social workers, psychologists
and clinical interns provides therapy, treatment and
education, building brighter futures for teens in our
community.
ACS must fundraise to provide therapy and treatment
at little or no cost to clients. Financial supporters
include foundations, corporations, government, community
organizations, and individuals in the community.
For information about how you can
support ACS, visit our website or call:
www.acs-teens.org/support_acs
Phone: 650.424.0852 x 103
Corporate Office
4000 Middlefield Road, Suite FH, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: 650.424.0852 Fax: 650.424.9853
email: info@acs-teens.org
www.acs-teens.org
ON-CAMPUS COUNSELING PROGRAM
The On-Campus Counseling (OCC) Program provides individual, family and group counseling at no cost to students and their families at the five secondary schools in the Palo Alto Unified School District and at Menlo-Atherton High School and Redwood High School in the Sequoia Union High School District.
Margaret Murchan, LCSW
On-Campus Counseling Program Director
Phone:650.424.0852, ext. 102
Email:margaret@acs-teens.org
OCC PROGRAM SITES
Palo Alto Unified School District
Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306 Roni Gillenson
MFT, Site Director
650.849.7919
Palo Alto High School
50 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301 Amoreena Berg
Site Director
650.833.4244
JLS Middle School
480 East Meadow Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94306 Amy Pillitteri
LCSW, Site Director
650.856.5164
Jordan Middle School
750 North California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94303 G. Claire Roberts
LCSW, Site Director
650.213.0123
Terman Middle School
655 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306 Site Director
Site Director
650.354.1412
Sequoia Union High School District
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Road
Atherton, CA 94027 G. Claire Roberts
LCSW, Site Director
650.322.5311 x 5186
Redwood High School
1968 Old County Road
Redwood City, CA 94063 Site Director
Site Director
650.369.1411 x 7343
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM
The Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment (ASAT) Program provides outpatient, intensive outpatient treatment, professional assessment and prevention education in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
Address:
445 Sherman Avenue, Suite J
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650.329.9410
Brenda Stern, NBAE Certified Addictions Counselor
Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program Director
Email:brenda@acs-teens.org
Who I'd like to meet: ACS DIRECTORS
Philippe Rey, PsyD
Executive Director
Aarika Riddle
Development and Marketing Director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Mirbach (President),
Lauren Carneghi (Vice President),
Michael A. Seidel (Treasurer),
Lorie Sinnott (Secretary), Jim Pitkow (ex-officio),Jane Creighton, Michael A. Guerra, Anita John, Jill Parker, Bonnie Sterngold, Jonathan Tiemann
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Iris Korol(Chair),
Sue Barkhurst,
Gloria Brown,
Karen Canty,
Leonard Ely,
The Honorable Anna Eshoo,
Megan Swezey Fogarty,
Pat Gemma,
Norma Hesterman,
Julie Jerome,
Lynne Johnson,
William S. Johnson,
Linda Kraemer,
Cathy Kroymann,
Linda Lenoir,
Sue Levy,
Liz Lillard,
Pat McGuire,
Becky Morgan,
Barbara Newton,
Shames Panahi,
Sigrid Pinksy,
Susie Richardson,
Denise Savoie,
Mark Shephard,
The Honorable Joe Simitian,
Kevin Skelly,
Barbara Spreng,
Sally Stewart,
Suzie Stewart,
Warren Thoits,
Jay Thorwaldson,
Holly Ward,
Sylvie Way,
Elizabeth Wolf,
Edel Young
