Initiative

Pro Bono School Therapy

You’ve read it in headline after headline: the teen mental health crisis is at an all-time high. We’re doing our part to address the issue by organizing pro bono therapy and counseling for students in our community. We connect licensed counselors and therapists to high school campuses right here in North County to offer students professional support when they need it.

You’ve read it in headline after headline: the teen mental health crisis is at an all-time high. We’re doing our part to address the issue by organizing pro bono therapy and counseling for students in our community. We connect licensed counselors and therapists to high school campuses right here in North County to offer students professional support when they need it.

You’ve read it in headline after headline: the teen mental health crisis is at an all-time high. We’re doing our part to address the issue by organizing pro bono therapy and counseling for students in our community. We connect licensed counselors and therapists to high school campuses right here in North County to offer students professional support when they need it.

Projects

Sage Creek High School Pro Bono School Counseling and Therapy

A community-driven partnership between Unite North County and Sage Creek High School that embeds free, on-campus therapy into the school day — removing cost and access as barriers to student mental health care.

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How Pro Bono Counseling Helps

Improved mental Health Results in Better Outcomes

When students are able to receive mental health care during a crisis, they can develop coping skills that help them flourish in the long run. This leads to overall better outcomes in student wellbeing, academic success, and future job potential.

Improved mental Health Results in Better Outcomes

When students are able to receive mental health care during a crisis, they can develop coping skills that help them flourish in the long run. This leads to overall better outcomes in student wellbeing, academic success, and future job potential.

Alleviate the Load for High School Counselors

Public school counselors carry an impossible load — faced with the worst mental health crisis in generations, they are trying to support student mental health while acting as their personal college and career counselor at the same time. Programs like this one help take just a little off their plate so they can do their jobs with more support.

Alleviate the Load for High School Counselors

Public school counselors carry an impossible load — faced with the worst mental health crisis in generations, they are trying to support student mental health while acting as their personal college and career counselor at the same time. Programs like this one help take just a little off their plate so they can do their jobs with more support.

Increased Access to Mental Health Services for Students

For many families, mental health services are simply out of reach financially as an option to help their child. Programs like this one bridge the gap and offer access to life-changing therapy and counseling for the students and families who wouldn’t typically be able to receive it.

Increased Access to Mental Health Services for Students

For many families, mental health services are simply out of reach financially as an option to help their child. Programs like this one bridge the gap and offer access to life-changing therapy and counseling for the students and families who wouldn’t typically be able to receive it.

Impact & Effectiveness

Pro bono counseling services can be literally life-changing for students and school staff. By removing logistical barriers that typically prevent intervention, pro bono counseling helps to step in during crisis moments and support students and counselors so that they can flourish over the long term. This leads to better academic outcomes, improved behavior and school environment, and even school safety.

This process has been local. Our community reached out to us and said, ‘How can we help?’ And we said, ‘Yes, we need your help.’ It’s our local Southern California, Carlsbad community coming together in service of kids.

Josh Way

Principal, Sage Creek High School

Join Our Pro Bono Counseling Network

Make a lasting impact on the mental health of local students.

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Want to get involved?

Here are three simple ways:

1. Attend the Annual Luncheon

Connect with local leaders, community members, & organizations from North County to foster partnerships & promote initiatives.

Annual Luncheon

Annual Luncheon

2. Find your place with Unite

Contact us to find where you or your organization can fit into the Unite ecosystem.

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3. Join the network & take action

Collaborate with other like-minded “doers” and change your community for good. Are you ready to get involved?

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