Innovative and creative ideas are always welcome. Collaboration – CHAC believes that collaboration with other organizations is needed to meet the complex needs of our communities.Diversity – CHAC values the diversity of the communities served and does not discriminate.Availability of Services – CHAC is committed to offering programs and services to children, youth, and families without regard to their ability to pay.Counseling, psychotherapy, and community awareness education are offered along with programs for the prevention and intervention of substance abuse. Healthy Lifestyles – CHAC promotes healthy lifestyles through a comprehensive approach to mental health.Healthy Families – CHAC's services focus on developing healthy families, including the growth and stability of each member and the family as a whole.Personal self-esteem is encouraged as well as respect for others. Empathy – All who come to CHAC for assistance are treated with dignity, respect, and empathy.The Community Health Awareness Council exists to provide alternatives to self-destructive behavior and to help create healthy lives for the children and families of Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and surrounding communities. Many programs are designed to protect young people from high–risk behaviors such as alcohol or illicit drug abuse, violence, and premature sexual activity, while building personal assets such as school success, valuing diversity, maintaining good health, and the ability to delay gratification all of which will help insure that they have the greatest chance for success in life.ĬHAC believes in the value of each individual, the importance of the family, and the necessity of community.
Our programs address a variety of emotional problems affecting children, teens, adults and families.
I am dedicated to proactively helping teenagers, college students, young adults, and their families actualize their innate potential and inner resources such that they can live happier, healthier, and more meaningful lives.Each year CHAC serves more than 7,500 local youth and individuals at our clinic and at 31 school campuses. I also employ the 12-Step precepts of Alateen and Al-Anon when working with the family and friends of those suffering from addiction. In addition to traditional talk therapy, my psychotherapeutic approach selectively includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness and meditation practices. I also work with athletes and musicians to help them focus and achieve maximum performance levels, and I have extensive experience working with those suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). My clinical practice includes helping teenagers, college students, young adults, and their family members decisively deal with the many challenges that people ages 14 to 30 frequently face. I come to therapy with years of corporate business experience and my therapeutic background includes working as a mental health therapist at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, CA, teaching the Heart to Heart seminar at Stanford Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, and training at the Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) in Mountain View, CA.
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