Therapy, Assessment, and Consultation
in Salinas, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties
We build new skills that bring peace and success in the home, school, and life!
Welcome to Connections Family Center, Inc.
We work with children, adults and families to help find solutions and supports to alleviate struggles and support mental health and life needs. We assess the underlying root cause of these struggles to determine how to build skills in the child, adult and family.
We build skills that will help children, adults, and families in the long term.
New service offered: We are now offering HIPAA compliant tele-therapy.
Are you or someone you know struggling with…
- Frustrations
- Meltdowns
- School or work performance below ability
- Inattention
- Hyperactivity
- Thoughts that seem unusual
- Developmental delay
- Planning and following through
- Motivation
- Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
Have services so far not understood you or your family member and the sources of your frustration? Do you or your family member have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, PDD NOS, ADHD, Communication Disorder, or do you suspect this diagnosis? It doesn’t have to be this way…
Individualized Treatment
One size does not fit all.
Successful therapeutic services must be designed around the child, adult or family. One size does not fit all. We know that real life is messy and cannot be summed up in a diagnostic label. We serve the child, adult, and family as individuals, keeping in mind what we have learned from evidence-based practices.
We develop a personalized plan for your family.
Strategies Include
- Behavioral Techniques
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Play Therapy
- Relationship Development Intervention Based Strategies
- Mental Health and Developmental Assessment
Services Include
- Individual Therapy
- Parent Coaching
- Home and Community Based Coaching by a Trained Interventionist
- Family Plans and Interventions
- Safety Planning
About
Connections: Family and Behavioral Services
Our mission is to provide top quality evidence based mental health and community based services specializing in individuals with Autism Spectrum, ADHD, developmental and learning disabilities and their families.
Our vision is to help individuals experience neurodiversity as a difference, not a deficit, and to feel independent, confident and competent in their lives.
Since 2016, our Connections Family and Behavioral Service and Connections Family center team has been supporting the unique needs of our clients in Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties. Since the pandemic and via telehealth we have been able to expand our reach throughout California.
Connections Family Center is a 501c3 organization.
Program Director
Tricia Lara
LMFT
Staff Therapist
Jennifer Avalos (MSW, ACSW)
Portia Belo (ASW)
Eloisa Ceja (MA, AMFT)
Sophie Conant (MSW, ACSW)
Tatum Davenport (AMFT)
Glory Kubicek (MSW, ACSW)
Carmina Gerringer (AMFT)
Norman MacLean (MA, AMFT)
Gloria Martinez (MSW, ACSW)
Maria Martinez-Navarro (ASW)
David Rubin (LMFT)
Ericka Sanchez (ASW)
Kasey Berg (MFT Student Intern)
Kylee McCann (MFT Student Intern)
Zoe Washington (MSW Student Intern)
Interventionists
Veronica Borowski
Yezzenia Dena
Susan Diaz
Kylee McCann
James McPherson
Valeria Ramos
Yumilet Reyes
Michelle Torrez
Zoe Washington
Administrative Team
Greta Flores
Dei Ow-Bearing
Clinical Interventionist Sessions
Our trained clinical interventionists guide our clients through natural real-world practice and experiences to help integrate and generalize skills learned in individual sessions out to the real world.
A plan is developed with the client, therapist and other stakeholders to determine goals and methods to support meeting goals in the home and in the community.
For our clients who are Regional Center clients, we are vendorized to provide these services. Otherwise, this is a private pay only service.
Locations
Salinas
201 John St Ste A
Salinas CA 93901
Seaside
1760 Fremont Blvd #B207
Seaside CA 93955
Soquel
2715 Porter St #205
Soquel CA 95073