Community Mental Health & Wellness
Puente’s Community Mental Health and Wellness (CMHW) program, provides free accessible, high-quality, and culturally relevant mental health services with bilingual English/ Spanish mental health professionals at no cost to individuals and families living or working in Pescadero, La Honda, San Gregorio, and Loma Mar.
We use Trauma Informed Care Approach as the foundation of our programs and services. Trauma-informed care emphasizes physical, psychological, and emotional safety for both participants and providers and helps survivors rebuild a sense of control and empowerment. It is an ongoing process which involves understanding, recognizing and responding to the effects of all types of traumas.
At Puente, our staff, board members, and volunteers are trained in trauma-informed care guided by these principles.
Therapy Services
- Individual, couples, family, and group therapy
available to the community - All therapy services are free; frequency is
determined by client and therapist - Telehealth and in-person options available
- Group therapy and support groups to be
determined based on the needs of the
community
Community-based Services
- Trauma-Informed Care practices through
ongoing workshops - Mental health support and activities for allied community groups
School-based Services
- Partnership with LHPUSD to provide therapy services to students during school hours
- Group therapy and support groups to be determined based on the needs of the students
Classroom Wide Programs
- Transformative Life Skills: Evidence-based
mindfulness curriculum in self-resilience, self-awareness, emotional regulation, and healthy relationships. - Joven Noble: Comprehensive evidence based, youth leadership development program that supports and guides youth through their “rite of passage” process while focusing on the prevention of substance abuse, teen pregnancy, relationship violence, gang violence, and school failure
