BCHD convened a Student Mental Health Task Force in 2018 as a part of a Beach Cities-wide effort to address student stress and substance use. The Student Mental Health Task Force is made up more than 60 organizations and providers in the Beach Cities that support students and families.
Provider service areas include:
- Substance use prevention
- Mental health
- Mindfulness and social-emotional learning
The Task Force meets quarterly to offer recommendations on student health issues. Participants provide resources and services to Beach Cities students and families on topics including cancer support, mental health, grief counseling, substance use prevention, interventions and education, as well as mindfulness and social-emotional learning.
Participating Providers Will:
- Be part of a Beach Cities-wide effort to address student stress and substance use
- Offer recommendations on student health issues
- Convene 3-4 times annually with other providers in the Beach Cities
- Be listed as a community resource on bchd.org/resources
- Be eligible to participate in/support school events
For questions about the Student Mental Health Task Force, please contact Emory Chen, Youth Services Manager, at emory.chen@bchd.org
Task Force Members
| Substance Use | |
| Alice Kuo, MD | UCLA Pediatrics |
| Ashley White | Behavioral Health Services Inc. |
| Carol Alemeda | Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc. |
| Donnie W. Watson, Ph.D. | Thelma McMillen Center For Alcohol & Drug Treatment/Torrance Memorial |
| Heather Longridge | Behavioral Health Services, Inc. |
| Inger Hauge | Center for Discovery |
| Jac Folkert | UCLA Health |
| Jeanette Barreto | Clear Recovery Center |
| Laura McIntire | South Bay Families Connected |
| Melissa Estelle | Mothers Against Drunk Driving |
| Moe Gelbart, Ph.D. | Thelma McMillen Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment |
| Raunda Frank | Behavioral Health Services, Inc. |
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| Mental Health | |
| Abby Withee, LMFT | Withee Family Therapy |
| Albert Knapp, PsyD, BCBA-D, RPT-S | Play Lab, Albert Knapp & Associates |
| Angela Wilson, LMFT | South Bay Children's Health Center - South Bay Youth Project |
| Anna Pirkl, LMFT | One Heart Counseling Center |
| Avigal Harrow | 1736 Family Crisis Center |
| Brittany Dafesh, PsyD | Clinical Psychologist Inc |
| Chelsea Gallucci | Redondo Beach Unified School District |
| Christina Ortiz, PsyD | Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services – Suicide Prevention Center |
| Eddie Garcia | Insight Treatment Programs |
| Ericka Sazo-Gonzalez | Redondo Beach Police Department |
| Erin Rieger, LMFT LEP | Private Practice |
| Eugenie Lewis, LCSW | Creative Life Mapping |
| Evelyn Jacobson, AMFT | Private Practice |
| Fredirik Schulin | Insight Treatment Programs |
| John Webber | Private Practice |
| Joan Stein Jenkins | Manhattan Beach Police Department |
| Julie Cegelski | Walk With Sally |
| Kathleen Ballue | Center for Discovery |
| Katie Hurley, LCSW | Private Practice, Author, Speaker |
| Kelly Mothner, PhD | Private Practice |
| Kevin Sousa, LMFT | Private Practice/Jimmy Miller Foundation |
| LaToya Harris | Redondo Beach Police Department |
| Leah Niehaus, LCSW | Private Practice |
| Linda Reeves, LMFT | Beach Cities LGBT Therapy |
| Maria Nazarian, PhD | Beach Therapy |
| Marina Braff, LMFT | Clear Recovery Center; Private Practice |
| Michelle Carlson | Teenline |
| Nancy Lomibao | Cancer Support Community RB |
| Patrick Dickey | Private Practice Therapist |
| Patty Ellis | The Gathering Place |
| Rebecca Stewart, LMFT, LPCC | Private Practice |
| Robin Kusilka, LMFT | Private Practice |
| Shauna Letvin, LCSW | Shauna B. Letvin, LCSW, Inc. |
| Tristan Coopersmith, LMFT | Life Lab |
| Virginia Green, PhD | Stillwater Group, Inc. |
| Whitney Boole, LMFT | Beach Cities Psychotherapy |
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| Mindfulness/Social-emotional Learning | |
| Adam O'Neil | Pinnacle Performance Psychology |
| Alan Berkes | Positive Coaching Alliance |
| Ellen Robbins | Positive Coaching Alliance |
| Danila Koverman | Fusion Academy South Bay |
| Isabelle Royer | Yoga, Mindfulness & Leadership |
| Jacqueline T.D. Huynh | Integrative Minds and Parent Pump Radio |
| Jennifer Wildenberg | Mira Costa High School |
| Joanie Plake | Breathe & Learn |
| Kathleen Terry | PS I Love You and the Volunteer Center of the South Bay |
| Laurie Angress | Mindful Yoga Therapy |
| Liz Reinhardt | Volunteer Center of South Bay |
| Margot Parker | Educational Consultant |
| Patricia Jones | PS I Love You Foundation |
| Sarah Straton | We Are Evergrowing |
Last updated Nov. 2019
