WE ARE THE ONES WHO...

Help children and adolescents recover from trauma and abuse.

WE ARE THE ONES WHO...

Provide psychosocial and medical support for youth ages 10-18 who are transgender, nonbinary, or questioning the gender they were assigned at birth.

WE ARE THE ONES WHO...

Provide intensive, home-based, mental health and substance abuse services to families.

WE ARE THE ONES WHO...

Counsel children to overcome depression, anxiety, behavior problems and substance abuse.

WE ARE THE ONES WHO...

specialize in early childhood services including autism, diagnostic, and developmental evaluations

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HELPING FAMILIES, PROVIDING HOPE. SINCE 1954

Kids

If you are feeling sad, nervous, or angry, or if you are struggling and feel like you can’t get it together– we can help.

Parents

If your child or teen is sad or anxious, struggling with friendships, or getting into trouble at home or school– we can help.

Professionals

If you are looking for expert, evidence-based children’s mental health assessment, treatment and care coordination, we can help.

1 in 5

children have a mental, emotional, developmental or behavioral disorder

415

crisis calls responded to by our Mobile Crisis Clinicians last year

26237 services provided

to 2419

 children in FY2023

97%

of children who completed treatment experienced stabilization and improvement

0

times a child is turned away from CGC because of inability to pay or immigration status

Meet Clinton

At five years old, Clinton* was referred to the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut by the Department of Child and Family Services. His foster parents were concerned about his aggressive behavior, problems getting along with …

Meet Casey

Meet Casey*. At 12 years old, Casey was referred to CGC’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Services program after her sister found video recordings on her laptop titled, “My 13 Reasons Why,” which disclosed reasons she intended to kill …

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