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Laurie Pomeranz Personal Counselor Extension 22 Started ICA: 1999 BA in Psychology, from Kenyon College, Ohio MA in Counseling with emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, University of San Francisco Marriage and Family Therapist license

Personal Counseling at Immaculate Conception Academy is provided by Mrs. Laurie Pomeranz, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Pomeranz if you wish to discuss a concern or seek support. She can be reached at (415) 824-2052 ext. 22, or by email.

HOTLINES:

California Youth Crisis Line
A crisis intervention line for youth. Services also available in Spanish.
1-800-843-5200

Huckleberry House Youth Crisis 24-Hour Hotline
A 24-hour support, information, and referral line for youth ages 1-17, parents, caretakers and providers regarding youth crises and youth at-risk issues.
(415) 621-2929

La Casa de las Madres
A 24-hour crisis intervention line that offers referrals and information to battered women. Services also available in Spanish.
(415) 503-0500

National Eating Disorders Referral Line
Provides support services, help, and guidance to individuals struggling with disordered eating, and to their families.
1-800-931-2237

San Francisco Suicide Prevention
A 24-hour crisis intervention line.
English: (415) 781-0500
Spanish: 1-800-989-5212

San Francisco Women Against Rape:
A 24-hour crisis intervention line for women survivors, their significant others, family and friends. Provides phone and in-person counseling, advocacy, practical support and group counseling.
(415) 647-7273

TALK Line (Telephone Aid in Living with Kids):
A child abuse crisis intervention, prevention, and referral line for parents and caregivers of minor children. Also provides drop-in services to relieve parental stress and reduce the risk of child abuse or neglect.
(415) 441-KIDS

WOMAN, Inc:
A 24-hour crisis intervention line for battered women and adolescents dealing with domestic and dating violence.
(415) 864-4722

ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE

Kaiser Permanente Teen Clinic:
2200 O’Farrell St.
San Francisco
415-833-3443

San Francisco General Hospital Adolescent Medicine Clinic:
1001 Potrero Ave., Main Hospital 6M
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-206-8376

University of California Medical Center Teen Clinic:
400 Parnassus, 2nd floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
415-353-2002

UCSF/Mt. Zion Teen Services:
2330 Post St. #320
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-885-7742

Mission Neighborhood Health Center:
240 Shotwell St.
San Francisco, CA
415-431-3212

Valencia Health Services:
1647 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-647-3666

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc.
2919 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-229-0500
Mental Health Clinical Services offer individual, family, and group therapy, medication support services, consultation, information and referral. Also provides psychological assessments.

La Casa de las Madres
1850 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-503-0500
www.lacasa.org
La Casa de las Madres Teen Program provides counseling, advocacy and support to young women who are facing abuse in their dating relationships or who are experiencing domestic violence in their families.

Langley Porter Institute, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
401 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
415-476-7000
http://psych.ucsf.edu/lpphc_ektid396.aspx
Provides outpatient psychotherapy and evaluation for individuals with family, school, and relationship problems; eating disorders and depression. Provides evaluation and treatment for acute, short-term and long-term mental health problems. Adolescent group and family therapy also available.

Mission Family Center
759 South Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-695-6955
A child and family mental health service center that offers family, group and individual therapy.

Westside Community Mental Health Center
1140 Oak St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
415-431-8252
Child, youth and family services and programs.

Horizons Unlimited of San Francisco, Inc.
440 Potrero Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-487-6700
www.horizons-sf.org
Numerous programs and counseling services for teenaged girls.