Aviva Family and Childrens ServicesTherapist in Van Nuys, CA
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Aviva Family & Children's Services is a nonprofit, non-sectarian 501(c)(3) organization serving at-risk children and families in Los Angeles. Founded in 1915, Aviva provides a continuum of care to children from birth to age 21 and their families, with particular focus on those experiencing poverty, homelessness, food insecurity, and other forms of disadvantage. Services include mental health services, intensive community-based services using a strength-based approach, foster and adoption programming, interim supportive housing through Wallis House for unhoused women and children, and a drop-in center for transitional age youth facing homelessness. The organization addresses social, emotional, and economic barriers to help build stronger families and prevent cycles of neglect and abuse.
Role
Therapist
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Evidence-based approaches
Family systems
Family Systems work. Brings the people closest to you into the recovery picture, since urges and relationships rarely live in separate boxes.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
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