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Hidden Strength Behavioral Health

Source: Hidden Strength

Resource Type: Website or Webpage Article

Audience(s): City or County Agency Staff, Educators, Families, Health or Mental Health Professional, School Staff or Administrators, Students

Focus Population: BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or People of Color), Foster Youth, LGBTQ, Youth in Military Families, Youth with Disabilities

Topics: Abuse and Violence, COVID-specific, Culturally Responsive Supports, Mental Health Partnerships and Collaboration, Mental Health Screening, Peer Support, Privacy and Confidentiality, Project Cal-Well, School Climate and Classroom Supports, School Mental Health Referrals, Specific Mental Health Conditions, Stigma, Suicide, Trauma, Treatment, Wellness

At Hidden  Strength, we want to make a difference in the lives of the youth,  families, and individuals in our community by providing culturally  sensitive individualized counseling services. Our goal with everyone  that we work with is to help them utilize their strengths and empower  them to use their natural skills to live healthy and functional lives.

Adolescence experience many life changes as a transition from childhood to young adult, these changes include physical, emotional, cognitive, and Behavioral. Although most of us are healthy and experienced normal physical and emotional changes, one in every six in the general population experience a mental health disorder each year. Youth with mental health disorders May face challenges in their homes, school, community, and interpersonal relationships. Hidden strengths Mental Health program is designed to help the youth and family/Caregiver the necessary tools to overcome the challenges of mental illness. Our Youth After School IOP is designed for Youth and families that are looking to learn adaptive skills to support youth who’s symptoms and behaviors are significantly and negativity impacting them in their everyday lives. We utilize the YRAXES* model, an evidence based, individualized, and built upon families culture, values, and beliefs.