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You are not alone

Hundreds of people visit us weekly for

Individual or Group Counseling, Family or Couples Therapy, Child & Adolescent Counseling, Psychiatric Care, Consultation & Referrals.

 

What we do

You are not alone……seeking help when you need it is the first major step toward robust mental health.

For 50 years, AMCS has offered confidential and professional psychotherapy services helping people to express their feelings, solve their problems, and find new ways to cope with life.

Let us help you deal with stress, trauma, hopelessness, depression, or loss of a loved one. We also offer assistance with parenting issues, problems of adolescence, life transitions, health or aging challenges, and caring for a loved one.

If you are having problems with self-esteem, child abuse, relationships, disability or illness, we are here for you.

 
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At-Risk Kids Program

Provides individual/group counseling and parenting education at Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets (high school), Orville Wright Middle School (magnet), and the Boys and Girls Club of Venice, to address school/home-related issues, risky behaviors, and familial stressors, including child abuse.

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family therapy

For all ages, addressing social, emotional, and behavioral issues; AMCS offers long-term, ongoing therapy, solution-focused therapy, brief therapy, and play or art therapy. 

 
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psychiatric services

Including evaluation, diagnosis, medication, and monitoring for more severe mental illnesses.

 
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Couples counseling

To help couples communicate in a more positive way in order to create or recreate the relationship they want.

 
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Hannon immediate intervention program

For clients seeking immediate help in times of crisis -- includes individual and group therapy as well as access to related services, such as psychiatry.

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INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

Clients come to AMCS because of its outstanding reputation in providing individualized therapy and one-on-one counseling addressing issues such as anxiety, depression, relationships and grief or loss.

 
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case management

Linking individuals and families with resources and services within or outside of Airport Marina Counseling Service.

 
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Therapeutic groups

Support groups, medication group, anxiety disorder group, anger management group, parenting education and specific focus groups.

 
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LGBTQIA CENTER

AMCS, in partnership with Antioch University, operates one of the few centers in Los Angeles specializing in psychotherapy specifically geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual population and specializes in training therapists to work with this under-served population.