Child and Family Guidance Center

Balboa Site

8550 Balboa Boulevard

Suite 150

Northridge, CA 91325

Main Tel: 818-830-0200

Intake Tel 1: 818-739-5250

Information and Services

Age Groups Accepted
  • Adults
  • Children/adolescents
  • Young adults
Ancillary Services
  • Case management
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Education services
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Housing services
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Supported employment
  • Supported housing
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Screening for tobacco use
Emergency Mental Health Services
  • Crisis intervention team
  • Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
Payment/Insurance Accepted
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • State mental health agency funds
  • State welfare or child and family services funds
Primary Focus of the Provider
  • Mental Health Treatment Services
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)
  • Outpatient mental health facility
  • Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups Offered
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system (other than DUI/DWI)
  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Children with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
  • Transitional age young adults
Language Services
  • Services for the hearing-impaired
  • Spanish
Facility Smoking Policy
  • Smoking allowed in designated area
Treatment Approaches
  • Behavior modification
  • Cognitive/behavior therapy
  • Couple/family therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Psychotropic medication
  • Telemedicine therapy
  • Trauma therapy
Type of Care
  • Mental health treatment