ABOUT ACS

Founded in 1975, the mission of Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) is to empower teens and their families in our community to realize their emotional and social potential through counseling and preventive education. ACS operates three programs:

The On-Campus Counseling Program, provies individual, family, and group counseling at no cost to students and their families at the five secondary schools in the Palo Alto Unified School District, at Menlo-Atherton High School, Redwood High School, and Sequoia Community Day School in the Sequoia Union High School District, and La Entrada Middle School in the Las Lomitas School District. 

The Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides outpatient, intensive outpatient threatment, professional assessment and prevention education to teens and families in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.  ACS offers an effective and unique approach to adolescent treatment by focusing on the Family Therapeutic Model, 12 Step Community Reinforcement, and individual and group therapy.

The After-School Counseling Program offers support groups and affordable individual, group, and family counseling for teens and their families in and around the Peninsula with services available in English, Spanish, and Mandarin.

In addition to its three programs, ACS also offers preventive education through community presentations, our Breaking the Stigma forum series, our booklet 99 Tips for Talking with Your Teenager, and our Teen Talk blog.