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EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITYSERVICESCommunity Counseling CentersThe university operates Community Counseling Centers inconjunction with its Pleasant Hill and Campbell Campuses.The centers’ dual mission is to provide supervised trainingfor advanced students in the counseling psychology programand to offer high-quality, affordable psychotherapy to thecommunity. The centers offer individual, couple, family, andgroup counseling. A wide range of concerns are addressedincluding family conflicts, parenting, alcohol and drug issues,depression, grief, and sexuality.The Graduate School of Professional Psychology openedits first Community Counseling Center in Concord in 1974.Today the center, now located in Pleasant Hill, is one of thelargest community-based, outpatient mental health facilitiesin the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Under the supervisionof licensed professionals, over 100 graduate trainees serveapproximately 5,000 clients per year. A new center wasopened in Pittsburg in 2006 to serve the growing east countycommunity.The Community Counseling Center in Sunnyvale is locatedat the Cupertino Union School District’s Center for Childrenand Families. Counseling services are provided by graduatetrainees, who may also serve as counselors on-site in theschool district’s elementary and junior high schools.University CampsThe Graduate School of Professional Psychology hasoffered summer camps through its expressive arts and sportpsychology programs since 1982. The camps provide studentsin the expressive arts and sport psychology specializationsand certificate programs with the opportunity to applyclassroom learning through supervised internships. Thecamps also provide a unique setting in which children andadolescents can acquire new skills in sports or the artswhile enhancing their self-confidence, self-expression, andproblem-solving abilities.Sport camps may be offered to local children and adolescentsat the Pleasant Hill Campus and, in cooperation withcommunity agencies, at other sites in the San Francisco BayArea. In recent years, the program has also focused on howsport psychology camps can assist in the rehabilitation ofjuveniles residing at detention camps in Contra Costa County.Expressive Arts camps offer latency-aged children a richopportunity to explore the creative process through a varietyof art modalities including visual arts, movement, and drama.These camps are offered on both the Pleasant Hill andCampbell campuses.166 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGYJOHN F. KENNEDY UNIVERSITY