Clarity Child Guidance Center recognizes there are underlying causes to a child’s struggle at home and school. When kids are equipped with what they need, they can be successful. This belief is key to working with children in a collaborative manner.
Our goal is to equip children with the skills and tools they need to grow up healthy, happy, and successful in life!
Understand and care for kids unconditionally
Respect kids, families, and one another
Be honorable and trustworthy in all our actions
Explain everything we are going to do and follow through
Acknowledge and value the inherit worth of everyone we work with
Clarity Child Guidance Center’s roots go back to 1886 when thirteen women formed an orphanage called the Protestant Home for Destitute Children. They found the children who struggled to get adopted often had mental health challenges.
By the 1960s, the San Antonio Children’s Center (as it was known then) specialized in treatment of children with behavioral and emotional disorders. Over time, the organization grew into the Southwest Mental Health Center, which was a hospital, diagnostic and treatment center, and educational training facility.
Another nonprofit leader in mental health was the Child Guidance Center of San Antonio. Established in 1956, this organization provided outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents, and families. The staff also worked with schools and other social agencies in the community.
In 2010, the Southwest Mental Health Center and the Child Guidance Center of San Antonio merged and selected a new name to reflect their shared mission: Clarity Child Guidance Center!
