About Us
Our Lady of the Lake University's Community Counseling Service (CCS) is a community-based service that trains counseling psychology masters' and doctoral students. The CCS has been providing affordable bi-lingual, accessible, counseling services on the largely Hispanic Westside of San Antonio for over 40 years. Most of our clients are self-referred or referred by community agencies, friends, the court system, the University, or other schools.
The CCS uses a sliding fee scale to make services affordable to our clients. We share a waiting room with a Family Medicine clinic that also serves a low-income population. The CCS is open six days a week and serves clients either by appointment or by simply walking in.
The CCS is staffed by the OLLU's Psychology Department Faculty members. Our team of clinicians include Marriage and Family Master’s students in training and Counseling Psychology Doctoral students in training. All trainees are supervised by licensed professionals and masters’ and doctoral level graduate students. For the most part, we provide each client with a team of counselors to help them manage their problems in an efficient and comprehensive way. Clients find our therapy teams supportive and appreciate their professionalism.
Como consejeros y consejeras de CCS nos especializamos en servicios terapéuticos en Español. Le damos importancia a las culturas, religiones, experiencias, habilidades, y recursos de nuestros clientes; y adoptamos estos detalles para crear las metas del tratamiento. En colaboración con nuestros clientes, en las terapias nos enfocamos en buscar la solución o soluciones de cada problema. Por ejemplo, las soluciones se pueden enfocar en el desarrollo de la comunicación entre parejas o familias. Igualmente, las soluciones pueden enfocarse en el crecimiento personal.
The staff at CCS is committed to providing confidential, affordable counseling services to individuals, couples and families which emphasize solutions and strengths. The support services are aimed at helping you and your family to function and cope better with emotions, and engage in healthier relationships.
The CCS also offers an innovative walk-in/phone-in service for clients who are ready to begin working on their problem and want to avoid waiting for an appointment. If you are ready to talk to a counselor, let the staff know when you call so that a no-appointment necessary session can be arranged for you. Often during the week, this will be within 3 hours.
Como consejeros y consejeras de CCS nos especializamos en servicios terapéuticos en español. Le damos importancia a las culturas, religiones, experiencias, habilidades, y recursos de nuestros clientes; y adoptamos estos detalles para crear las metas del tratamiento. En colaboración con nuestros clientes, en las terapias nos enfocamos en buscar la solución o soluciones de cada problema. Por ejemplo, las soluciones se pueden enfocar en el desarrollo de la comunicación entre parejas o familias. Igualmente, las soluciones pueden enfocarse en el crecimiento personal.