Summit Guidance Center provides a wide array of services and programs including outpatient clinics, community-based support and rehabilitative programs, hospital liaison services, intensive family services, and long-term supports. Services are available to anyone.
Our specialty is caring for people with severe and persistent mental illness (such as schizophrenia, major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder) and other severely disabling disorders requiring crisis resolution or ongoing and long-term support and treatment. We are the provider of choice for maintaining people with these disorders at home, and off the streets, out of the jails, and out of the hospital.
About
Summit Guidance Center (SGC) is a grassroots, organization founded in 2011 by a small group of bilingual/bicultural mental health professionals. It is dedicated to providing culturally competent mental health and other social services to families, including refugee and immigrant with multiple layers of complex needs, exposure to violence and trauma both in their current environment and in their native countries, and weakening intergenerational relationships. Staff in this agency speaks multiple languages including English, Somali, Arabic, Oromo, Amharic, and Swahili.
Our Services
Summit Guidance Center provides a wide array of services and programs including outpatient clinics, community-based support and rehabilitative programs, hospital liaison services, intensive family services, and long-term supports. Services are available to anyone.
Our specialty is caring for people with severe and persistent mental illness (such as schizophrenia, major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder) and other severely disabling disorders requiring crisis resolution or ongoing and long-term support and treatment. We are the provider of choice for maintaining people with these disorders at home, and off the streets, out of the jails, and out of the hospital.
Clinic Based Services
Summit Guidance Center, is a behavioral health clinic, offers outpatient mental health services in the Twin Cities area. SGC provides psychotherapy and Skills Training for older adults, adults, adolescents and children at each location.
Clinic-based services include:
• Individual Psychotherapy
• Family Counseling
• Marriage/Relationship
• Group counseling
• Medication Management
• Training
• Consultations
• Workshops
Specialties include:
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Treatment
• Chronic Pain and Illness
• Compulsive Gambling Issues
• Depression, Anxiety, and Phobias
• Dissociative Disorders
• Domestic Violence Issues
• Eating Disorders
• Elderly Mental Health Issues
• Employee Assistance Professional Services
• Grief Counseling
• Mood Disorders
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Schizophrenic Disorders
• Somatoform Disorders
• Sexual Orientation and Identity
• Sexuality Issues
• Work Stress/Problems
In-Home Services
Summit Guidance Center offers quality in-home psychological and behavioral services for older adults, adults, adolescents, and children who may have emotional, behavioral, or organic disorders. SGC is committed to providing on-site, flexible, comprehensive, and cost-effective services in a timely manner utilizing a cognitive behavioral systems approach and psychodynamics. SGC services include close coordination with the referral source, such as case managers or county social services personnel.
In-Home Services Include:
• Diagnostic Assessments
• Individual Therapy
• Independent Living Skills
• Behavior Analysis
• Family Consultation
• Case Coordination
• Education and Training
SGC offers a holistic array of culturally-sensitive bilingual services that support the mental health and well-being of refugee and immigrant clients who have multiple layers of complex needs. We integrate traditional services such as clinical mental health counseling and medication management with culturally/spiritually tailored intervention strategies such as a meditation group co-facilitated by traditional healers.