Child Abuse Counseling

• Children's Out of Home Respite Care
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Social Skills Training
• Play Therapy
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• General Counseling Services
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Sexual Assault Prevention
• Developmental Assessment
• Stress Management

Janelle Christensen, MSW, Executive Director

Stuart Harper, LCSW

Larry A. Krause, BSW, MSW: Specializes in treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and child centered play therapy.

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services

The Children's Justice Center is a facility which serves children and families who are experiencing the crisis and chaos that comes with the disclosure of significant physical or sexual abuse of a child.

• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations
• Child Abuse Reporting/Emergency Response

• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations
• Personal/Grooming Supplies
• Group Homes for Dependent Children
• Toy/Game Donation Programs
• Children's Protective Services
• Child Abuse Volunteer Opportunities

• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Children's In Home Respite Care
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Child Abuse Counseling
• General Counseling Services
• Anger Management
• Transitional Housing/Shelter
• Home Based Parenting Education
• Child Care Volunteer Opportunities

M-Sat 9-5, West Valley 24/7.
50% State funding

Family Support Centers located throughout Utah

Susan M. Dezell, LCSW
Insight-oriented, Supportive, Psyc Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-focused, Dialectical Behaviorial Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Training, Play Therapy, Sand Tray Therapy, Psycho-education and Parent Management training. Specializes in Depression, Anxiety, Attachment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Family and Couples, Step-family and Adoption Issues.

Bonnie Peters, MSW, LCSW
Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma-focused. Specializes in Depression, Anxiety, Attachment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Oppositional Defiant/Conduct Disorder, Abuse/Neglect, Domestic Violence and Adoption.

• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Sexual Assault Counseling
• General Counseling Services
• Child Abuse Counseling

Provides a safe place for children who have been physically or sexually abused.

• Child Abuse Reporting/Emergency Response
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations
• Child Abuse Support Groups

Works with parents and children to build stronger families. Offers home based parenting education, child abuse counseling and prevention, crisis nurseries/ childcare, also offers sexual assault prevention, general crisis intervention hotlines, crime victim support groups, mental health related therapy and support groups, and spouse/ intimate partner abuse counseling.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and State guidelines; masks are required. Most counseling services are being done via telehealth, limited in person services based on need.

• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Sexual Assault Prevention
• Home Based Parenting Education
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Crime Victim Support Groups
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
• General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
• Mental Health Related Support Groups

• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Reporting/Emergency Response
• Children's Protective Services
• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations

Offers individual, marital, group, and family therapy. Specializes in child sexual abuse and domestic violence victim programs, adults molested as children (AMAC) program, adult sexual offender program, children who molest children program (juvenile sex offender program), intensive offender program (IOP), offender aftercare program, psycho-educational skill courses, diagnostic and psychological evaluations, physiological arousal analysis for offender treatment and assessment, domestic violence program, community resource referral, and public and professional awareness presentations.

• Child Abuse Reporting/Emergency Response
• Home Based Parenting Education
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Child Abuse Prevention

Provides comprehensive counseling and treatment at locations in Tooele and Wendover, for people of all ages who are experiencing serious mental illness, substance abuse, child/intimate partner abuse and other behavioral issues. Offers screening, assessment, individual/family/group/couples therapy, support groups, medication and case management services for those with mental illness and behavioral health concerns.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Currently offering medication delivery through ValleyRX pharmacy and remote therapy and telehealth.

• Mental Health Related Support Groups
• Child Guidance
• Psychosocial Therapy
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
• Psychiatric Case Management
• Substance Use Disorder Education/Prevention
• Psychiatric Day Treatment
• General Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
• Case/Care Management
• General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
• Counseling/Information Support Volunteer Opportunities
• General Counseling Services
• Parent Counseling
• General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
• Mental Health Evaluation
• Psychiatric Medication Services

Sarah L. DeBois, LCSW
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Family Therapy Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

• Sexual Assault Counseling
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• General Counseling Services
• Child Abuse Counseling

• Military Family Service/Support Centers
• Anger Management
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Crime Victim Support
• General Expectant/New Parent Assistance

1. Child welfare services - protective services, foster care and adoptions.
2. Family services - family, marriage and child counseling, parenting groups, day care placement, supervision and follow through.
3. Family Preservation Unit - services for families who have experienced some difficulties related to abuse or neglect, but for whom removal of the child from the home is not necessary.
4. To be a foster parent contact the Utah Foster Care Foundation, www.utahfostercare.org/, or 1-877-505-5437 (Toll-free).
5. Adoption.
6. Independent Living Program (ILP) - a program for teens from age 16 to 18 who will not be returning to their natural home. Teaches youth to function independently and transition successfully from foster care into adulthood. Teen must currently be in the custody of the state such as foster care.
7. Services for youth - in their home.

All child abuse and/or neglect referrals for the state are now processed through our Centralized Intake office in Magna, where staff are available 24/7 to take referrals. For email referrals there could be up to a week's turn-around time.

• Sexual Assault Counseling
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• General Counseling Services
• Child Abuse Counseling

Provides medical and mental health services to victims of abuse and neglect. The Center is a team of doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, forensic nurses, medical social workers and child therapists who are trained to work with children who may have been physically and/or sexually abused. Medical assessments provided in 16 Utah counties.

Services Include:

• Outpatient medical exams for suspected abuse/neglect
• Inpatient medical exams/consults for suspect abuse/neglect
• Individual, outpatient therapy
• Phone consultation

Urgent assistance after-hours 801 662-1000

Antoinette Laskey, MD, Medical Director
Julie Bradshaw, LCSW, Department Director
Amy Oxman, LCSW, Manager
Mary Lassiter, RN, Clinic Coordinator
Medical Providers:
Kristine Campbell, MD
Karen Hansen, MD
Larissa N Hines, MD
Brooks Keeshin, MD
Carey J Rood, BS, MD
Therapists:
Doug Marchant, PhD
Brian Thorn, PhD
Ryan Grant, LCSW
Keeley Mendenhall, LCSW
Kari Cunningham, LCSW
Giulianna Garcia, CSW
Lindsay Shepard, CSW

Therapies include:

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Designed to reduce children's negative emotions and behaviors after they have experienced some form of trauma, including sexual abuse. It also provides support and skills to help parents cope with their own emotional distress and optimally respond to their child.

Alternatives for Families:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT)
Helps children and their caregivers by promoting less hostile and aggressive behavior, fewer negative interactions with family members, better social skills, and better developmental abilities. Most children who receive this treatment have experienced some form of physical abuse.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Uses step-by-step, live-coached behavioral parent training to improve parenting skills, decrease child behavior problems and improve the quality of the parent-child relationship.

Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)
A 4-6 session early intervention designed to prevent the development of chronic PTSD and associated symptoms.

Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy (EMDR)
A trauma-informed treatment used to treat children and adolescents who have experienced abuse and trauma. Current symptoms are reduced when distressing memories associated with these events are reprocessed into a more adaptive and integrated state.

Trauma Specialized Child Psychiatry Services
Child psychiatrists are available for consultation with medical providers at Primary Children's and the Children's Justice Centers. They are able to evaluate and treat children receiving trauma therapy services at Safe and Healthy Families when appropriate.

Provides mental health assessments and evaluation and therapy for individuals and families. Specializes and trauma and abuse treatment. 

Diane Sandoval, LCSW, MSW

• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations
• Crime Victim Support
• Child Abuse Reporting/Emergency Response
• Child Abuse Counseling

Provides general outpatient counseling services to children, adults, and families. Offices are located in Magna, Bountiful, Sandy, Tayorsville, Tooele, and West Jordan. Call the main number to schedule an appointment at any location.

• Adolescent/Youth Counseling
• Child Abuse Counseling
• General Counseling Services
• Child Guidance

Ashley Prescott, LCMHC- Chief Operating Officer

Approaches Used:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

Works with parents and children to build stronger families. Offers home based parenting education, child abuse counseling and prevention, also offers sexual assault prevention, general crisis intervention hotlines, and spouse/ intimate partner abuse counseling. COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and State guidelines; masks are required. Counseling is being offered via telehealth.

• Home Based Parenting Education
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Prevention
• General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
• Sexual Assault Prevention

Offices in Logan, Hyrum and Smithfield

• Child Abuse Reporting/Emergency Response
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations

• General Counseling Services
• Child Abuse Counseling
• School Clothing
• Temporary Financial Assistance
• Adolescent/Youth Counseling

• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
• Family Counseling
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Sexual Assault Prevention
• General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care

• Child Abuse Prevention
• Rent Payment Assistance
• Parenting Support Volunteer Opportunities
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Adult Mentoring Programs

Provides screening, assessment, therapy, medication management, crisis intervention, and case management services for those with mental illness, substance abuse and behavioral health concerns. Services available throughout Salt Lake, Tooele, and Summit counties in a variety of settings including outpatient clinics, day treatment, mental health evaluations, step-down residential programs, and community-based programs.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Currently offering medication delivery through ValleyRx pharmacy and remote therapy by phone and telehealth.

• Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
• Mental Health Evaluation
• Adolescent/Youth Counseling
• Geriatric Counseling
• Play Therapy
• Homeless Drop In Centers
• Child/Adolescent Residential Treatment Facilities
• Low Income/Subsidized Rental Housing
• Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
• Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
• Job Finding Assistance
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Therapeutic Foster Homes
• Psychosocial Therapy
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Substance Use Disorder Intervention Programs
• Street Outreach Programs
• Behavioral Learning Therapy
• Psychiatric Case Management
• Psychiatric Day Treatment
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
• Special Education
• Case/Care Management
• Counseling/Information Support Volunteer Opportunities
• General Counseling Services
• Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
• Child Guidance
• Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
• Marriage Counseling
• Parent Counseling
• Sex Offender Counseling
• Runaway/Homeless Youth Counseling
• Sexual Assault Counseling
• Psychiatric Medication Services
• Substance Use Disorder Education/Prevention
• Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
• Court Ordered DUI Evaluations
• Drug/Alcohol Testing
• General Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
• DUI Offender Programs
• Substance Use Disorder Counseling
• Substance Use Disorder Crisis Intervention

Provides therapeutic treatment and prevention programs for children, adults, and families whose lives have been affected by abuse or neglect. Telehealth options available.

• Developmental Assessment
• Stress Management
• Children's Out of Home Respite Care
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Social Skills Training
• Play Therapy
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Child Abuse Counseling
• General Counseling Services
• Sexual Assault Prevention

Provides a safe place for children who have been abused, or have observed abuse to be interviewed.

• Child Abuse Reporting/Emergency Response
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations

Provides a safe place for children who have been physically or sexually abused. Located in the Kanab Fire Department.

• Children's Protective Services
• Child Abuse Counseling
• Child Abuse Medical Evaluations