Community Counseling and Resource Institute
A Brief History
The Institute was to be located in the new College of Education building, complete with therapy rooms, observation windows, video cameras, and classroom space for students in training. However, the 1994 Northridge Earthquake delayed the move into the new facility, but led to CCRI (with the help of a $250,000 FEMA grant) to becoming a primary mental health service provider to local earthquake victims.
CCRI was the brainchild of the Michael D. Eisner College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). For many years, the faculty planned a community-based counseling center where graduate students could provide high-quality, low-cost child, family, and individual counseling services, while receiving clinical training and supervision by CSUN faculty.
Numerous other school-based grants followed, such as the Academic Mentor Grant with the El Camino Real High School and the Taft cluster, and a grant to assist at-risk students in the Castaic Union School District. Generous memorial endowments from the families of Joanne Cooper and Ruth Halpert and donations from faculty and staff in the College of Education and the surrounding community have also supported the expansion of the training and community-based services at CCRI.
The Community Counseling and Resource Institute at CSUN has established itself as a recognized community mental health clinic since its inception. CCRI continues to train top-notch Marriage and Family Therapists and faithfully serve our community with professional, accessible counseling services for individuals, families, couples and groups.