Center for Community Counseling

The Center for Community Counseling & Engagement (CCCE) is a non-profit community center providing low-cost counseling services to individuals, couples, and families in San Diego. CCCE is a training facility operated by San Diego State University which provides hands-on education for graduate students in the Masters degree programs in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology. Counseling services are provided by pre-licensed trainees in the fields of Marriage and Family Therapy and Community-based Counseling. Trainees are supervised by licensed therapists, psychologists, supervisors accredited by the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and/or members of SDSU's Counseling and School Psychology faculty.  

CCCE strongly supportsthe view that individuals, families, and society-at-large are all important in the development and resolution of people’s problems. Our treatment approaches address all three areas. 

CCCE is committed to:

• applying established as well as cutting-edge clinical theory and practice
• supporting intervention and prevention services for individuals, couples, and families
• supporting, promoting and implementing multicultural understanding and respect
• maintaining a high standard of training, supervision and community service

When is counseling helpful?

Everyone experiences problems in the course of life. Some problems pass with time; some can be resolved with personal, creative problem solving; some can be resolved by consulting with family, friends, or through other resources. However, sometimes problems persist in spite of all attempts to resolve them. At times, they are just too numerous and overwhelming to manage without additional support. When this occurs, counseling services can provide assistance in problem solving. Confidentiality is respected at all times.

Individual counseling may be particularly useful for:

• life changes, such as relationship loss
• cultural isolation or dislocation
• sexual identity difficulties
• ongoing stressors such as depression, substance abuse, or interfering habits

Relationship or family counseling may be particularly useful for:

• problems occurring for one family member that begin to affect the whole family – such as children's school related problems, depression in one partner, or poor communication
• family or relationship change such as by divorce, death, or separation
• cultural conflict within relationships
• sexual conflict within the family