School-Based Therapy for Children and Teens in Schools Across the North Twin Cities Metro

Our School-Based Mental Health services offer youth the benefits of developmentally-targeted therapy in a school setting where they have the greatest opportunity to regularly access the help they need and receive support when in crisis.
To further reduce barriers to care, we ensure youth can access these trauma-informed and culturally-responsive services on a sliding fee-scale.
Staff provide individual and group therapy to address issues related to trauma, depression, anxiety, and other concerns to elementary, middle, and high school youth in 10 schools across the Centennial, Mounds View, and St. Anthony-New Brighton school districts.
While our therapists collaborate with school staff to support their clients’ mental health needs in the classroom, they also serve as a resource for schools, sharing their expertise while helping staff attend to the mental health needs of the school as a whole. This helps create better social, emotional, and academic outcomes for students, teachers, and schools.
How can I get help for my child?
Step 1: Contact Your School’s Student Support Staff Member
Contact a student support staff member at your school (counselor, dean, social worker) and ask to start services with NYFS.
Step 2: School Staff Contacts NYFS
The student support staff member will forward your information to our Client Services Coordinator.
Step 3: Schedule Your First Appointment
A NYFS School Based Therapist will contact you to introduce themselves and schedule an appointment with you and your child.
Step 4: Finalize Information Prior to Your Appointment
A Client Services Coordinator will contact you to gather insurance information and/or set up a sliding-fee payment scale to help ensure services are affordable and accessible.
Step 5: You and Your Child Attend an Intake Session
During this first meeting, the therapist will get to know you and your child, understand or identify goals, discuss challenges, ask about life experiences, and start making plans to meet goals.
“The problems we are seeing are greater in both number and intensity. There are more students who are struggling with their mental health, and because there are more needs across the whole system of care, we are filing a gap for youth who actually need a higher level of care.”
Steven Lutes, School-Based Mental Health Programs Manager