Guidance Center Clinical Services & Programs Southwest Family Guidance Center is a trauma-informed agency, committed to providing personalized mental health care for the communities it serves.

Southwest Family Guidance Center provides trauma-informed behavioral health services across New Mexico. Our qualified therapists serve youth, adolescents, and families through evidence-based practices.

The Southwest Family Guidance Center presents the program and is trauma and developmentally-informed. Much of the program is based on the latest research and work in Interpersonal Neurobiology.

Southwest Family Guidance Center is a Treat First certified center. When appropriate, we use the Treat First approach, which prioritizes connecting you with initial support and resources before starting a more in-depth therapeutic intake.

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Southwest Family Institute is the training center for the professional development of our clinicians and home to several valuable programs. We are a trauma-informed agency dedicated to supporting our therapists and the important agencies in New Mexico that deliver critical behavioral services and interventions for our communities.

Southwest Family Guidance Center & Institute is contracted with Albuquerque & Las Cruces Public Schools to provide therapy services to Medicaid-eligible students in the school setting.

As a designated Relative Success Center and in collaboration with New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department, Southwest Family Guidance Center (SWFGC) provides a coordinated and comprehensive array of resources for kinship caregivers in New Mexico.

Southwest Family Guidance Center & Institute was founded by Dr. Craig Pierce and colleagues in 2004 to provide individualized behavioral health services for clients and their families.

Our Staff That’s not all of us on the left, not by a long shot! Southwest Family has over 200 professional staff working in six New Mexico Counties. Each one of them is an expert in their particular field. Browse the options below to learn who is serving your area.