Girls on the Run is our program for girls in 3rd-5th grade that encourages girls to recognize their individual strengths and celebrate connections with others. Each season, girls gain a better understanding of who they are and what's important to them, the value of teamwork and healthy relationships and how they can have a positive impact on the world. Girls also make a meaningful contribution to their community through a team-organized Community Impact Project. Physical activity is woven into the program to inspire an appreciation for fitness and healthy habits and teach life skills including treating others with care, practicing gratitude and managing emotions. Each season culminates with a Girls on the Run 5K event. This celebratory, non-competitive event provides girls with a sense of accomplishment and instills the value of goal setting at a young age.

Grades 3 - 5

Behavioral Innovations offers personalized ABA services and autism diagnostic assessment services for children with autism.

Our centers offer evidence-based interventions and are staffed by experienced professionals committed to helping your child reach their fullest potential.

If you have been looking for a nearby school for autism, take the first step towards a brighter future for your child and contact us today.

Click here to learn more.

Click here to schedule an evaluation.

At Behavioral Innovations, we accept most major insurance plans. Our experienced insurance specialists can assist you through this complex insurance journey. Click here for the list of insurances we accept.

Life Skills University is our in-house training program designed to teach the various life skills needed to help our clients succeed in life. Life Skills University videos are viewed with the client weekly and assignments are given to help the client apply the information they learn into their everyday life. Our Life Skills University training covers 58 topics.

Topic examples:

• Employment
• Interviewing
• Strong Work Ethic
• Interviewing 
• Budgeting 101
• Marriage
• Confidence
• Parenting 
• Healthy living
• Conflict management
• Professionalism 

There is a one-time application and enrollment fee to participate in the program. Scholarships are available upon request and approval provided the necessary paperwork.

The S.A.F.E Program works to identify children and their families who are identified “at risk” and facilitate a community-based approach to improve educational experience and opportunity for all Comal County children.

The program serves children, aged 6-11, and their families who reside in Comal County and who demonstrate attendance and/or behavioral issues that place the child “at risk” of truancy, educational deficiencies, and delinquent behavior.

Referrals can be made by:

• School officials and Truancy Officers
• Student services counselors
• Judges/ Truancy Courts
• Parents and Guardians

Girls on the Run is our program for girls in 3rd-5th grade that encourages girls to recognize their individual strengths and celebrate connections with others. Each season, girls gain a better understanding of who they are and what's important to them, the value of teamwork and healthy relationships and how they can have a positive impact on the world. Girls also make a meaningful contribution to their community through a team-organized Community Impact Project. Physical activity is woven into the program to inspire an appreciation for fitness and healthy habits and teach life skills including treating others with care, practicing gratitude and managing emotions. Each season culminates with a Girls on the Run 5K event. This celebratory, non-competitive event provides girls with a sense of accomplishment and instills the value of goal setting at a young age.

Grades 3 - 5

Asking for help can be difficult, but everyone needs help sometimes. Counseling can be of benefit if you are depressed or anxious; if you are experiencing grief, trauma, or abuse; or if you are simply struggling with everyday life. Counseling can be a difficult process but also a deeply rewarding one. River City Advocacy’s counseling program serves New Braunfels, Comal County, and the surrounding areas.

We offer individual, couples, and family counseling by appointment.

Ages 14+.

Please contact us if you are interested in setting up an appointment with a counselor, or for more information, click here.

Click here for a counseling application.

Fees for counseling are set based on income and family size, ensuring that working families and others in need in our community have the opportunity to afford the care they need.

All payments are due at the time of service.

Couples Therapy

In couple’s therapy, clients can work to improve relationship quality with the help of a trained therapist in a 45-50 minute session. Couples explore what is helping or hindering their relationship, and how to set and communicate healthy boundaries, and can increase feelings of connection and closeness during this process. This type of therapy can help identify what may be causing strain within a relationship or address specific problems with various forms of therapeutic intervention.

Family Therapy

Family therapy is a type of group therapy that works with family members to identify familial patterns or behaviors that cause relational strain or individual issues. With the help of a therapist trained in familial counseling, family members can focus on changing destructive patterns and behavior, improving relationships, and enhancing communication. Throughout family therapy sessions, family members can be guided through problem-solving techniques that can fuel solid, stable, healthier, and happier relationships with one another.

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We accept all major Health Insurance Plans:

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Aetna
• Cigna
• Magellan
• Tricare
• Optum
• Humana
• United Health Care
• Beacon
• MultiPlan
• Oscar
• UMR
• and many more

Is anger ruling your life, relationships, and behavior?
 
You can learn techniques to manage anger and repair your relationships. We teach ways to manage your anger…instead of your anger managing you.

Feel better about yourself and your behavior by learning to master your angry impulses and get your life back in a comfortable, non-judgmental setting. RiverBend Counseling offers Group therapy options for voluntary and Court-ordered anger management/anger resolution.
 
With more than 10 years of experience, Jay enjoys helping people reshape their relationships with anger.
 
Within this format, members can earn a 10 Hour Certificate of Completion in 8 weeks.

TeleHealth Sessions Available.

Click here for payment information

OCD Support Group is active and welcoming new members. The group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM. 

Please contact Michael Wong, LPC at 210-284-5757 for more information.

Social Skills Group for Kids, ages 7-11. Skill work can include:

• Conflict resolution
• Emotional regulation
• Cooperative play with peers

Includes group projects and healthy snacks, group meets on Wednesdays from 4:30 PM to 5:45 PM.

Anger Management Class This weekly group meets on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM. Members can earn a 10-hour, Certificate of Completion in 10 weeks.

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Grades 3-5:

Girls on the Run inspires girls of all abilities to recognize their individual strengths, while building a sense of connection in a team setting.  At the end of the season, the team completes a 5K together, which provides a tangible sense of accomplishment and sets a confident mindset into motion.

Signs you might need marriage counseling:

• Are you and your spouse struggling with Communication?
• Is every day an argument?
• Has one or both of you had concerns with Infidelity or Mistrust?
• Has the Intimacy in your relationship dwindled?
• Has it been a long since you’ve been on a date?
• Do you feel alone, even though you are married or in a relationship?
• Do you argue over the same things over and over without resolution?

Marriage counseling restores relationships, families, and legacies by using biblical counseling in every session.

In-person & virtual

Spanish speaking available

$125 per session

$85 sliding scale

Couples Therapy

In couple’s therapy, clients can work to improve relationship quality with the help of a trained therapist in a 45-50 minute session. Couples explore what is helping or hindering their relationship, and how to set and communicate healthy boundaries, and can increase feelings of connection and closeness during this process. This type of therapy can help identify what may be causing strain within a relationship or address specific problems with various forms of therapeutic intervention.

Family Therapy

Family therapy is a type of group therapy that works with family members to identify familial patterns or behaviors that cause relational strain or individual issues. With the help of a therapist trained in familial counseling, family members can focus on changing destructive patterns and behavior, improving relationships, and enhancing communication. Throughout family therapy sessions, family members can be guided through problem-solving techniques that can fuel solid, stable, healthier, and happier relationships with one another.

Click here to contact us.

We accept all major Health Insurance Plans:

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Aetna
• Cigna
• Magellan
• Tricare
• Optum
• Humana
• United Health Care
• Beacon
• MultiPlan
• Oscar
• UMR
• and many more

Couples Therapy

In couple’s therapy, clients can work to improve relationship quality with the help of a trained therapist in a 45-50 minute session. Couples explore what is helping or hindering their relationship, and how to set and communicate healthy boundaries, and can increase feelings of connection and closeness during this process. This type of therapy can help identify what may be causing strain within a relationship or address specific problems with various forms of therapeutic intervention.

Family Therapy

Family therapy is a type of group therapy that works with family members to identify familial patterns or behaviors that cause relational strain or individual issues. With the help of a therapist trained in familial counseling, family members can focus on changing destructive patterns and behavior, improving relationships, and enhancing communication. Throughout family therapy sessions, family members can be guided through problem-solving techniques that can fuel solid, stable, healthier, and happier relationships with one another.

Click here to contact us.

We accept all major Health Insurance Plans:

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Aetna
• Cigna
• Magellan
• Tricare
• Optum
• Humana
• United Health Care
• Beacon
• MultiPlan
• Oscar
• UMR
• and many more

Military Women Life Group will focus on military women with or without families.

Women in this life group will discuss how to best deal with daily life issues. We will also seek ways to best support our spouses and children with their life issues.

This group meets virtually on Zoom.

Click here to join.

Behavioral Innovations offers personalized ABA services and autism diagnostic assessment services for children with autism.

Our centers offer evidence-based interventions and are staffed by experienced professionals committed to helping your child reach their fullest potential.

If you have been looking for a nearby school for autism, take the first step towards a brighter future for your child and contact us today.

Click here to learn more.

Click here to schedule an evaluation.

At Behavioral Innovations, we accept most major insurance plans. Our experienced insurance specialists can assist you through this complex insurance journey. Click here for the list of insurances we accept.

Our newest program CARE connects families with a certified parent educator that provides the support they need to move from surviving to thriving. CARE is a free program that is designed to assist parents through mentoring, support and education. CARE will help provide a positive support system, will teach problem solving skills, connect you with resources and much more! We believe supporting healthy families builds a healthy community.

Family Well-Being: PAT educators believe anyone that is anyone that is important to your child is important to us. We work hard to support families and promote healthy family relationships.

Development-Centered Parenting: When parents are familiar with their child’s developmental milestones, they are more likely to have appropriate expectations in regard to their child’s behaviors, actions and reactions. PAT educators are trained experts in developmental milestones from birth to kindergarten!

Positive Parent Child Interaction: During each home visit, a parent-child activity will take place that encourages positive parent-child interaction AND facilities learning. Because a child’s brain grows the fastest the first 5 years of life, consistent and positive engagement is key!

Any family with a child of any age.

Email [email protected] for more information.

Belong provides parenting support to mothers AND fathers. We lead a community-wide Father Initiative with the goal of strengthening the father-child relationship by creating opportunities for education and engagement in their children’s lives.

Email us at [email protected] for more information.

We deem marriage a joyful, sacred union, joining together one man and woman. We are dedicated to preserving the integrity of this commitment. You might be newlyweds, celebrating 50 golden years, or somewhere in between. If you're seeking fellowship with other married couples, M.A.T.E. is for you. 

We encourage couples to unite, providing Biblical knowledge and spiritual guidance essential to that growth. We offer a community of support and relationship nourishment events, including annual seminars and "couples only" retreats.

Grades 3-5:

Girls on the Run inspires girls of all abilities to recognize their individual strengths, while building a sense of connection in a team setting. At the end of the season, the team completes a 5K together, which provides a tangible sense of accomplishment and sets a confident mindset into motion.

Club Morgan is a group-based program for members to create social, recreational, and inclusive opportunities for individuals of all abilities who are 16 or older. Members will form friendships while participating in a variety of activities including creative arts, culture, sports, outdoor recreation, and more. Club Morgan will offer monthly programming where Volunteer Partners and Participants can sign-up to attend via GivePulse.

Club Morgan was created to provide more opportunities for individuals with all abilities to come together and build lifelong friendships. As with many other social gatherings in the community, not all are inclusive for individuals to participate or feel safe and comfortable. We want to be a part of that change and make a difference.

For individuals of all abilities who are 16 or older. 

Course participants will gain a thorough understanding of the emotion of anger as it relates to learned behavior, brain chemistry, and subconscious imagery. Topics include: identifying and defining negative emotions, sources of anger, mind-brain connections, anger logs, addiction cycles, wrong strategies, methods for controlling anger, relationship types, the importance of a higher power, insightful concepts, and tools for overcoming negative anger.

Life Skills for Living's Anger Management class is Bexar County Court-approved.

Spanish classes by appointment only via Zoom

Anger Management
Introductory Class/$90.00

One-on-One Session
Six Week Course $85.00

One-on-One Session
Four Week Course $100.00

Everyone will experience conflicts in their life. The word "conflict" will usually create negative thoughts. However, conflict can be positive as well as negative. Negative conflicts are disruptive, destructive, and require a lot of energy. Positive conflicts can be a learning tool from which individuals can learn, grow, and become closer in their relationship.

Our staff includes certified conflict resolution specialists to help resolve and mediate disputes that become undesirable conflicts.

Spanish classes by appointment only via Zoom

Prepare/Enrich is a wonderful program designed to help people in any kind of relationship. Over the last three decades, over 2.5 million couples have benefited from the Prepare/Enrich Program. The program is designed to explore strength and growth areas, strengthen communication skills, and develop a more balanced relationship. The ultimate goal of the program is to help those in relationships to understand personality differences and maximize teamwork.

We live in a complicated and fast-moving society. Stress can affect other emotions such as negative anger. Stress can be defined as a mismatch between an individual’s coping skills and the demands of their life.

The Life Skills for Living Program centers on altering a person’s usual negative response to stress to a new altered response. This altered response involves creating a process to change our techniques in the way we think, feel, and act during stressful periods that we all experience.

Dr. Karen teaches a wide range of mental health topics and health and wellness topics.  You can see her live, on Zoom, or in her MemberVault Classroom. 

• No More Pink! Classroom Module
• Balancing Work & Family Life
• Coping with Stress
• Managing Depression
• Managing Anxiety
• Coping with Medical Conditions
• Self-Love
• 12 Steps of Building a Successful Business

 Having a child at an early age brings with it some long-term challenges, including financial hardship and the need for public assistance (WIC, Medicaid, Food Stamps, etc).

Young parents’ education is affected as well, including challenges to finishing high school and going to college which can result in a lower income in adulthood.

Luminary Ministries helps teens and young parents with a variety of classes, including a Parenting/Healthy relationships class “Love Notes”.

Luminary Ministries also helps young parents and their children through case management, emergency food, diapers, wipes, clothing, hygiene products, and more.

The YMCA’s Counseling and Well-Being Services team consists of licensed and pre-licensed professionals dedicated to helping you on your journey to healing. Our culturally diverse team includes counselors who specialize in multiple evidence-based approaches.

Our goal is to provide a safe environment of unconditional support, understanding, and compassion.

Individual, group, and family counseling for:

• Youth 12-19 (Submit child's information, not parents)
• Veterans
• Seniors 65+

(No adult counseling services are available at this time)

• Telehealth available
• Se habla Español
• Counselors are available by appointment only.

We also offer support groups, workshops, seminars, and special events designed to help people learn more about mental health and develop effective coping strategies.

Free

FUNdamental Sports includes three core principles:

• Foundational Skills
• Unified Partners
• No Limits

This program establishes individualized programs for athletes ages two and older who, due to their physical and/or developmental abilities, are working on foundational motor skills to prepare them for possible competitions in official Special Olympics events.

As the athlete learns the sport progressions, he/she comes closer to acquiring skills considered essential for participation in official Special Olympics competitions and daily life activities.

FUNdamental Sports athletes participate in a variety of sports that have been adapted to accommodate all ability levels.

Participation is accomplished through the use of adapted equipment and physical assistance that are matched to the individual’s level of need. Athletes are not limited in the number or types of equipment and assistance that is used in order to achieve success.

Through the inclusion of Unified Partners as one-on-one assistants, the athletes and partners have the opportunity to develop friendships. Additionally, the Unified Partners will have the opportunity to grow in their awareness of the athletes’ unique abilities.

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools is an opportunity for schools pre-K through university-level to intentionally promote meaningful social inclusion. This is accomplished by bringing together students with and without intellectual disabilities to create accepting school environments, utilizing three interconnected components:

• Special Olympics Unified Sports
• inclusive youth leadership
• whole-school engagement

(Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools and Special Olympics Unified Sports are registered trademarks.)

Click here to learn more.

Love may be blind, but preparing for marriage should be done with eyes wide open! Before Saying I Do is made up of practical, biblical-based five-week preparation sessions that are designed to create a God-centered, purpose-driven, blessed, and successful marriage for years to come.

This is a 5 5-week course for MEN and WOMEN! Childcare is available.

If the group is closed it means we're full this season, but don't worry - this class starts up again approximately every 3 months.

Please call ahead to confirm date, hour and room number.