North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is the pre-eminent not-for-profit children's mental health agency on Long Island. Dedicated to strengthening the emotional well-being of children and families, the Guidance Center leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, and advocacy.

We help families to raise healthy children and work with kids (ages 0-24) who are troubled, in trouble, or causing trouble and parents who need help in these stressful times. Difficulties range from depression and anxiety, developmental delays and school failure, and substance abuse to family crises stemming from illness, death, trauma, and divorce.

Our highly-qualified staff consists of teams of caring psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and drug & alcohol counselors with expertise in treating children. We provide every client with a personalized treatment plan. We work with many managed care and insurance companies but no one is turned away because of inability to pay.

In addition to providing tens of thousands of client contacts per year through our core services, the Guidance Center offers training for parents, caregivers, student interns and professionals. We also advocate in public and governmental forums for improved mental health services for children.

We are centrally located on the eastbound service road of the LIE in Roslyn Heights, with additional offices in Manhasset and Westbury.

As government funding continues to diminish, the Guidance Center's valuable work in our community is threatened and we must increasingly depend on the generosity of individuals to support existing programs and meet new needs. There are many satisfying ways you can get involved - become a volunteer, lend your expertise, or make a gift to our Annual Fund.