Family Center Services

The K-State Family Center provides a range of services to individuals, couples and families, including:

• Relationship counseling
• Family therapy
• Play therapy
• Child and adolescent therapy
• Divorce and separation adjustment
• Counseling for single-parent families
• Counseling for blended families
• Therapy for those dealing with grief and loss
• Trauma therapy
• Individual therapy for those dealing with life transitions, chronic illness, anxiety and depression
• Parent education programming and parent counseling
• Mediation

The Center also has several state contracts to provide training and workshops. Through the Center’s contract with Kansas Children’s Service League, students provide monthly workshops for foster parents. The Center also provides Home-Based Family Therapy training for clinicians through a contract with the Social and Rehabilitative Services, the Kansas Community Mental Health Centers, and Kansas Health Solutions. The Center works collaboratively with the Geary County School System Smart Start Program providing family play therapy, parent education, and staff education and consultation.

Family Center Client Information

The K-State Family Center provides high-quality, affordable therapy services to individuals, couples and families in the Manhattan area. To make an appointment, call the Center at (785) 532-6984 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Appointments are available during business hours Monday through Friday, and evening appointments are available until 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Clients first attend an intake session with a therapist. These sessions can typically be scheduled within 48 hours. Intake sessions gain a systemic view of the issues as well as an understanding of the clients from a more holistic approach. A therapist is assigned to work with the client(s) based upon the issues presented, any specific client requests, and the intake therapist’s recommendations.

The intake fee is $15. Subsequent fees are based on the annual net income of the family and the number of persons that income supports. This fee is determined at the end of the intake appointment.