Parenting: Because Kids Don't Come with Instructions (8-week class)
Monday, October 28 2024
Upcoming Events
Family Service & Guidance Center holds three major annual events:
FSGC also hosts monthly parenting presentations on a wide variety of mental health topics. We also offer quarterly parenting classes on an ongoing basis along with Mental Health First Aid classes.
Works of Heart
Saturday, August 16 2025
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Serving families in Topeka and northeast Kansas
Family Service & Guidance Center is a regional leader and innovator in children’s mental health, specializing in providing top-quality mental health care services and brings hope to over 10,000 children, teens and families from more than 30 Kansas counties each year.
Family Service & Guidance Center is a nonprofit community mental health center in Topeka, Kan., that specializes in meeting the needs of children and teens up to 18 years old.
We provide direct counseling services, education and outreach to thousands of northeast Kansas kids and families from more than 30 Kansas counties each year. FSGC employs 260 staff members on a centralized three-building campus along with a Crisis Resolution Program building.
Welcome to FSGC!
We know how tough it is to watch your child struggle to make friends or to behave at school and home. Just like you, all of us at Family Service & Guidance Center want the best for them. Whether your child lives with anxiety, depression, ADHD or another challenge, FSGC is here to assess what’s going on and provide the appropriate treatment.
The fastest, easiest way to get started is to pre-register. Once you complete the form and click “Submit,” an FSGC staff member will call to set your child’s first appointment.
Fill in the spaces below and click “Submit” when finished to send your form to us. FSGC Admissions will contact you to set up your appointment. (NOTE: An asterisk * indicates required information.)
"Would counseling help my child?"
If you’re concerned about your child’s behavior or mental well-being, please take a few minutes to answer the questions in this survey. It will help you determine if it might be helpful to get additional support and treatment for your child or teen.
FSGC’s Core Values
Customers/clients
Meet or exceed their expectations. Be family centered and treat them with dignity and respect.
Innovative
Responsive to changing conditions. Be one step ahead with state-of-the-art treatment methods.
Integrity
People
People are our greatest asset. Carefully select, train and motivate our employees remain committed to a diverse workforce.
Performance
Commitment to quality. A duty to maintain a healthy financial position to ensure resources are available to continue mission. Expect excellence.
Community
Positively impact the community by strengthening families and supporting community health.
Our Services
Family Service & Guidance Center provides a wide range of services tailored to meet your child or teen's unique needs, including:
Individual, Group and Family Counseling
Counseling services focus on helping kids, teens and families handle a broad range of challenges, like depression, ADHD, loneliness, family and school problems, grief and major life changes.
Anxiety Treatment Program
Children and adolescents learn strategies to overcome common fears, like the fear of storms or speaking in front of the class. The program can also stop ritualized behaviors, like repeated hand-washing, asking the same question over and over or constant tapping/touching of objects.
Crisis Services
Family Service & Guidance Center Crisis Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year by calling 785.232.5005. Crisis Services assist families with mental health emergencies. he Crisis Team can help when a child or teen threatens to harm themselves or someone else.
FSGC’s Board of Directors
Lloyd Rainge, Chair
Capitol Federal
Rhonda Peterson Dealey, Vice Chair
Washburn University
Pat Riodan, Chair Emeritus
Riodan, Fincher & Beckerman
Riodan, Fincher & Beckerman
USD 450 Shawnee Heights
Katy Price, Treasurer
BOK Financial
Pat Riodan, Chair Emeritus
Riodan, Fincher & Beckerman
FSGC’s Board of Directors
Lloyd Rainge, Chair
Capitol Federal
Katy Price, Treasurer
BOK Financial
Ken Morse
Community Volunteer
Alex Orel
Kansas Bankers Association
Rhonda Peterson Dealey, Vice Chair
Washburn University
Pat Riodan, Chair Emeritus
Riodan, Fincher & Beckerman
Riodan, Fincher & Beckerman
USD 450 Shawnee Heights
Laurel Vogt, Secretary
MD, Cotton O’Neil
Capt. Mike Cross
Topeka Police Department
Kristen Powell
Pharm.D., Genoa Healthcare
Don’t let little problems become big ones.
We know how hard it is to be a parent. FSGC can help. Visit the “Get Started” page now and pre-register your child for services at Family Service & Guidance Center. The sooner they get started, the sooner they’ll begin to heal.
Every child deserves a happy childhood
Thousands of children and teens in our community are struggling with mental health issues like anxiety, depression and ADHD. With the right care, they can heal and live happy, productive lives.
About the FSGC Foundation
When you make a generous tax-deductible gift to Family Service & Guidance Center, it can make a positive impact in many ways.
- Your $25 gift can take a group of Youth Development Program children on a bowling or mini-golf outing. Here, they can practice important social skills like taking turns, expressing emotions appropriately and making friends.
- Your gracious gift of $50 could buy a variety of action figures to be used by young children, helping them express their emotions during play therapy.
- Your thoughtful $100 gift can purchase therapeutic books and games. These provide children in FSGC’s Crisis Resolution Program with a way to begin communicating their feelings and identify and express difficult emotions.
- Your kind $250 gift purchases passes and tickets to various community events and activities. This gift helps Youth Development Program participants practice and use newly learned social and behavioral skills in a “real world” setting.
- Your caring gift of $500 could support FSGC’s Anxiety Treatment Program, specifically by helping a child overcome her debilitating fear of storms or apprehension over reading in front of her class. This program is one of just two anxiety treatment clinics in the state of Kansas.
- Your generous gift of $1,000 or more can support the construction of the new Youth Crisis & Recovery Center. This will be a one-of-a-kind program for our region, which will provide a level of care to children and teens who are experiencing severe mental health crises and struggling with substance use, as well as mental health challenges.
Your contribution shows that you believe every child deserves the chance to reach their full potential and contribute positively to our community. It will change the lives of thousands of children and teens for the better.
The need has never been greater. Kids are depending on you. Please click the “Make Your Gift Now” button and make a donation today.
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