Interested in a Traineeship with CPLA?

With much gratitude, our hiring for August 2025 is far ahead of previous years. We are close to full in most geographical areas for an August start. The areas we still have openings in are Long Beach, Palmdale, and Lancaster.

We do not anticipate hiring for any immediate openings after August 2025.

If you are interested in a traineeship starting January 2026, please feel free to send in your application materials, and we can consider scheduling an interview at the beginning of October 2025.

Download Application Requirements Here.
IMPORTANT: We have limited positions for applicants whose schools require triadic supervision.
​We encourage you to apply as early as possible to ensure we can support you with that requirement. 

If you are interested in being part of an amazing ​team of clinicians making an incredible impact
EVERY SINGLE DAY,
please click on TRAIN WITH CPLA. 
We promise you a fantastic learning experience!
Committed to healing hearts, nurturing hope, and fostering
bright futures for every student every day. 

                   A STORY OF HOPE...just one example of the impact of our work
Nadia’s first words to me were “I don’t open up to anyone.”  In front of me sat a 14-year-old with her face covered behind her hair.  She reached out for help because she felt overwhelmed with the hardships of life and the obstacles she has faced growing up.  She had fresh cuts on her arms, a heart full of hurt, and a soul bare of hope.  As our time together progressed, her hair covered her face a little less, her eyes slowly began to shine a bit brighter, and her physical wounds began to fade along with the ones in her heart. 
On our final day together, she had an entire list of hopes and dreams she could look forward to.  I have no doubt that she will attain anything she puts her mind to.  Nadia not only opened up to me, but more importantly to the opportunities and capabilities she possessed all along (name changed to protect confidentiality).

"I am grateful for the opportunity to work with the students, families, and staff at CPLA. ​CPLA has created a
​wonderful community of professionals who guide and support their clinicians with resources, empowerment, and kindness.”
                                                                                                                                                      -CPLA Counselor Mikella Polito 2020-2022

COUNSELING PARTNERS OF LOS ANGELES
Committed to healing hearts, nurturing hope and fostering bright futures for every student every day.

We are humbled by the words of a parent...
"In the most attentive way, I wish to thank you for every attention given to my child and myself. The truth is that without your time, patience, and dedication to what you are doing, my child's stay at school this year would be traumatic. God who knew the need that was in us, put you in our path, and you carried out the task very well. On our part, we want to wish you all the best in your life, may you reap abundant successes and the blessings of our creator come in abundance. You will always be part of our memory, for having marked so positively in my child's first school year. Thank you again."
- Parent of a CPLA client, 2022-2023 school year

In the words of one of our counselors...
"Many companies talk a great game about wanting to serve the community, but it is indisputable that CPLA's vision of creating hope, empowerment, and success for students and their families is at the core of every aspect of what they do. From the Executive Director down through every individual counselor, that spirit of service and passion emanates from every interaction and sets a new standard for excellence."
​- Dylan Smith, CPLA Counselor, 2023-2024
                                                                             

Welcome to Counseling Partners of Los Angeles

MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS
​FOR CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
Counseling Partners of Los Angeles (CPLA) is dedicated to improving the lives of students attending schools in underserved areas of Los Angeles.
Our team of highly committed and compassionate counselors provides school-based counseling services at Los Angeles schools for elementary and high school students throughout the school year. We also support our school communities when crises and other special needs arise by providing presentations, consultations, resources and support to students, faculty and families. 

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Gifts of any amount are needed throughout the year. Please consider making a one-time donation or give monthly to insure the sustainability of our programs. ​

Mental Health In Children

 Mental health issues have been on the rise, with the COVID-19 pandemic increasing already high numbers of emotional and behavioral struggles amongst children. The CDC reports that 1 in 5 children have a mental disorder, but only 20% receive access to mental health services. Aggravating this is the decrease in the availability and accessibility of mental health clinicians. COVID-19 has also increased disparities in access to these services amongst children of lower socioeconomic statuses. CPLA is filling this gap by staffing its partner schools with skilled counselors who provide supportive services to struggling children and adolescents. Studies have shown that students who receive social-emotional support and prevention services achieve better academically in school. School mental health programs have significantly greater access to children and adolescents relative to community mental health services as evidenced by: 70-80% of children and adolescents who receive mental health services access those services in a school setting. Students who receive social-emotional support and prevention services achieve better academically in school. School mental health programs have significantly greater access to children and adolescent relative to community mental health services as evidenced by: 70-80% of children and adolescents who receive mental health services access those services in a school setting.
(1) https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2017/07/mental-health-disorders-in-adolescents
(2) https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/01/special-childrens-mental-health
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[email protected] | 310-459-2752 | 2016 W. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018

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Land Acknowledgment

Counseling Partners of Los Angeles recognizes that we occupy land originally and still inhabited by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present, and emerging — as they continue their land stewardship. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing, and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture, and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles County. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands.
Resource used: https://lacounty.gov/government/about-la-county/land-acknowledgment/