On any given weekday, as many as 100 community members living with mental illness enter through the blue doors and […more…]

Family Service Agency is a Santa Barbara institution, as much a part of local history as major landmarks like the […more…]

Mariela Marin gets anxious any time they look at the waitlist of people seeking mental health services. On a typical […more…]

It’s just a coincidence that World Mental Health Day falls right in the middle of the circulation for this week’s […more…]

Jon Clark has been named to the CALM (Child Abuse Listening Mediation) Board of Trustees. He will be instrumental in […more…]

Throughout the pandemic, many people who had never experienced mental health challenges found themselves struggling for the first time. If […more…]

When COVID-19 first closed down in-person meetings, everyone hurried to figure out online opportunities. But New Beginnings Counseling Center (NBCC) […more…]

My parents, Michael and Gail Towbes, moved to Santa Barbara County in 1957, and from the beginning, they were deeply […more…]

While New Beginnings’ work began with its counseling services more than 50 years ago, it has grown into a countywide […more…]

For nearly 75 years, the aim of Santa Barbara’s Mental Wellness Center has been to help adults living with mental […more…]