UNLV Center for Individual, Couple & Family Counseling

The UNLV Center for Individual, Couple & Family Counseling, on E Harmon Ave in Las Vegas, is a low-cost counseling clinic run by the university's Couple and Family Therapy Program. It doubles as the training clinic for that program and offers low-cost therapy to anyone in the Las Vegas community.

For parents, the useful part is the family work. The center lists counseling for child behavior problems, parenting skills, anxiety, depression and coping skills, and family therapy for blended and step-families, grief, conflict and discipline. Limited Spanish-speaking services are available.

The first session is $25 and later sessions are $50, each lasting 50 minutes. Community members can ask for a sliding scale based on income, but insurance is not accepted. To start, call 702-895-3106 for a phone screening; if the center is a fit, you book a first session, and there may be a waitlist.

Know what it does not do: no psychiatric evaluations or medication, no custody evaluations, no psychological testing and no substance abuse treatment, so for testing or medication you will need another provider. Front desk hours for new clients run Monday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with split hours midweek. It is not an emergency clinic; call 911 in a crisis.