UNLV Health Mojave Counseling Child/Adolescent

UNLV Health Mojave Counseling runs a child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health clinic on W. Charleston Blvd. in Las Vegas, with psychiatric care for youth ages five to eighteen. UNLV Health is the clinical practice of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, and the clinic says it has worked with people living with mental illness in Las Vegas for more than 25 years.

Kids' services come in four parts. Psychiatrists and nurses handle outpatient medication care, and families can fill prescriptions at any pharmacy. Case management helps coordinate care and connect families with community resources. Outpatient counseling is offered for children, and psychotherapy options include trauma-informed care and cognitive behavioral therapy.

The therapy team includes Garnette McCracken, LCSW, whose focus is trauma, grief, mood and anxiety, with years of work in foster and adoption care, and Kathleen Wild, LCSW, the agency director, who sees children and teens as well as adults.

The clinic is open Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, and parking in the lot is free. Call 702-253-0818 to ask about intake, insurance and wait times. UNLV Health also lists a separate Mojave Counseling adult clinic on E. Charleston Blvd., so call the W. Charleston clinic for kids.