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School-Based Behavioral Health/Mental Health Support At Manzano High School

School-Based Behavioral Health/Mental Health Therapists are part of the APS Student, Family, and Community Supports Division, which provides social emotional support services at various APS high schools.  Mrs. Tomlin is Manzano's Behavioral Health/Mental Health Therapist.  She specializes in a variety of therapeutic modalities and is available to all Manzano High school students for individual, confidential counseling support.

 

APS Behavioral Health/Mental Health Therapists provide supports for the non-academic, social emotional needs of all students at Manzano High School. The Behavioral Health/Mental Health Therapist provides behavioral, emotional and psychoeducational counseling to groups and individuals, and assists students in adjusting to school and community life. The primary focus of this role is to immediately reduce distress in students and increase coping skills so that students can better focus on their academic success. 

 

The objectives of having a Behavioral Health/Mental Health Therapist in the schools are to reduce the barriers to students being able to receive timely mental health support, to reduce student distress, and to sustain academic progress. Our therapist provides individual counseling, family counseling, group counseling, and assists students with community resources (i.e. finding longer-term therapeutic solutions, more specialized therapeutic services, etc).  Significant focus in the following areas:

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Effective Communication Skills

  • Anger Management 

  • Emotion Regulation

  • Mood improvement

  • Coping Strategies

  • Lifestyle choices (sleep, screen time, etc) for improved mental health 

  • Problem Solving Skills

  • Perspective taking 

  • Distress Tolerance

Services are available to any student who attends Manzano, and the services provided are confidential in nature (except in cases of reported abuse, neglect, suicidal ideation, and/or safety threats.)  

Are you concerned about a student, friend, or peer? An individual referral to the Behavioral Health/Mental Health Therapist can be made by anyone: teacher, student (self or friend), parent, social worker, school counselor, principal, nurse, or security. Any student may seek support for themselves (or refer another student that is struggling) if they feel worried or concerned.  A referral may help avoid future problems when the student is identified early on and provided with support.  Additionally, parents may receive counseling support together with their child if the issue is related to family/home life. No health insurance required. 

Individual services are voluntary and the student may choose whether or not to participate at any time.  Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.  Our primary role is to improve student well-being by supporting social emotional health and to improve student success in school.  

Contact Information

Kellie Ann Tomlin, LCSW
Behavioral Health/Mental Health Therapist
Manzano High School
12200 Lomas Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Phone: (505) 559-2200 ext. 23226

Office Located in the C Hall (#C22A).

 

Referral form herehttps://forms.gle/F3rRfA6QhSGac6qTA