Organizations Filed Purposes:
Open Paths Counseling Center seeks to eliminate the three primary barriers to therapy for historically marginalized communities in Los Angeles. These barriers are financial, geographical and cultural.
To promote and deliver mental healthcounseling services and to train new therapists
Open Paths Counseling Services(OPCS):OPCS provides culturally affirming trauma-informed ongoing individual, couples, family and group psychotherapy to people who could not otherwise afford. OPs general counseling program, which includes all non-domestic violence services provided on-site at the center.
Another Way (AW): provides individual and group therapy to both people who are abusive and those who have been abused. AWs domestic violence intervention program is approved by the LA Dept. of Probation, and is highly sought after by clients who are court mandated to seek these services. AW works to end the perpetual cycles of family violence for all who enter this program by working with them to process past trauma take ownership of their actions, build resiliency, and develop positive coping skills for emotional regulation, and teach healthy relationship and communication skills. AW runs five Batterer Intervention Programs (BIP) per week.
School Program(SP):Open Paths provides on-site therapy to underserved schools for two Title I LAUSD schools, and two Baldwin Hills based charter schools. One unique subset of the school program is EX/PRESS, a specialized therapeutic writing program that has served the students of Venice High School for 18 years. In 2016, the EX/PRESS group organically evolved as an LGBTQ group, with over half of the students participating being either transgender or non-binary gender-nonconforming. EX/PRESS uses therapeutic writing as a modality to give teens an outlet for expressing strong emotions while teaching a healthy method for coping with lifes challenges, writing about them from the heart!
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sierra Smith | Executive Director | 40 | $70,000 |
| Pia Shiavo - Campo | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Shivani Parikh | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Martin Watt | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Keith Legoy | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Gina Deutsch-Zakarin Lmft | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Eniola Akinrinade Esq | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Roberto Quiroz Lcsw | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Matt Rosen | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Sandy Lee | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Carter Armstrong | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Derek Majors | Board Chair | 2 | $0 |
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