OUR MISSION

The enduring mission of Palomar Family Counseling Service is to support and strengthen children, youth, adults, families, schools, and communities.

To accomplish its mission, PFCS provides service in four primary areas:

1) COUNSELING AND COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families,
2) SITE-BASED COUNSELING services through partnerships with North County schools and other community organizations,
3) PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION, outreach, and educational services, and
4) COURT ORDERED TREATMENT services.

OUR HISTORY

Palomar Family Counseling Service is a nonprofit counseling agency formed in 1956 by community leaders who recognized a need in North County for professional and coordinated counseling services for children and families. Strong volunteer community support founded the agency’s current main office in Escondido as well as the establishment of satellite offices in Fallbrook, Poway, and Vista. We have been incorporated since 1992 as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
As a longtime employee and visionary, Executive Director Irene Saper led the agency through significant growth for decades. Since early 2015, the new Executive Director and more than eighty dedicated staff continue to provide a wide array of clinical services in our office settings as well in schools and other community sites all over North County San Diego.