The Guidance Center

04/07/2026

04/02/2026

🎉 Celebrating 8 Years of Fostering Change! 🎉

Today, we celebrate 8 incredible years of Fostering Change—eight years of hope, healing, growth, and second chances for teens in foster care.

At Fostering Change, the teens we serve are more than clients—they are deeply loved, supported, and believed in every single day. Our staff pour their hearts into creating a safe place where young people can rebuild trust, learn new skills, and discover their potential. 💙

As we begin our 9th year, we are incredibly grateful to share that we have been blessed to expand our program with an additional home that will serve 32 more teens. This growth means more youth will have access to the care, structure, and support they deserve.

What is Fostering Change?
Fostering Change is a community reintegration program designed to support youth transitioning out of residential care, as well as to intervene early with those at risk—before a higher level of care becomes necessary.

Through our program, teens:
🏫 Attend public school
🤝 Participate in community outings
🧠 Receive ongoing mental health treatment
🏡 Live in a safe, structured step-down environment
🌱 Develop independent living skills that prepare them for the future

Today, we celebrate the teens who show incredible strength, the staff who show unwavering dedication, and the community that supports this mission. Every milestone, every breakthrough, and every success story reminds us why this work matters.

Here’s to 8 years of making a difference—and to the many lives we will continue to impact as we step into Year 9.

💙 Happy 8th Anniversary, Fostering Change!
The future is brighter because of you.

04/02/2026

We’re Hiring! Join Our Whole Health Primary Care Team!

The Whole Health Primary Care Clinic is looking for a full-time RN to join our caring and compassionate team!

If you're looking for a workplace where you can truly make a difference, this is it. Our clinic works hand-in-hand with The Guidance Center to provide whole-person care—supporting both body and mind for the individuals and families we serve.

Position Details:
Full-Time RN position
Clinic Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Supportive Team Environment
Meaningful Work That Changes Lives

We’re proud to be a great place to work, filled with wonderful people who care deeply about our clients and go the extra mile every day.

Submit your resume to: Brittany.Gray@wacgc.org

Know someone who would be a great fit?
Please share this post and help us find the next amazing member of our team!

Come be part of a team that believes in caring for the whole person—body and mind.

03/31/2026

🎉 We’re Hiring Friendly Faces! 🎉
Receptionists Needed in Van Buren & Paris/Ozark clinics.

Love helping people, staying organized, and being the smiling face that makes someone feel welcome the moment they walk in? 😃 We’re looking for amazing receptionists to join our teams!

At The Guidance Center, we’re a nonprofit behavioral health clinic filled with wonderful people who truly care about our clients. We take our work seriously — because helping people matters — but we also believe in teamwork, laughter, and creating a workplace where people enjoy coming to work each day. 💚

✨ Why we love working here:
✔ A supportive team that feels like family
✔ Meaningful work that makes a real difference
✔ Great benefits
✔ A workplace where going the extra mile for clients is just what we do

📧 Send your resume today to:
Laura.boitel@wacgc.org

Know someone who would be perfect for this role? Tag them below or share this post! 👇

Come join a team where compassion, teamwork, and purpose come together every single day.

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03/17/2026

Great morning with the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce at Sam's Furniture- Fort Smith for Business Brew! ☕️

We always enjoy starting the day surrounded by such a strong network of local businesses. These chamber events do an incredible job of bringing us all together—building relationships, sharing ideas, and strengthening the community we’re proud to serve.

Here’s to working together to make our community even stronger! 🤝💼

03/11/2026

Sometimes life feels heavy. Sometimes people just need someone to listen, someone to care, and someone to walk beside them while they find their way forward. At The Guidance Center, that’s exactly why we’re here.

Every day, our teams support children, teens, adults, and families through outpatient counseling, helping people navigate life’s challenges and strengthen their mental health. When someone is in crisis, our crisis stabilization team provides immediate care along with wrap-around services, community resources, and follow-up support so no one has to face recovery alone.

Healing can take many forms. Through whole-person health services, compassionate care, and residential and outpatient addiction treatment, we help individuals restore balance, rebuild their lives, and rediscover the hope that may have felt out of reach.

Across six counties in Western Arkansas, The Guidance Center is here with open hearts, helping our clients heal, grow, and move forward.

Because everyone deserves support.
Everyone deserves healing.
And everyone deserves hope.

03/04/2026

We love partnering with 100 Families Initiative of Sebastian County!

This week's spotlight is... The Guidance Center!! 🥳

"The Guidance Center opened its doors in April of 1972 with the goal to provide quality behavioral healthcare services for men, women, adolescents and children suffering from mental, emotional, physical and substance use disorders. To that end, we have continued to offer treatment programs and services for the recovery from all types of mental illnesses and substance use disorders."

The 100 Families Initiative is so thankful for The Guidance Center's presence in the community and our partnership with them! Mental health is so important to the general health of our community, and The Guidance Center does a fantastic job of facilitating healing! We appreciate all the work you do. 👏

03/03/2026

🎉 We’re Hiring in Ozark/Paris! 🎉
Open Interviews – Receptionist Position

Do you have a friendly smile, a helpful heart, and the superpower of answering phones like a pro? 📞✨ We might have the perfect spot for you!

The Guidance Center is hosting open interviews for a Receptionist at our Ozark/Paris clinic location — and we’re looking for someone who loves helping people as much as we do.

We’re a nonprofit behavioral health clinic, which means our work truly matters. Every phone call. Every greeting. Every “How can I help you?” is part of someone’s healing journey. That’s serious business.

But we also believe work can be meaningful and joyful. Our team is full of wonderful people who genuinely care about our clients and go the extra mile for them every single day. 💚 (Coffee helps. Teamwork helps more.)

📅 Wednesday, March 11th
⏰ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 1600 N. 18th Street, Ozark, AR

If you’re dependable, organized, compassionate, and ready to be the welcoming face of our clinic, we’d love to meet you!

Bring your resume, bring your smile, and come see why The Guidance Center is such a special place to work.

Tag someone who would be perfect for this role!

💚

03/02/2026

Our kids are in a mental health crisis — and social media is part of the problem.

At The Guidance Center, we are seeing firsthand how constant screen time, comparison culture, cyberbullying, and unrealistic expectations are impacting the emotional well-being of children and teens across Arkansas.

We are grateful to Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders for speaking out about the effects of social media on youth mental health and for prioritizing the protection of children in our great state. Our kids deserve support, safety, and healthy development.

As families, we can take simple but powerful steps:

✔ Delay giving smartphones as long as possible
✔ Use parental controls and screen time limits
✔ Keep devices out of bedrooms at night
✔ Create “phone-free” family time
✔ Encourage outdoor play, sports, church, hobbies, and real-life friendships
✔ Have open conversations about what they see online

Children do not need 24/7 access to the world in their pocket. They need connection, boundaries, guidance, and support.

As a nonprofit behavioral health provider serving Western Arkansas, The Guidance Center is committed to walking alongside families in protecting and strengthening our children’s mental health.

If your child is struggling, you are not alone. We are here to help.

03/02/2026

💙 WATCH is The Guidance Center’s therapeutic foster care program, providing wraparound support to children in care who have experienced trauma.

We recruit, train, and support families to partner with our therapists and case managers—working together to help children feel safe, process their experiences, and begin to heal.

We’re currently seeking caring homes willing to open their doors and hearts. If you’ve ever considered therapeutic foster care—or want to grow as a therapeutic home—training begins in March.

Use the link to sign up for training and learn how you can make a life-changing difference.
https://forms.gle/Va5Z2UE6CCZ691D48

02/27/2026

We’re proud to share that Eric and Meredith are attending the Annual Arkansas Play Therapy Conference today and tomorrow, representing The Guidance Center and continuing their commitment to clinical excellence.

This two-day continuing education workshop focuses on a neurodiversity-affirming, play-based framework for working with autistic children. The training integrates sensory processing strategies, trauma-informed care, and Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT)-informed sequencing to better support children and families in meaningful, developmentally appropriate ways.

Ongoing education like this ensures our team remains at the forefront of evidence-based practices while staying deeply connected to the needs of the communities we serve. Eric consistently does an outstanding job building relationships, sharing the resources available through The Guidance Center, and strengthening partnerships across Western Arkansas.

We’re grateful for their leadership and dedication to helping children and families thrive.

02/09/2026

💙 Depression can make even the smallest things feel heavy. 💙

If you’re struggling to get out of bed…
If joy feels distant…
If you’re tired of carrying everything on your own…

The Guidance Center is here for you.

We believe healing doesn’t happen in pieces — it happens when the whole person is cared for. That’s why our approach to depression supports both mind and body, because mental and physical health are deeply connected.

Our care may include:
• Counseling and mental health support
• Physical health care as part of whole-person wellness
• Medication management, when appropriate
• Case management to help you navigate life’s challenges

You don’t have to have the right words.
You don’t have to know what comes next.
You just have to take one small step.

There is hope — even on days when it feels hard to find. And you don’t have to walk this road alone. We’re here to help, listen, and support you at every step.