Student safety valve
Liz Schoeben’s therapists help school students deal with increasing pressures Linsey Gotanda Ed.D, Emiko Chapman M.Ed., Liz Schoeben MFT, Nancy De La Rosa MFT. Photos (CivicCouch.com) Liz Schoeben is using a rare combination of therapeutic and entrepreneurial acumen to help students on the Peninsula avoid, or overcome the increasing pressures of school life. Through her nonprofit organization CASSY (Counseling and Support Services for Youth) Southern California, Schoeben is making trained therapists available to Palos Verdes Peninsula school students. She established a similar program in Northern California. Through the year, one in five of the district’s 11,500 students will visit a CASSY therapist, and the bulk of the student body will receive classroom presentations from CASSY. Schoeben said the school partnership is a welcome reality in a nation where 80 percent of young people with mental health concerns are not getting help. BUSINESS BEGINNINGS Schoeben began her professional career with Wells Fargo, selling services to small businesses, when she discovered that she “loved hearing people’s stories.” She began tutoring kids in difficult straits – kids who might have a father…
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