North Star Services

North Star Services provides no-cost mental wellness services to students and families in Inyo County schools. Our team of mental wellness providers strive to empower clients to build skills and gain awareness to overcome the challenges in their lives. Our team offers school-based and community-based sessions that can include individual, group and family, Parent-child therapy, and teletherapy services. We provide short term services that can consist of weekly sessions for 40-60 min for 6 to 12 weeks. We have an office location for sessions in Bishop independent from the school campus. Please contact our team with your questions and we look forward to supporting your student and family. Our services are voluntary and require all participants to be interested.

Any interested student enrolled in an Inyo County Public School or parent/caregiver can receive North Star Services. *Parent/caregiver engagement would focus on the student's well-being and relational dynamics in the family.

North Star Services also provides no-cost mental health services to people ages 18-25 who reside and live in Inyo County.

Mental Wellness Therapy provides insight and tools to work through challenging responses to issues. With therapeutic care and support, we assist students with the following issues:

• Growth from Trauma 
• Behavioral and Emotional Escalation Challenges 
• Attendance Challenges
• Youth challenges related to Separation/Divorce
• Attention and Focus
• Life Transitions
• Anxiety/Fear
• Social Skills
• Low Self-Esteem
• Body Image
• Bullying
• Depression
• Communication and Relational Dynamics
• Family Conflict Restoration
• Anger Management
• Support with Grief, Death, and Loss

• To request a referral to North Star for K-12, please contact your student’s school counselor, principal, teacher, or office staff. They can complete and submit the referral for you.
• To make a referral to North Star for ages 18-25, call our office, email, or fill out this self-referral form.
• Our team will follow up and contact your family to confirm your and your student's interest and work to schedule an initial intake appointment.
• We make an effort to include parents, caregivers and families in services for students K-12. We will work to schedule appointments at convenient times for families at our office or your student’s school.
• Contact North Star directly at (760) 873-4206 or by email: northstar@inyocoe.org
• Our Office is located at 136 Edward Street, Bishop, CA 93514

Starting in 2011, North Star Counseling Center was conceptualized by Inyo County Superintendent of Schools, Terry McAteer and Mono County Office of Education, Stacey Adler. Many families were unable to afford private counseling services and the local county mental health agencies at times experienced exceptionally high caseloads. Their goal was to provide an environment in which students and families of the communities of Inyo and Mono counties were able to access affordable counseling and therapy. Now recognized as North Star Services, we continue this effort. 

North Star Services are provided by Licensed, Associate and Student Trainee level clinicians who are attending or have graduated from a Master Level Graduate Program in Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT, AMFT), Clinical Social Work (LCSW, ACSW), or Professional Clinical Counseling (LPCC, PCC) under regular supervision by a California Licensed Psychotherapist.