• SMU Center for Family Counseling

    Plano ISD and Southern Methodist University (SMU) have joined together to provide counseling services to Plano ISD staff, students and their families.

    Our mission:

    To deliver developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive services to all clients.


    Counseling Services

    • Plano ISD staff, students and their families are eligible for services.
    • Counseling services are provided on a sliding fee scale ($5-45 per session) based on income.
    • Services are supervised by SMU full-time and adjunct faculty and provided by SMU counseling practicum and internship students.
    • Services available:
      • Play therapy for children
      • Activity therapy for adolescents
      • Couples' and families' therapy for anxiety, depression, behavior difficulties (e.g., opposition defiance, aggression), grief and loss, peer relationships, stress, trauma and parenting

    *Tele-Health Services Available

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