Faulk Center for Counseling: Mission
The mission of the Faulk Center for Counseling is to strengthen individuals, families, and the community by providing high-quality, affordable, and accessible mental health services to all individuals, regardless of their ability to pay.
For more than 50 years, the Faulk Center has been a trusted community resource for children, teens, adults, families, couples, and seniors seeking support for emotional well-being, life challenges, relationships, stress, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other mental health concerns.
The Faulk Center provides a warm, respectful, accepting, and confidential environment where clients are supported in making meaningful changes, building coping skills, improving relationships, and navigating circumstances that may be difficult or outside of their control.
Services include individual counseling, family counseling, couples counseling, group counseling, support groups, school-based preventive services, senior programs, telehealth, and other community-based mental health services. Services are provided at the Faulk Center’s main location on Boca Rio Road in Boca Raton, online through telehealth when appropriate, and through select off-site partnerships with schools, senior centers, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation facilities, and senior membership communities across Palm Beach and Broward Counties.
Clinical services are provided by licensed mental health professionals, registered mental health counselor interns, doctoral interns, postdoctoral trainees, graduate-level trainees, clinical volunteers, and other qualified providers. Trainees and interns receive structured supervision and training from the Faulk Center’s licensed clinical leadership and supervisory staff. This model allows the Faulk Center to expand access to affordable mental health care while also helping train the next generation of mental health professionals.
Center History
Dr. Elizabeth H. Faulk, the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Florida, established a successful private practice in Boca Raton. In 1970, she founded the Elizabeth H. Faulk Foundation, a nonprofit charitable foundation, with the purpose of providing free and low-cost psychological and mental health consultation services to individuals in need.
In 1973, Dr. Faulk established the Center for Group Counseling as the service arm of the Foundation. Her vision was clear: no one should be denied access to mental health support because of an inability to pay.
Over time, the organization grew beyond its original group counseling model to include a broader range of counseling, therapy, training, outreach, and community-based services. In 2013, in recognition of that growth and in honor of its founder, the Center for Group Counseling became known as the Faulk Center for Counseling.
Today, the Faulk Center continues Dr. Faulk’s legacy by providing accessible mental health services to thousands of individuals each year. Located in Boca Raton on Boca Rio Road, just south of Palmetto Park Road, the Center’s custom-designed two-story, 16-sided building reflects the circle of group therapy and the organization’s long-standing belief in connection, support, and community.
More than 50 years after its founding, the Faulk Center remains committed to reducing barriers to care, strengthening the mental health of the community, and ensuring that individuals and families can receive support regardless of their ability to pay.