Pasadena Mental Health Center Names New Executive Director

Eden Garcia-Balis, MS, LMFT succeeds Chanel Boutakidis as executive director of Pasadena Mental Health Center (PMHC), an affiliate of Altadena-based Five Acres. Garcia-Balis is a bilingual, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a strong commitment to supporting the healthy development of adults, teenagers and children. Garcia-Balis has 10 years of experience in the mental health field in a variety of capacities and will be responsible for PMHC’s programming, budgeting and general oversight of its community and center programs.
The Pasadena Mental Health Center (PMHC), an affiliate of Altadena-based Five Acres provides affordable, accessible and appropriate mental health services for individuals, families and children in the diverse Pasadena area and surrounding communities who have no other resources for such care. For more information, visit http://www.pmhcenter.org.

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