Child Guidance Center Welcomes New Directors

To help meet the increasing mental and behavioral needs of our communities’ youth, the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut (CGC) recently recruited Nancy Magnetti, LMFT as their new Director of Outpatient Services, and Rachel Mackson, MSW as their new Quality Improvement and Outcomes Director.

CGC has streamlined their organizational structure to provide more effective and efficient services for children and their families. Dr. Jessica Welt, former Chief of Mobile and Urgent Services, was promoted to Clinical Director, now overseeing all CGC services. “A Director of Outpatient Services position was created to manage all aspects of in-office treatment, from the initial call to ensuring that each child receives high quality, evidence-based mental health treatment,” explained CGC’s President and CEO, Dr. Eliot Brenner.

A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Ms. Magnetti served as the Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy Program Director at Family and Children’s Aid, where she worked for ten years as a manager and clinical supervisor. She also served as the Manager at Liberation Programs in Stamford, providing oversight to both outpatient and residential programs, and supervising full-time clinicians and interns. Ms. Magnetti has a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Lynchburg College and a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fairfield University.

Prior to joining CGC, Ms. Mackson worked with senior leadership, direct services staff, and outside stakeholders to define and measure outcomes for children in foster care in St. Louis and Louisiana. Her professional experience also includes working with incarcerated and recently-released youth in Indiana on goal-setting and re-entry planning. Ms. Mackson earned her Bachelor’s in Psychology from Miami University and her Master’s in Social Work from the George Warren Brown School at Washington University.

To learn more about CGC’s outpatient services, please contact Nancy Magnetti, LMFT at (203) 517-3325 or nancy.magnetti@childguidancect.org. To learn more about CGC’s performance measures, please contact Rachel Mackson, MSW at (203) 517-3310 or rachel.mackson@childguidancect.org.

About Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut

Established in 1954, CGC is dedicated to improving the mental and behavioral health of children and teens through treatment, education, and community support. CGC serves children, from birth to 18, in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan. If you would like to get help for a child or learn more about CGC’s mental health services, please call CGC at (203) 324-6127 or visit www.childguidancect.org. CGC is on social media at www.facebook.com/childguidancect.org and www.twitter.com/cgcct.