Gainesville Community Counseling Center
At our office, we are dedicated to helping individuals and couples improve their overall mental health, improve communication skills, and strengthen their relationships through proven methods like the Gottman Method. With your support, we can continue to provide essential services at a reasonable cost to those in need. Last year we provided over $65000 worth of free or reduced fee sessions to our neighbors.
Every day, we witness the positive impact our workshops and counseling sessions have on couples seeking healthier communication.
Here’s what some of our clients have to say:
“I can’t express how transformative my experience at this office has been! The team made me feel comfortable and provided tailored advice that helped improve my communication skills with my partner. We’ve strengthened our relationship immensely. Highly recommend this place!”
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“The counselors here are so knowledgeable and understanding. They provide a safe space for me to share my thoughts and feelings. The tools I learned for healthy communication have made a huge difference in my relationship. I appreciate how they incorporate proven methods into their sessions. Can’t thank them enough!”
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“This office is a true gem! The professional yet warm staff made attending a couple’s workshop a wonderful experience. We received actionable strategies to improve our communication and connected with other couples, sharing stories and insights. I wholeheartedly recommend their services!”
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“From our first session, I felt a sense of hope and relief. The therapists help us recognize our communication patterns and develop healthier habits. My partner and I are more connected than ever, and this office has truly changed our relationship for the better. Thank you for your incredible work!”
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Your contribution will directly impact our ability to provide:
● Affordable Workshops: Support for individuals and couples struggling to afford
our workshops that teach important techniques to maintain balanced mental
health as well as vital communication skills.
● Resources and Materials: Creation and distribution of handouts and resources
to aid clients in their journey toward healthier communication and better mental
health.
● Continued Support: Opportunities for providing financial assistance for ongoing
counseling sessions for those who may have no insurance or high-deductible
insurance. 45% of our clients live at or below the poverty level.
Join us in our mission to promote mental health accessibility.
Every donation, no matter the size, helps us reach more couples and make a lasting impact.
Donate Now and be a part of strengthening relationships in our community!
● What will my donation be used for?
Your donation will go entirely to direct client services.
● Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes! Your contributions are tax-deductible as we are a registered nonprofit organization.
● How can I help besides donating?
Spread the word! Share our mission with friends and family or volunteer your time and skills with us.
Join our community today in supporting couples on their journey to healthier
communication. Help us create a lasting impact in the lives of those who seek
connection and understanding.
Gainesville Community Counseling Center
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to