Directions for Mental Health is a private nonprofit community mental health organization incorporated in 1982, which evolved from clinics dating back to 1946. The prevention, early intervention and treatment programs serve the mental health needs of children, families, adults and seniors from the main facility in Clearwater and two offices in Largo, along with outreach programs throughout Pinellas County in the Tampa Bay area of west central Florida. More than 200,000 direct service hours a year help over 8,000 people to improve parenting skills, modify behaviors, overcome emotional trauma, control debilitating disorders, avoid full-time residential care or hospitalization, and achieve greater emotional health and independence though a broad-based, holistic approach to care.