Counseling Services

Villa Majella partners with New Beginnings Counseling Center to provide weekly one-on-one in-house counseling services to our program participants.

Perinatal Medical Care

Villa Majella works with each pregnant woman to ensure they are enrolled in proper health insurance coverage. We work with social service agencies to facilitate the enrollment process so that our mothers have access to medical care. Once enrolled, our mothers receive regular perinatal medical care through the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinic of Goleta.

Labor & Delivery

Villa Majella ensures that all mothers are prepared for the labor and delivery process and equipped with the basic needs that will support them during their hospital stay. When women have no supportive family or friends, Villa Majella staff transports and accompanies them to the hospital. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Women’s Services Birth Center provides labor and delivery medical services and ensures our mothers and babies are in good care.

Newborn Care

In addition to prenatal education, we provide breast feeding, baby classes, and hands-on experience in newborn care, so our mothers-to-be can feel confident in their ability to meet their baby's needs.  Visiting nurses also provide follow-up consultation when a mother returns to Villa Majella after her baby's delivery.

Parenting Education

Villa Majella supports enrollment into parenting education courses based on each mothers needs. Depending on program participants needs, in partnership with New Beginnings Counseling Center, Villa Majella provides the Life Skills Parenting and Education Program class. This class presents our mothers with “hands-on skills that help them define effective parental roles, end destructive behaviors, shift their thinking, and develop new perspectives to improve their lives.”

Project Recovery

Villa Majella encourages women to address addiction and substance use disorders by providing a clean and sober living environment. If a participant has struggled with addiction or substance use disorders, we facilitate her enrollment in the Project Recovery Perinatal Program. We encourage her to take responsibility for her own recovery step work, attendance at meetings, and sponsorship.

Spirituality

At Villa Majella we respect each woman's spiritual journey. We encourage women to develop a spiritual support system as they encounter the many stresses and gifts involved in becoming new mothers.   We encourage our program participants to attend a worship center of their choice for spiritual sustenance and encouragement.