Mindful Journey is a mental health supportive service focused on juvenile reentry services, dedicated to serving the communities of Contra Costa and Alameda County.

Mindful Journey is proudly owned and managed by Shantel, an accomplished clinical social worker with a wealth of experience. Shantel holds an Associates, BSW from UNLV, MSW from LSU, and is currently pre-licensed with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. With over ten years of experience as a Medical Social Worker in Psychiatric Emergency Services, she has dedicated her career to supporting children and adolescents with severe and persistent mental illness, impulsivity, extreme emotional volatility, social isolation, and disregard for rules.

As a once troubled youth herself, she understands this population and commits herself to trauma informed services.