GROUNDED CONNECTIONS COUNSELING INC
NPI 1003563123
Marriage & Family Therapist in Irvine, CA

NPI Status: Active since March 08, 2022

Contact Information

19712 MACARTHUR BLVD STE 110
IRVINE, CA
ZIP 92612
Phone: (949) 381-1707

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Marriage & Family Therapist

About GROUNDED CONNECTIONS COUNSELING INC

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Grounded Connections Counseling Inc, a provider established in Irvine, California operating as a Marriage & Family Therapist. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1003563123 assigned on March 2022. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 106H00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 4 years ago. Grounded Connections Counseling Inc operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization. The authorized official of this NPI record is Melanie Gonzalez (Owner)

NPI: 1003563123
Provider Name: GROUNDED CONNECTIONS COUNSELING INC
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 19712 MACARTHUR BLVD STE 110 IRVINE, CA 92612
Location Phone: (949) 381-1707
Mailing Address: 1908 AJANTA AVE ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA 91748
Mailing Phone: (949) 381-1707
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 03-08-2022
Last Update Date: 03-08-2022
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A marriage and family therapist like Grounded Connections Counseling Inc help patients manage problems with their family and other relationships. Marriage and family therapists encourage clients to discuss their emotions and experiences and, develop strategies and skills to change behavior and cope with difficult situations. Many therapists apply cognitive behavioral therapy to help patients understand harmful thoughts, feelings, and also teach patients how to replace them with positive, life-enhancing ones.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: Marriage & Family Therapist
Taxonomy Code: 106H00000X
Type: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
Taxonomy Description: A marriage and family therapist is a person with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, or a master's or doctoral degree in a related mental health field with substantially equivalent coursework in marriage and family therapy, who receives supervised clinical experience, or a person who meets the state requirements to practice as a marriage and family therapist. A marriage and family therapist treats mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage and family systems. A marriage and family therapist provides mental health and counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups.

Group Taxonomy 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP

This provider is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, who practice with different areas of specialization.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: MELANIE GONZALEZ
Authorized Official Title: OWNER
Authorized Official Phone: (949) 381-1707

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1003563123, we treat the final digit (3) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 47. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (50 - 47 = 3).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 6

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 4

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 0 → 0 5 → 10 → 1 3 → 6 2 → 4

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 24 = 47

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 47 is 50. The difference is the calculated check digit.

50 - 47 = 3

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 3, which matches the last digit of 1003563123.