{"id":380,"date":"2025-02-07T09:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctrfamilyguidance.cfghealthnetwork.com\/about\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T17:09:18","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ctrfamilyguidance.cfghealthnetwork.com\/?page_id=380","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"380\" class=\"elementor elementor-380\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-228681ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"228681ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2e54ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2e54ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e026871 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e026871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founded in 1997 by James R. Varrell, MD, CFG Health Network began with a mission to serve the behavioral health needs of individuals, families, and communities. Center for Family Guidance, PC, is dedicated to providing the highest quality behavioral health services to individuals, families and organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d6274 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61d6274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/ctrfamilyguidance.cfghealthnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/West-Deptford-Admin-Group.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2432\" alt=\"West Deptford Admin Group\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctrfamilyguidance.cfghealthnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/West-Deptford-Admin-Group.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ctrfamilyguidance.cfghealthnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/West-Deptford-Admin-Group-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ctrfamilyguidance.cfghealthnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/West-Deptford-Admin-Group-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b65a2b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b65a2b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We achieve this through our experienced and compassionate staff, the convenience and accessibility of our practice, and an unwavering commitment to the belief that success in relationships is the foundation for personal well-being. 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Varrell, MD, CFG Health Network began with a mission to serve the behavioral health needs of individuals, families, and communities. Center for Family Guidance, PC, is dedicated to providing the highest quality behavioral health services to individuals, families and organizations.\u00a0 We achieve this through our experienced and compassionate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":467,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":null,"ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":null,"ast-hfb-below-header-display":null,"ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":null,"ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":null,"header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":null,"astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-380","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>History | Center for Family Guidance, PC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CFG offers innovative medical and mental health services to enhance quality of life for individuals and families. 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