USC Love and Time Club

We are a diverse student committee studying computer science, psychology, economics, biomedical engineering, and sociology, brought together by our shared love for changing the paradigm around the language of mental health. We are dedicated to spreading Love & Time’s mission within our USC and broader Los Angeles community to ensure immediate access to a mental health professional for individuals who need it most. 

Therapy, apart from being expensive, can take months to be approved by insurance companies. Immediate screening and access to a professional between a 72-96-hour period is essential for mothers and children in our community experiencing mental challenges. It is scientifically proven that newborns who are stimulated through their parents’ touch, voice, heartbeat, and attention are significantly more likely to thrive as adults compared to children who lack these stimuli. These connections and associations at birth have long-lasting effects that carry on through our adult lives and impact how we self-regulate through stressful experiences, how humans love and connect with others, and build self-esteem. Targeting mental health support for postpartum mothers and families is our ticket to having a positive impact on child development and improving home environments. We decided to call it Love & Time because those are the most important four letter words in one’s life. Time to grow old through reflection and experience joy, and love to build relationships, friendships, and connection with family.

Goals

We are committed to establishing a joint telemedicine platform with the USC Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, where children from local inner-city schools and mothers can have access to free therapy sessions with a MSW intern. We are also forming our own curriculum and training program for our student volunteers to become mental health mentors. Furthermore, we are developing a mobile app where our student mentors will be able to communicate with the populations we are serving. This will require extensive fundraising and continuous outreach within our student body.