Resource Directory

Mental Health Services

C.U.R.A., Inc.
 35 Lincoln Park
 Newark, NJ 07101
 Tel: (973) 622-3570
 Fax: (973) 621-8330
 Eligibility: Substance abusers; Spanish speaking clients only
Type of services: - HIV/AIDS Services
- Mental Health Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: HIV/AIDS support services, testing and treatment; individual mental health counseling; case management; group therapy; crisis intervention; health education; prevention services; computer skills; job preparation; vocational training; housing/rental assistance program; career guidance/vocational assessment. (Other location: 1148 Broad Street 645-4361). Substance abuse treatment for adults and children; residential substance abuse treatment for males; residential substance abuse treatment for adolescent boys; alcoholism treatment program.

Catholic Community Services-Mt. Carmel Guild Behavioral Healthcare System
 1160 Raymond Boulevard
 Newark, NJ 07102-4015
 Tel: (800) 227-7705 or (973) 596-4190
 Fax: (973) 639-6583
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Health Care Services
- Mental Health Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Out-patient/In-patient substance abuse treatment; methadone maintenance stabilization; halfway house and residential services for men with alcoholism and drug abuse problems; individual, couples and family mental health counseling; child therapy/play therapy; therapeutic nursery; group therapy; support groups; psychiatric inpatient and day treatment services; medication monitoring; crisis intervention; case management; child development evaluations; health screenings; early intervention; communications disorder and evaluation (audiology; speech and language assessments); child diagnostic evaluation (Child Study Team); special education program for handicapped children; rehabilitation services; Americorp Volunteer Program; housing counseling program.

Community Mental Health Services
 570 Belleville Avenue
 Belleville, NJ 07109
 Tel: (973) 450-3100
 Fax: (973) 450-1189
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Mental Health Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health counseling for individuals, children, couples, families and groups; day treatment for adults with psychiatric problems; alcoholism treatment program; domestic violence counseling; child therapy/play therapy; crisis intervention; case management; therapeutic school for children with emotional and developmental delays.

East Orange General Hospital-Behavioral Health Center
 300 Central Avenue
 East Orange, NJ 07019
 Tel: (973) 395-4182
 Fax: 
 Eligibility: Essex County residents
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Hospitals and Medical Centers
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health therapy for individuals and families. Groups for many types of problems including domestic violence survivors, anger management, bereavement, etc. Partial hospital programs. Intenstive Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser (MICA) program. Short-term and long-term inpatient psychiatric care.

East Orange General Hospital-Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
 310 Central Avenue
 East Orange, NJ 07019
 Tel: (973) 395-4095
 Fax: (973) 395-4185
 Eligibility: Children ages 3-18 and their families; Essex County residents
Type of services: - Hospitals and Medical Centers
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: Individual and group mental health therapy for children ages 3-18. Psychiatric evaluations. Therapeutic After School Program for children ages 8-12.

East Orange General Hospital-Crisis Intervention Unit
 300 Central Avenue
 East Orange, NJ 07019
 Tel: (973) 266-4478 (973) 266-4479/4480 (Mobile Crisis Services)
 Fax: (973) 266-4445
 Eligibility: Essex County residents
Type of services: - Hospitals and Medical Centers
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: 24 hour emergency psychiatric service for families; by appointment or walk-in service; 24 hour crisis hotline; mobile outreach crisis intervention.

Family Connections
 395 South Center Street
 Orange, NJ 07050
 Tel: (973) 675-3817
 Fax: (973) 673-5782
 Eligibility: Depends on services provided
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health counseling for individuals, couples, and families; outpatient alcohol/drug treatment and counseling; crisis intervention; child therapy/play therapy; domestic violence counseling; school-based counseling and youth services/delinquency prevention; senior services; support groups; parenting groups; Youth Connection Program: An intensive behavior modification based therapeutic after school program for behaviorally disordered children ages 8-14.

Family Service Bureau
 393 Central Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 412-2056
 Fax: (973) 484-3452
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health counseling for individuals, couples and families; outpatient substance abuse treatment; domestic violence counseling; batterer counseling; child therapy/play therapy; group therapy; support groups; parenting groups; crisis intervention. (Other location: Kearney (201-246-8077).

Family Service League
 29 Park Street
 Bloomfield, NJ 07003
 Tel: (973) 743-3737
 Fax: (973) 743-3738
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health counseling for individuals, couples and families; group counseling; child therapy/play therapy.

FOCUS-Hispanic Center for Community Development
 449 Broad Street
 Newark, NJ 07102
 Tel: (973) 972-0980 (973) 624-2528
 Fax: (973) 624-6450
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Educational and Vocational Services
- Health Care Services
- Mental Health Services
- Recreational Programs
- Social Services
Services provided: Multi-service agency provides GED and ESL classes; job preparation, placement and referrals; vocational training; mentoring/leadership development; life skills/personal development; housing; rental and utilities assistance; food pantry/meals; primary health care; pediatric health care; health screenings; senior services; community outreach; case management; individual mental health counseling for couples and families; youth services/delinquency prevention; after school program.

Irvington Counseling Center
 21-29 Wagner Place
 Irvington, NJ 07111
 Tel: (973) 399-3132
 Fax: (973) 399-7552
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: Domestic violence counseling for individuals, couples, families and groups; support groups; batterer group counseling.

La Casa De Don Pedro, Inc.
 317 Roseville Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07107
 Tel: (973) 485-0701 Ext. 101
 Fax: (973) 485-7555
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Child Care Services
- Domestic Violence Services
- Educational and Vocational Services
- Immigration Services
- Mental Health Services
- Recreational Programs
- Social Services
Services provided: Multi-service agency provides domestic violence counseling; individual, couples and family mental health counseling; housing, rental and utility assistance; home owner education workshops and home repair; child care and after school programs; ESL classes; computer skills training; job placement/referrals; Citizenship Project helps legal immigrants prepare for US Citizenship test; community organizing and education; recreational activities.

Main Street Counseling Center
 8 Marcella Avenue
 West Orange, NJ 07052
 Tel: (973) 736-2041
 Fax: (973) 669-9683
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health counseling for individuals; couples and families; child therapy/play therapy; school-based group counseling.

Mental Health Association of Essex County
 33 South Fullerton Street
 Montclair, NJ 07042
 Tel: (973) 509-9777
 Fax: (973) 509-9888
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Services for adults with psychiatric disorders and their families; individual and group counseling; drop-in center for adults with psychiatric disabilities; support groups for parents of the mentally ill; case management; social skills; prevention services; other support groups. Low Cost Psychotherapy Center provides referrals to mental health practitioners in private practice at reduced fees.

New Hope Behavioral Health Care
 277 Coit Street
 Irvington, NJ 07111
 Tel: (973) 373-5100
 Fax: (973) 373-0510
 Eligibility: Ages 10 and over
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Individual mental health counseling; group therapy; adult and child psychiatric day treatment; outpatient substance abuse treatment; alcoholism treatment program.

Newark Beth Israel Community Mental Health Center
 166 Lyons Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07112
 Tel: (973) 926-7026/7028
 Fax: (973) 282-0513
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health counseling for families; adult and child psychiatric inpatient and day treatment programs; outpatient substance abuse treatment; drug detox programs; school-based counseling programs; Psychiatric Crisis Hotline (926-7416); Mobile Psychiatric Crisis Unit (926-7416/7444).

Newark Beth Israel Fire Starters Program
 201 Lyons Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07112
 Tel: (973) 926-8487
 Fax: (973) 282-0513
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Individual and group counseling for children who start fires and counseling for their families.

Newark Beth Israel Winona M. Lipman Child Advocacy Center
 201 Lyons Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07112
 Tel: (973) 926-3111
 Fax: (973) 926-0842
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Child Abuse Services
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: Multi-disciplinary team investigations and evaluations of child abuse victims and child crime witnesses. Provides prosecutors specially trained to work with children to prepare criminal prosecutions involving child victims or witnesses.

Project Guide Community Agencies Corp.-Beth Israel Behavioral Healthcare System
 25 James Street
 Newark, NJ 07102
 Tel: (973) 621-2273
 Fax: (973) 621-8120
 Eligibility: Services provided for families with children in the following Newark schools: Morton St. School 5th-8th grades; Clinton Ave. School and Belmont/Runyon.
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
Services provided: Mental health counseling for individuals, couples, families, and groups; case management; monthly educational and interactive workshops for parents, teachers, and students; violence prevention and intervention; conflict resolution skills/peer mediation.

Project Live, Inc.
 408 Bloomfield Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07107
 Tel: (973) 481-1211
 Fax: (973) 481-0195
 Eligibility: Ages 18 and over with serious mental illness.
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
- Shelters and Housing Services
Services provided: Individual mental health counseling; supervised housing for the psychiatrically disabled; support groups; job preparation; vocational training; advocacy; case management; housing/rental assistance.

Psychological Consulting Services
 174 Van Buren Street, Suite 3
 Newark, NJ 07105
 Tel: (973) 491-0773
 Fax: (973) 491-6773
 Eligibility: Adults and children
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health counseling for children, couples and adults; family therapy; crisis intervention. (Services for Portuguese speaking population).

The Bridge, Inc.
 54 Mount Vernon Avenue
 Irvington, NJ 07111
 Tel: (973) 372-2624, (973) 228-3000 (main and hotline)
 Fax: (973) 228-2742
 Eligibility: Ages 8 and over
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Individual mental health counseling for couples and families; child therapy/play therapy; group therapy; crisis intervention; outpatient substance abuse treatment; parent support programs; adolescent intensive outpatient substance abuse program; alcoholism/drug treatment program; school-based counseling and youth services; domestic violence counseling; batterer counseling; Family Crisis Intervention program provides 24-hr. Hotline for families in crisis involving children. Family Preservation Program-DYFS involved families receive intensive home visitation and support services. (Other locations: 589 Grove St., Irvington - 371-3771; 14 Park Ave., Caldwell - 228-3000)

UMDNJ-UBHC Child & Adolescent Community Mental Health
 215 South Orange Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 972-4818
 Fax: (973) 972-0218
 Eligibility: Ages 2-18 yrs.
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Psychotherapeutic evaluation and treatment of child's emotional and behavioral problems; couples/family counseling; child therapy/play therapy; group therapy; child psychiatric day treatment for seriously disturbed children.

UMDNJ-UBHC Children of Violence
 215 South Orange Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 972-6939
 Fax: (973) 972-6976
 Eligibility: Ages 2-18 yrs. who are victims of child abuse, or have witnessed domestic violence or other violent crimes.
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: Psychiatric evaluation and treatment for children traumatized by violence.

UMDNJ-UBHC Comprehensive Victims' Services
 215 South Orange Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 972-6100
 Fax: (973) 972-0218
 Eligibility: Some residency requirements (call for details)
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: Domestic violence counseling; batterer counseling; individual mental health counseling; psychiatric evaluation; case management; crime victims advocacy; child abuse services; crisis Intervention; sexual assault crisis intervention; support groups.

UMDNJ-UBHC Crisis Specialty Services
 215 South Orange Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 972-6421
 Fax: (973) 972-0218
 Eligibility: Adults
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Walk-in mental health crisis counseling.

UMDNJ-UBHC Mobile Crisis Unit
 215 South Orange Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 972-0480
 Fax: N/A
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Mobile unit for psychiatric emergencies for children and adults.

UMDNJ-UBHC Parents Are People Too!
 215 South Orange Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 972-5429 or (973) 693-5563
 Fax: (973) 972-2677 or (973) 693-6683
 Eligibility: Families with children
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
Services provided: Parenting education groups; services for teen parents, foster/adoptive parents, and parents in substance abuse recovery. life skills/personal development; fostering parental self-awareness/self-esteem program.

UMDNJ-UBHC Safe & Sound
 215 South Orange Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 972-1325
 Fax: (973) 972-6646
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: Domestic violence, sexual assault and mental health counseling; crisis intervention; crime victims advocacy.

UMDNJ-University Behavioral Health Center (UBHC)
 215 South Orange Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07103
 Tel: (973) 972-5430 or (800) 969-5300
 Fax: (973) 972-7173
 Eligibility: Adults; Children ages 2-18
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Mental Health Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Psychosocial assessment; individual mental health counseling and therapy; couples/family counseling; child therapy/play therapy; group therapy; crisis intervention; adult/child psychiatric day treatment; mobile psychiatric care; psychiatric/psychological evaluation and monitoring; partial care programs; crime victims advocacy; sexual assault services; partial hospitalization-Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser Program (MICA); domestic violence counseling; batterer counseling; parenting support programs.

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization
 40-42 Richelieu Terrace
 Newark, NJ 07106
 Tel: (973) 374-2000
 Fax: (973) 374-6042
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Child Care Services
- Health Care Services
- Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
- Recreational Programs
- Social Services
Services provided: Multi-service agency provides individual and family mental health counseling; crisis intervention; case management; parent support group; home health care; housing/rental assistance; food pantry; Meals On Wheels program; senior services; child care and pre-school; school based counseling; advocacy; after school program; summer camp; recreational activities; summer youth employment; mentoring/leadership development; community education and organizing. (Other location: 462 Sandford Ave. (973) 371-3450).

United Community Corporation
 31 Fulton Street
 Newark, NJ 07102
 Tel: (973) 642-0181
 Fax: (973) 621-5453
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Educational and Vocational Services
- Mental Health Services
- Shelters and Housing Services
- Social Services
- Substance Abuse Services
Services provided: Multi-service agency provides GED classes; after school programs; Individual mental health counseling; crisis intervention; alcohol detox; outpatient substance abuse treatment; housing/rental assistance; food pantry/meals; Share program; home energy program; emergency financial/material assistance; senior services; job preparation; vocational training; computer skills; youth services/delinquency prevention; peer counseling; community education; advocacy. (Short-term shelter for homeless single adults: 31 Fulton St. (973) 621-7209).

United Labor Agency of Essex-West Hudson, Inc.
 30 Clinton Street
 Newark, NJ 07102
 Tel: (973) 623-7878
 Fax: (973) 623-6536
 Eligibility: Adults; EAP referrals; Low income
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
Services provided: Short-term mental health counseling and assessment.

Volunteers of America
 158 Washington Street
 Newark, NJ 07102
 Tel: (973) 642-0300/0424 Ext. 201
 Fax: (973) 642-1287
 Eligibility: Depends on service needed
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
- Shelters and Housing Services
Services provided: Group homes for neglected or troubled youths referred by DYFS, mentally ill chemical abusers, and adult male parolees.

Wise Women's Center at Essex County College
 303 University Avenue
 Newark, NJ 07102
 Tel: (973) 877-3395
 Fax: (973) 877-3555
 Eligibility: Adults
Type of services: - Domestic Violence Services
- Educational and Vocational Services
- Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
Services provided: Computer training; job preparation; career guidance; vocational assessment; life skills/personal development; parenting skills group; domestic violence services; individual mental health counseling; crisis intervention.

Youth Consultation Services
 254 Broadway
 Newark, NJ 07107
 Tel: (973) 482-8411
 Fax: (973) 482-4530
 Eligibility: All
Type of services: - Child Abuse Services
- Educational and Vocational Services
- Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
- Recreational Programs
- Shelters and Housing Services
Services provided: Outpatient mental health counseling for individuals, couples and families; group therapy; crisis intervention; group homes for emotionally troubled children; adolescents and young adults; adolescent day treatment program for children ages 13-17 with history of serious mental illness; services for autistic children; foster care and adoption services; special education schools; after school programs; mentoring/leadership development; life skills/personal development; parenting support programs; youth services/delinquency prevention; therapeutic nursery; summer camp; recreational activities; primary health care.

Youth Consultation Services-Institute for Training in Infant and Pre-School Mental Health
 60 Evergreen St.
 East Orange, NJ 07018
 Tel: (973) 483-2532
 Fax: (973) 483-7593
 Eligibility: Families with children birth to 6 yrs.
Type of services: - Mental Health Services
- Parenting Support Services
Services provided: Child therapy/play therapy; parent child dyadic therapy; training for mental health professional in early childhood development.

Youth Development Clinic
 20 Columbia Street
 Newark, NJ 07102
 Tel: (973) 623-3203
 Fax: (973) 623-3203
 Eligibility: Students in listed schools; DYFS referred clients
Type of services: - Child Abuse Services
- Mental Health Services
Services provided: School-based mental health counseling for students in specified Newark schools (Our Lady of Good Council; St. Rocco's school; Peshine St. school; Miller St. School); outpatient clinic services only for DYFS referred families.

Violence Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ