Community Guidance Clinic for Central Connecticut

Clinic programs the Clinic has been providing counseling services since 1957 and was formally licensed by the state of connecitcut department of children and families as a psychiatric Clinic in 1999. Assessment and treatment services are provided for a wide range of behavioral and psychological problems by a professional staff of psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists and social workers. Aproximately five hundred new families are served each year. The Clinic is also licensed by the department of public health as a facility for the care or treatment of substance abuse or dependent persons as well as an outpatient adult treatment faciality. The substance abuse/use program provides assessment services as well as

Community based programs in additon to providing assessment and treatment services through the clinical programs, there are several Community based programs where consulation and education are provided to Community organizations and groups. This is accomplished through a variety of agency services and programs including the following: the mobile crisis intervention services (mcis) program provides Community based rapid emergency crisis stabilization to children and their families and provides follow-up care to promote continued stabilization and linkage with ongoing supports and services within the Community. The child first program works with most vulnerable young children