Counseling

Beyond Survival: Healing ! Inc.

138 8th St., Troy, NY 12180

Area Served: Albany, Schenectady and Rensselaer Counties

Phone:(518) 274-5325  Fax:(518) 274-4080

Fee: None

Contact: Peg Barnewell, Executive Director

Email: heal604@nycap.rr.com

Website: www.beyondsurvivalhealing.org

Hours: 6:00pm-9:00pm- Wednesdays

Eligibility Requirements: None

Program Description: Helping adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse heal emotionally, socially, physically and spiritually through a variety of programs, including Group Therapy.

Other Services: Counseling, Mental Health, and Information and Referral

Catholic Charities of Schenectady County

818 Union Street Schenectady, NY 12308

Area Served: Schenectady County

Access Program

Phone:(518)372-5667 Fax:(518)372-5686

Fee: None

Contact: Loreen Kaiser

Home-based counseling program available only to those families with children under 12 who cannot use office-based services.

Family Counseling, Program

Phone:(518)372-5667 Fax:(518)372-5686

Fee: MA, Insurance, Sliding Fee

Contact: Loreen Kaiser

Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm

Eligibility Requirements: Schenectady County Resident

Other Services Offered: Counseling, Substance Abuse, Mental Health

Clinical counseling provided to couples and individuals.

Healthy Schenectady Families

Email Address: trudyhsf@cathcharschdy.org

Phone: (518)372-5667 Fax: (518)372-5686

Fee: None

Contact: Trudy Brunelle

Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm

Eligibility Requirements: Pregnant or parenting infant under 3 months.

Other Services Offered: Advocacy, Education, Family Services & Support, Information & Referral, Parenting.

HSF offers home visitors who help parents with the changes and needs of their new family that can come along with the birth of a child. This free program provides services for any Schenectady County resident who is pregnant or parenting a newborn under 3 months old and will continue to offer services until the child is 5 years old.

A Center for Hope and Alternatives

105 Wolf Road Albany, NY 12205

Phone:(518)346-2967 Fax:(518)346-2967

Contact: Doris Meagher

Fees: Flexible

Hours: By appointment

Area(s) Served: Greater Capital Region

Other Services Offered: Bereavement, Court & Legal, Domestic Violence, Parenting, Support Groups.

Anger Management Program- 12 week program covers behavior directed toward family and/or non family members. This is not an appropriate service for perpetrators of Domestic Abuse and/or Child Abusers/Maltreatment.

Mothering, Fathering, Parenting Without A Map- 26 week program combines anger man­agement, parenting skills, and education on the multiple developmental stages of children.

Consumer Credit Counseling, Service of CNY

2 Computer Drive West Albany, NY 12205

Phone:(518)482-2227 Fax:(518)482-2296

Email: Kdettbarn@cccscny.org

Website: www.CreditHelpNY.org

Contact: Karen Dettbarn, Manager

Eligibility Requirements: None

Fees: Counseling, service is free

Hours: Call for more information

Area(s) Served: New York State

Other Services Offered: Education, Information & Referral.

Financial Counseling, Certified Housing Counseling, (Pre/Post purchase counseling, mortgage & rental default counseling, and Reverse Equity Mortgage Certification), Credit Report Review (this is available in person only for a fee; $50 for individuals & $75 for joint review-married couples only), Debt Repayment Plan-This is structured to help you repay creditors over time-usually in 48-60 months (the fee for this program is on a sliding scale; hardship waivers available). Pre & Post Bankruptcy Counseling, (fees vary, please call for details).

Counseling for Laity

40 North Main Avenue Albany, NY 12203

Phone:(518)453-6625 Fax:(518)453-6793

Contact: Anne Bryan Smollen

Other Services Offered: Family Services & Support, Mental Health, Parenting.

Counseling: Individual and Group.

Haven Grief Counseling Center

203 Union St. Schenectady, NY 12305

Phone:(518)370-1666 Fax:(518)370-1917

Email: judiantokol@choiceonemail.com

Contact: Executive Director

Grief Counseling

Fees: Sliding fee scale

Hours: 9:00am-4:30pm

Area(s) Served: Greater Capital Region

Other Services Offered: Bereavement

Haven provides counseling and support to people ages 3 and up who are experience grief and loss due to a death, job loss, divorce, termination of parental rights, or other life changes. Haven also provides in-service train­ing and educational seminars to mental health providers and schools.

Jewish Family Services of NENY

877 Madison Avenue Albany, NY 12208

Phone:(518)482-8856 Fax:(518)489-5839

Email: info@jfsneny.org

Contact: Elisa M.

Fees: Sliding fee scales

Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm

Area(s) Served: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer Counties

Other Services Offered: Bereavement, Court & Legal, Family Services & Support

Counseling for individuals, couples, families, older adults. Around personal, family, martial relationships. Supervised visitation for non-custodial parents, parenting skills, anger man­agement, in home counseling for senior adults, consultation for older adults and families, and bereavement.

St. Catherine’s Center for Children

40 North Main Avenue Albany, NY 12203

Phone:(518)453-6700 Fax:(518)453-6712

Contact: Anne Byron, Director of Community Based Services x6722

Community Based Services

Eligibility Requirements: Varies depending upon contract source

Fees: Some contribution for the Access and Visitation, if able

Hours: Flexible to meet client needs

Area(s) Served: Albany County and beyond

Other Services Offered: Advocacy, Court and Legal, Family Services, Information and Referral, Parenting.

St. Catherine’s Community Based Services is comprised of the Prevention, Access and Visitation and Respite Programs. These programs are offered under contract by the Albany County Department of Children, Youth and Families, the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and Home and Community Based Waiver.

Prevention services provide home-based assistance to families where there is a par­ent or child service need and a risk of foster care placement. The Access and Visitation Program offered supervised visitation for court-ordered cases in which the non-custodial par­ent can visit with the child. Respite services are provided for children either on an individual or group basis. This gives the parents a break from parenting and the children an opportunity for an outing as well as a chance to work on social-emotional goals.

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