Home of the Eagles

Symptom Specific Mental Health Clinicians

 

THERAPISTS BY SPECIALIZATION

BILINGUAL

Pushpa Pathak, LCSW - Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, and Marwadi

Blue Skies Therapy and Coaching 12 years +

223 Highway 18 Suite 102

East Brunswick Professional Park

East Brunswick,  NJ 08816

(732) 638-4350/ (732) 710-8944

 

Judith Velez (Spanish Speaking - adults & adolescents) 

Professional Center at Somerset

29 Clyde Road, Suite 201

Somerset, NJ 08873

(732) 873-0736

 

PLAY THERAPY
 

Power in Play Therapy Services, LLC

300 Plainfield Ave Suite C

Edison, New Jersey 08817

(973) 500-4030

Contact Person: HB Bryant

Website: https://www.powerinplaytherapy.com/

 

Creative Counseling and Enlightenment Center, LLC

320 Raritan Avenue 

Suite 307 D

Highland Park, New Jersey 08904

(732) 221-7378

Contact Person: Carolyn M Decotiis

Website https://www.njcreativecounseling.com/

 

Healing Hearts Holistic Center, LLC

843 Rahway Ave 

Second Floor

Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095

732.362.6987

Contact Person: Jackelin N Santiago

Website: https://www.healingheartshcnj.org/

 

Healing Through Play Therapy

518 Clinton Ave

Middlesex, NJ 08846

908-271-8000

https://www.healingthroughplaytherapy.com/playroom/home-office

 

Michelle Kessous, PsyD (Psychologist)

Brier Hill Court 

Building C

East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816

(732) 412-6925  

Psychology Today's website: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/michelle-kessous-east-brunswick-nj/168480?sid=1519921939.0239_17127&city=Edison&state=NJ&spec=312&ref=8&tr=ResultsName

 

AUTISM/SOCIAL SKILLS

Behavior Therapy Associates

35 Clyde Road, Suite 101

Somerset, NJ 08873

Phone: 732.873.1212

https://www.behaviortherapyassociates.com/services/social-skills-summer-programs/hi-step-summer-social-skills-program/

 

Social Skills Training Project

1075 Easton Avenue, Tower 3, Suite 3 

Somerset, New Jersey 08873

http://www.socialskillstrainingproject.com/sst.html#groups

 

Dr. Andrea Footerman

*Affiliated with Social Skills Training Project

1075 Easton Ave.

Somerset, NJ 08873

(732) 259-7191

 

Rutgers Social Skills Group

848-445-3828

http://gps.rutgers.edu/

 

Mission Cognition, LLC

856 Hwy 206 , Bldg B Suite 9 , Hillsborough New Jersey United States 08844

http://www.missioncognition.com/social-skills

 

EATING DISORDERS

Robert Wood Johnson Somerset Medical Center - Eating Disorders Program

Phone: 1-800-914-9444

Age: 14 years and older

 

University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro - Center for Eating Disorders Care

Phone: (609) 853-7575 (confidential voicemail)

Office Coordinator: Lorraine Morgan

Inpatient and Partial Program ( 5 days/week; 8:30am-6pm; Mon - Fri)

Age: 8 years and older

 

GenPsych – Healthy Eating And Living (HEAL) Program for Eating Disorders

Phone: 1-855-436-7792

Age: 13 years and older

 

Goryeb Children’s Center at Overlook Medical Center

Phone: (908) 522 – 6239

Contact Person: Diane Morrone

Address: 11 Overlook Road

                 Summit, NJ 07901

Age:  12 -21 years old

Partial hospitalization

 

Renfrew Center – Eating Disorder Treatment Facility

Phone: 215-482-6093 or 1-800-Renfrew (736-3739)

Address: 174 Union Street       1500 Midlantic Drive

   Ridgewood, NJ 07450                 Suite 101

                  Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Age: 12 years and older

 

CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS

Therapists and Dieticians

https://iaedp.site-ym.com/search/custom.asp?id=4255

 

PARENT SUPPORT

Families Empowered And Supporting Treatment for Eating Disorders

https://www.feast-ed.org/

 

Academy for Eating Disorders

https://www.aedweb.org/home

 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Donna DiStefano

  320 Raritan Avenue, Suite 307A

  Highland Park, NJ 08904

  732-266-5154

  http://www.letstalkhighlandpark.com/ 

  (Girls, Transition, Addiction Treatment)

 

Paul Alusik

  283 Main St

  Metuchen, NJ 08840 

  (732) 548-74444

 

Megan Sullivan, LCADC

Highland Park

(732) 261-9655

 

Catholic Charities: East Brunswick Family Service Center

 288 Rues Lane

 East Brunswick, NJ 08816

 (732) 324-8200 or 1-800-655-9491

 http://www.ccdom.org/locations/east-brunswick-family-service-center   

*Medicaid Provider

 

High Focus Centers

16 Commerce Drive

Cranford, NJ 07016

 1-800-877-3628

https://highfocuscenters.pyramidhealthcarepa.com/ 

 

Princeton House Behavioral Health

  1460 Livingston Avenue, Building 100

  North Brunswick, NJ 08902

  1-888-437-1610

http://www.princetonhcs.org/phcs-home/what-we-do/princeton-house-behavioral-health/locations/outpatient--north-brunswick.aspx     

 

New Hope Foundation – Open Door Outpatient Services   

  2-4 New and Kirkpatrick Streets 

  New Brunswick , NJ 08901 

  (732) 246-4800  or (732) 946-3030

  http://www.newhopefoundation.org/ 

*Medicaid Provider

 

Daytop New Jersey

  80 West Main Street

  Mendham, NJ 07945

  (973) 543-5656

  http://daytopnj.org/ 

 

NJ Connect – Call Line

  1-855-652-3737

  http://www.njconnectforrecovery.org/ 

 

Damon House - Inpatient and Outpatient

107 Joyce Kilmer Ave.

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

O: 732-828-3988

F: 732-828-2710

 

New Brunswick Counseling Center

320 Suydam Street

 New Brunswick, NJ 08901

732-246-4025

 

New Hope Integrated Behavioral Health 

Marlboro

732-946-3030 *2014

 

Clarity Treatment Center

Perth Amboy

732-442-3535

 

Resolution Point Behavioral Health

*Offers an addiction group

East Brunswick, NJ


 

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY  PROGRAMS

Rutgers University DBT-RU, DBT-A Program

152 Frelinghuysen Rd

Piscataway, NJ 08854

(848) 445-3942

dbtru@gsapp.rutgers.edu

https://gsapp.rutgers.edu/centers-clinical-services/DBT

 

Trinitas Regional Medical, Adolescent DBT Program 

655 East Jersey Street, 1st Floor

Elizabeth, NJ 07206-1259

(908) 994-7087

https://www.rwjbh.org/trinitas-regional-medical-center/treatment-care/mental-health-and-behavioral-health/dialectical-behavior-therapy/

 

Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, DBT-A Program

190 Route 18 North, Suite 203

East Brunswick, NJ 08816

(732) 994-3456

info@CenterForCBT.org

https://centerforcbt.org/dbtprogram1/


DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic Violence Hotline

  1-800-572-SAFE

  (1-800-572-7233)

 

New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, DCP&P

  1-877-NJ-ABUSE (1-877-652-2873)

Middlesex County Office: (732) 980-9312

 

Women Aware

  250 Livingston Ave

  New Brunswick, NJ 08901

  *(732) 249-4504 (24/7 hotline – assistance with housing, safety planning, crisis, group support, etc.)

  (732) 249-4900 (office # -for clients already connected to Women’s Aware services: legal advocacy, etc.)

 

Turning Lives Around

  http://180nj.org/

 

GRIEF

Good Grief: http://www.good-grief.org/

Princeton Location: 
12 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540      (609) 498-6674 x8013     

Morristown Location:
38 Elm Street, Morristown, NJ 07960            (908) 522-1999                                                        

Imagine (Westfield, NJ): 

 1 East Broad Street

 Westfield, NJ 07090

 (908) 264-3100

http://imaginenj.org/

     

Grief Speaks

 http://www.griefspeaks.com/

 

Comfort Zone

(201) 867-2077

http://www.comfortzonecamp.org/

 

MENTOR PROGRAMS

The Connections Program

Catholic Charities - Edison Family Service Center
26 Safran Ave
Edison, NJ, 08837
Phone: 732-738-1323
Fax: 732-738-3896

Contact Person: Janessa Rivera 732-646-4077

https://ccdom.org/mentoring


 

HOMELESS SUPPORT

Street Smarts
16 Fourth Avenue
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Office: 908.526.6605
ext. 321/ext. 323

http://streetsmartoutreach.org/
 

Ozanam Homeless Shelter

Family shelter in Edison

https://www.ccdom.org/middlesex-ozanam-family-shelter

 

2SLGBTQIA+

The Pride Center of NJ

85 Raritan Ave #100, Highland Park, NJ 08904

(732) 846-2232
*offers support groups

 

HiTops
300 Witherspoon St, Suite 204, Princeton, NJ 08542

Phone: 609-683-5155

Email: info@hitops.org

 

*offers support groups

True Colors Center for Creative Therapy
Virtual services

http://www.jenwhitlock.com/

 

Dr. Thomas S. Ziering

1201 Mount Kemble Ave, Suite 2D
Morristown, NJ 07960

908-916-3392

*Office provides gender affirming care and counseling
 

Equality Mental Health

852 Kinderkamack Road, Second Floor, River Edge, NJ 07661

201-885-3522

 

PROUD Gender Center of NJ (For trans youth 12 years and older)

181 Somerset St., 2nd Floor

New Brunswick, NJ 08901
833-247-7683

 

Hotlines:

The Trevor Project
1-866-488-7386

Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services 

 

LGBTQIA+ National Youth Hotline

1-800-246-7743

Peer support for LGBTQIA+ youth ages 25 and younger

 

LGBTQIA+ National Hotline

 1-888-843-4564

A safe space to discuss issues related to coming out and mental health issues, including suicide

 

Pride Institute LGBTQ Dependency

 1-800-547-7433

A safe place to talk about substance use issues 

 

For parents/families:

PFLAG North Jersey Chapter

74 Park Ave

Glen Ridge, NJ 07028

(908) 300-4227

pflagnorthjersey@gmail.com

www.pflagnorthjersey.org/