Tlc union County Resources

TLC Union County Resources

Imagine is a year-round grief support center for children and adults located in Westfield NJ and serving all surrounding communities.  Founded in 2011 as a nonprofit corporation, we offer peer grief support programs for children and their parents dealing with the loss of a family member due to death. One of 500 organizations worldwide based on the Dougy Center model in Portland Oregon, we are the fourth year-round grief support center to open in New Jersey.

Contact us at: [e-mail] or 908-264-3100

Good Grief, Inc

Summit, NJ 07901

Tel. [phone]

Fees charged:  services are free. a non profit and rely on funding from individuals, corporations, foundations and the community.

Services: Center activities include ongoing year-round peer support groups designed to help children and teens ages 3-18 mourn their loss, share feelings and memories, and learn ways of coping and growing through their grief. Sufficient time is given for self-directed play, drama, art, music, journaling and other forms of expression. Parent/guardian groups run in conjunction with children's groups. Young adult groups 18-30 are also available. Groups are led by trained volunteer facilitators who have completed 30 hours of training. Use a peer support model and do not provide therapy or counseling. Referrals to mental health professionals are made according to individual needs. Good Grief staff is on site at all times.

Jewish Family service

346 South Ave

Suite 1B

Fanwood, NJ 07023

Tel. [phone]

Focuses on parenting, parent-teenage communication, aging parents, bereavement, separation and divorce, and many other relevant topics.

Rainbows Inc.

55 Woodland Ave

Summit, NJ 07901

Tel. [phone]

Rainbows provides a peer support curriculum for children of various ages who are grieving the loss of a parent due to divorce, death, separation, or abandonment. Offers grief support services primarily to children and teens, also to adults and single parents. Training is provided to volunteer groups in churches, synagogues, schools, etc. to offer curriculum to children in need. Referrals will be given to local Rainbow sites.

JFK-Medical Center

732-321-7769

The Haven Children Program is uniquely focused resource to help children and their families get through the trying times associated with serious illness and loss.

Individual, Family and Group Supportive Counseling.

Activities and support focused support on coping with illness.

Bereavement programs to help with the grieving process.

“Hugs & Bugs” a yearly camp retreat held to provide children and their families with support and activities to encourage healing.

Outpatient Programs

Trinitas Regional Medical Center

655 East Jersey Street Elizabeth, NJ

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Program Director: Alejandro Morales

[phone]

Psychiatric Evaluations, Medication monitoring, Individual, Group & Family Therapy:

UCPC Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

117-119 Roosevelt Ave
Plainfield, NJ  07060

Tel (plainfield office) 908.756.6870

Tel (union office) 908.686.0560

Fax. [phone]

[e-mail]
Hours of operation:  Mon - Thurs 9am - 8pm and Fri 9am - 5pm
Fees charged:  Sliding scale, Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance accepted.
Intake procedure:  Telephone for pre-intake( i.e. schedule appointment)
Eligibility requirements:  Anyone who would like help with an emotional or psychiatric problem,and/or additional issues.
Languages spoken or available:  English, Spanish, Hindi, Italian
Area served:  Union County & North Plainfield.

Out-patient Program provides mental health services for adults and children. Available services include assessments, psychiatric evaluations; individual, group and family therapies; play therapy, marital counseling and medication management..

United Family & Children’s Society

305 West Seventh Street

Plainfield, NJ 07060

www.untedfamily.org

Specialty counseling programs for children and adolescents are in place with a focus on a liason to schools and other community providers. Of special note is the Childrens intensive Outpaitient Program called “Rising Stars” for ages 7-10 held three days after school.

Children’s/Adolescent Services: School/Behavioral interventions

Anger management training; Family counseling; Group therapy; Psychiatric evaluation; Medication assessment; Psychological testing; Firesetting evaluations; Special Programs:

Young Mothers Group; Parenting Groups; Foster Care Program

Summit Oaks Hospital

19 Prospect Street
Summit, NJ 07902
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Our programs offer several levels of daily therapeutic interventions, which foster self-esteem, respect and academic excellence.

We accept children as early as age five.

Conditions and symptoms they treat: Depression/ Anxiety/panic /Substance abuse

Anger/ Chronic pain/ Self-injury / Mood disorders/Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder /

Suicidal thoughts/ Grief and loss/ Impulsive behavior/sexuality issues.

Adolescents (IOP) Psychiatric; Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
High Focus
16 Commerce Drive

Cranford, NJ 07016

908.272.2474

9.8.272.8996 (fax)

HIGH FOCUS CENTERS is the premier provider of structured outpatient substance abuse and mental illness treatment programs in New Jersey.

Psychiatrist Services- Our adolescent psychiatric programs provide services for those teens with major psychiatric problems. Patients admitted to our programs undergo psychological testing and are seen by a psychiatrist for an initial evaluation and then on-going throughout treatment.

Family Programs- The needs of the family are always addressed at HFC and are often a critical factor in successful treatment. Our goal is to help foster a family system that is supportive of treatment. We provide an opportunity for the family as a whole to begin to reorganize around more mutually satisfying and productive interactions.

Transportation- HFC assists busy parents with transporting their children to our facilities. In our Partial Day Programs, we provide transportation for adolescents to and from the facility. In our psychiatric and substance abuse Intensive Outpatient Programs, we provide transportation from either school or home to our facility and parents pick up their children at the end of the treatment evening.

Family & Children’s Services

40 North Ave Elizabeth, NJ 07208

Tel.[phone]

Child Abuse Prevention / Family Stabilization Services- Services are designed to strengthen individual and family functioning, improve parenting skills, prevent abuse and neglect, stabilize families in crisis and enable families to remain intact.
Child & Family Permanency Services-
Services are designed to provide contact for parents, children and siblings separated by foster care, assess strengths of parents for child permanency plans and possible family reunification, assess and support foster, adoptive and kinship families, and place children in adoptive families or other permanent homes.
Individual / Group / Couples and Family Counseling- Services are designed to assess and strengthen individual and family functioning, prevent abuse and neglect, prevent delinquency and promote positive self-esteem and individual development for children, youth and adults.

Other services- Youth services, parenting programs and homeless prevention programs

The Counseling Centers for Human Development, Inc

201 Lincoln Ave East

Cranford, NJ 07016

Tel. [phone]

Fax. [phone]

www.CCHDNJ.ORG

Individual Counseling; Corporate Coaching; Couple and Marriage Therapy; Anger Management; Family Counseling; Group Counseling; Play Therapy; Psychiatric Evaluation and Medication; Clinical Supervision; Substance Abuse Counseling

Consultation and Referral; Team Development

Jewish Family Service (Main Office)

655 Westfield Ave.
Elizabeth, New Jersey 07208

Tel. [phone].

Individual and Family Counseling

Adoption Home Studies; School Based Counseling Services; After School Programs

Family Life Education; Home Care and Home Health Aide Services; Nursing and Physician Consultation Services; Kosher Meals on Wheels; Café Europa-Social Programs for Holocaust Survivors; Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program; Spiritual Hospice Services; Personal Care Transportation; Emergency Financial Assistance; Food Pantry

Refugee Resettlement and Citizenship Services

Resolve Community Counseling 1830 Front St.

Scotch Plains, NJ

Tel. [phone]

Services:

Depression and low onfidence

Compulsions

Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Relationship problems

Stress, Anxiety and Phobias

Anger Control

Peer relations

Divorce related problems

Problem resolution
Center for Health Psychology

2509 Park Ave

South Plainfield, NJ 07080

Tel. [phone]

Comprehensive Psychological Services

623 Raritan Rd.

Clark, NJ

732-574-9500

Centers Behavioral Health Partners, Inc

2143 Morris Ave

Union, NJ 07083

908-851-2223

Confidential Beh Care

1010 Park Ave

Plainfield, NJ 07060

908-822-9099

Associates in Psychotherapy

2129 Meadowview Rd Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

908-654-3677
A center for Change

111 Quimby Street

Westfield, NJ 07090-2185
[phone]

http://www.acenterforchange.com/

Princeton House Behavioral Health

1460 Livingston Ave.

North Brunswick, NJ 08902

Tel. [phone]

Fax. [phone]

Adolescent Psychiatric (after school)

Adolescent Dual Diagnosis (after school)

Adolescent Addictions (after school)

Child Psychiatric (after school)

Bereavement Support Group: Professionally run. Mutual support for people grieving the loss of a loved one. Call Bereavement Coordinator: 973-379-8440 (day)

Center for Hope Hospice Bereavement Support Group:  professionally run. Support groups for adults who have experienced the death of a loved one (not only through cancer). Children and teen camps for ages 5 and up.  Donations accepted. Meetings vary, Center for Hope Hospice, Acadia House, 175 Glenside Ave, Scotch Plains.  First call Hope Hospice 908-654-3711 day

  web site:  www.centerforhope.com

GoodGrief: Professionally run. Support for children ages 3-18 and young adults 18-30 who  have lost a parent, sibling or other important person in their life due to death. Groups in different age categories. Concurrent parent group is offered. Meetings vary, 6:30-8pm Good Grief, 561 Springfield Ave, Summit,   Pre-registration required. Call Joe Primo 908-522-1999  e-mail: [e-mail]
Homicide Survivors: Professionally run. Provides support to family members and friends of homicide victims. Rap sessions and guest speakers. Building is handicapped accessible. Meets 3rd Monday, 7:15-9pm (except July/Aug) Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Rahway   Call Elaine O'Neal 908-527-4596 daytime.

Separated, Divorced and Bereaved Catholics: Referrals to groups for emotional/spiritual support and social activities for men and women. Open to people of all faiths.  Call Family Life Ministry. Catholic Diocese of Newark  973-497-4327. 

Union County Hotlines

Prevention Links: 1-732-381-4100

Battered Women: 24 hour:  1-908-355-HELP

Child Abuse (DYFS): 1-877-652-2873

Domestic Violence Hotline: 24 hour:  1-800-572-SAFE

Contact We Care: 1-908-232-2880

Mental Health Association of Union County:  1-908-272-0300

Muhlenberg Hospital Crisis Hotline:  [phone]

Overlook Hospital Crisis Intervention: 1-908-522-3586

Trinitas Hospital Crisis Intervention: 1-908-351-6684

Trinitas Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Services:  1-908-994-7131

Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern NJ Clinic: 1-908-756-3736

NJ Homeless Prevention Program: Union County: 1-908-820-3040

Union County Rape Crisis Center: 24 hour:  1-908-233-RAPE

[phone]: Trinitas Hospital telephone and in-person crisis services (24/7) for Elizabeth and eastern portion of Union County.
[phone]: Mobile Screening.
[phone]: Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center - telephone and in-person crisis services.
[phone]: Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center - mobile screening (all Union County).
New Jersey Regional Crisis Hotlines

2nd Floor Helpline: 1-[phone]   Geared for children and young adults ages 10-24 years of age.  Free and confidential helpline for youth ages 10-24 to call 24/7.  Visit the web site at :   www.2ndfloor.org    

Contact We Care:  24/7 Helpline   908-232-2880      Information and referrals, crisis suicidal helpline and listening service. Covers Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union Counties.

TLC Union County Resources

Good Grief, Inc

Summit, NJ 07901

Tel. [phone]

Fees charged:  services are free. a non profit and rely on funding from individuals, corporations, foundations and the community.

Services: Center activities include ongoing year-round peer support groups designed to help children and teens ages 3-18 mourn their loss, share feelings and memories, and learn ways of coping and growing through their grief. Sufficient time is given for self-directed play, drama, art, music, journaling and other forms of expression. Parent/guardian groups run in conjunction with children's groups. Young adult groups 18-30 are also available. Groups are led by trained volunteer facilitators who have completed 30 hours of training. Use a peer support model and do not provide therapy or counseling. Referrals to mental health professionals are made according to individual needs. Good Grief staff is on site at all times.

Jewish Family service

346 South Ave

Suite 1B

Fanwood, NJ 07023

Tel. [phone]

Focuses on parenting, parent-teenage communication, aging parents, bereavement, separation and divorce, and many other relevant topics.

Rainbows Inc.

55 Woodland Ave

Summit, NJ 07901

Tel. [phone]

Rainbows provides a peer support curriculum for children of various ages who are grieving the loss of a parent due to divorce, death, separation, or abandonment. Offers grief support services primarily to children and teens, also to adults and single parents. Training is provided to volunteer groups in churches, synagogues, schools, etc. to offer curriculum to children in need. Referrals will be given to local Rainbow sites.

JFK-Medical Center

732-321-7769

The Haven Children Program is uniquely focused resource to help children and their families get through the trying times associated with serious illness and loss.

Individual, Family and Group Supportive Counseling.

Activities and support focused support on coping with illness.

Bereavement programs to help with the grieving process.

“Hugs & Bugs” a yearly camp retreat held to provide children and their families with support and activities to encourage healing.

Outpatient Programs

Trinitas Regional Medical Center

655 East Jersey Street Elizabeth, NJ

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Program Director: Alejandro Morales

[phone]

Psychiatric Evaluations, Medication monitoring, Individual, Group & Family Therapy:

UCPC Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

117-119 Roosevelt Ave
Plainfield, NJ  07060

Tel (plainfield office) 908.756.6870

Tel (union office) 908.686.0560

Fax. [phone]

[e-mail]
Hours of operation:  Mon - Thurs 9am - 8pm and Fri 9am - 5pm
Fees charged:  Sliding scale, Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance accepted.
Intake procedure:  Telephone for pre-intake( i.e. schedule appointment)
Eligibility requirements:  Anyone who would like help with an emotional or psychiatric problem,and/or additional issues.
Languages spoken or available:  English, Spanish, Hindi, Italian
Area served:  Union County & North Plainfield.

Out-patient Program provides mental health services for adults and children. Available services include assessments, psychiatric evaluations; individual, group and family therapies; play therapy, marital counseling and medication management..

United Family & Children’s Society

305 West Seventh Street

Plainfield, NJ 07060

www.untedfamily.org

Specialty counseling programs for children and adolescents are in place with a focus on a liason to schools and other community providers. Of special note is the Childrens intensive Outpaitient Program called “Rising Stars” for ages 7-10 held three days after school.

Children’s/Adolescent Services: School/Behavioral interventions

Anger management training; Family counseling; Group therapy; Psychiatric evaluation; Medication assessment; Psychological testing; Firesetting evaluations; Special Programs:

Young Mothers Group; Parenting Groups; Foster Care Program

Summit Oaks Hospital

19 Prospect Street
Summit, NJ 07902
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Our programs offer several levels of daily therapeutic interventions, which foster self-esteem, respect and academic excellence.

We accept children as early as age five.

Conditions and symptoms they treat: Depression/ Anxiety/panic /Substance abuse

Anger/ Chronic pain/ Self-injury / Mood disorders/Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder /

Suicidal thoughts/ Grief and loss/ Impulsive behavior/sexuality issues.

Adolescents (IOP) Psychiatric; Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
High Focus
16 Commerce Drive

Cranford, NJ 07016

908.272.2474

9.8.272.8996 (fax)

HIGH FOCUS CENTERS is the premier provider of structured outpatient substance abuse and mental illness treatment programs in New Jersey.

Psychiatrist Services- Our adolescent psychiatric programs provide services for those teens with major psychiatric problems. Patients admitted to our programs undergo psychological testing and are seen by a psychiatrist for an initial evaluation and then on-going throughout treatment.

Family Programs- The needs of the family are always addressed at HFC and are often a critical factor in successful treatment. Our goal is to help foster a family system that is supportive of treatment. We provide an opportunity for the family as a whole to begin to reorganize around more mutually satisfying and productive interactions.

Transportation- HFC assists busy parents with transporting their children to our facilities. In our Partial Day Programs, we provide transportation for adolescents to and from the facility. In our psychiatric and substance abuse Intensive Outpatient Programs, we provide transportation from either school or home to our facility and parents pick up their children at the end of the treatment evening.

Family & Children’s Services

40 North Ave Elizabeth, NJ 07208

Tel.[phone]

Child Abuse Prevention / Family Stabilization Services- Services are designed to strengthen individual and family functioning, improve parenting skills, prevent abuse and neglect, stabilize families in crisis and enable families to remain intact.
Child & Family Permanency Services-
Services are designed to provide contact for parents, children and siblings separated by foster care, assess strengths of parents for child permanency plans and possible family reunification, assess and support foster, adoptive and kinship families, and place children in adoptive families or other permanent homes.
Individual / Group / Couples and Family Counseling- Services are designed to assess and strengthen individual and family functioning, prevent abuse and neglect, prevent delinquency and promote positive self-esteem and individual development for children, youth and adults.

Other services- Youth services, parenting programs and homeless prevention programs

The Counseling Centers for Human Development, Inc

201 Lincoln Ave East

Cranford, NJ 07016

Tel. [phone]

Fax. [phone]

www.CCHDNJ.ORG

Individual Counseling; Corporate Coaching; Couple and Marriage Therapy; Anger Management; Family Counseling; Group Counseling; Play Therapy; Psychiatric Evaluation and Medication; Clinical Supervision; Substance Abuse Counseling

Consultation and Referral; Team Development

Jewish Family Service (Main Office)

655 Westfield Ave.
Elizabeth, New Jersey 07208

Tel. [phone].

Individual and Family Counseling

Adoption Home Studies; School Based Counseling Services; After School Programs

Family Life Education; Home Care and Home Health Aide Services; Nursing and Physician Consultation Services; Kosher Meals on Wheels; Café Europa-Social Programs for Holocaust Survivors; Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program; Spiritual Hospice Services; Personal Care Transportation; Emergency Financial Assistance; Food Pantry

Refugee Resettlement and Citizenship Services

Resolve Community Counseling

1830 Front St.

Scotch Plains, NJ

Tel. [phone]

Services:

Depression and low confidence; Compulsions; Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Relationship problems; Stress, Anxiety and Phobias; Anger Control; Peer relations

Divorce related problems; Problem resolution

Center for Health Psychology

2509 Park Ave

South Plainfield, NJ 07080

Tel. [phone]

Comprehensive Psychological Services

623 Raritan Rd.

Clark, NJ

732-574-9500

Centers Behavioral Health Partners, Inc

2143 Morris Ave

Union, NJ 07083

908-851-2223

Confidential Beh Care

1010 Park Ave

Plainfield, NJ 07060

908-822-9099

Associates in Psychotherapy

2129 Meadowview Rd Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

908-654-3677

A center for Change

111 Quimby Street
Westfield, NJ 07090-2185
[phone]

http://www.acenterforchange.com/

Princeton House Behavioral Health

1460 Livingston Ave.

North Brunswick, NJ 08902

Tel. [phone]

Fax. [phone]

Adolescent Psychiatric (after school)

Adolescent Dual Diagnosis (after school)

Adolescent Addictions (after school)

Child Psychiatric (after school)

Support Groups

• 
  Bereavement Support Group: Professionally run. Mutual support for people grieving the loss of a loved one. Call Bereavement Coordinator: 973-379-8440 (day)
  

• 
  Center for Hope Hospice Bereavement Support Group:  professionally run. Support groups for adults who have experienced the death of a loved one (not only through cancer). Children and teen camps for ages 5 and up.  Donations accepted. Meetings vary, Center for Hope Hospice, Acadia House, 175 Glenside Ave, Scotch Plains.  First call Hope Hospice 908-654-3711 day web site:  www.centerforhope.com
  

• 
  GoodGrief: Professionally run. Support for children ages 3-18 and young adults 18-30 who  have lost a parent, sibling or other important person in their life due to death. Groups in different age categories. Concurrent parent group is offered. Meetings vary, 6:30-8pm Good Grief, 561 Springfield Ave, Summit,   Pre-registration required. Call Joe Primo 908-522-1999  e-mail: [e-mail]
  

• 
  Homicide Survivors: Professionally run. Provides support to family members and friends of homicide victims. Rap sessions and guest speakers. Building is handicapped accessible. Meets 3rd Monday, 7:15-9pm (except July/Aug) Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Rahway   Call Elaine O'Neal 908-527-4596 daytime.
  

• 
  Separated, Divorced and Bereaved Catholics: Referrals to groups for emotional/spiritual support and social activities for men and women. Open to people of all faiths.  Call Family Life Ministry. Catholic Diocese of Newark  973-497-4327. 
  

New Jersey Regional Crisis Hotlines

• 
  2nd Floor Helpline: 1-[phone]   Geared for children and young adults ages 10-24 years of age.  Free and confidential helpline for youth ages 10-24 to call 24/7.  Visit the web site at :   www.2ndfloor.org    
  

• 
  Contact We Care:  24/7 Helpline   908-232-2880      Information and referrals, crisis suicidal helpline and listening service. Covers Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union Counties.