Program Profiles

Mental Health Clinic

Peninsula Counseling Center's Outpatient Mental Health Clinic provides psychiatric services for children, adults and the elderly with emotional difficulties or psychiatric disabilities. These services enable individuals to function more effectively within their families, community and workplace. Counselors at the clinics offer short-term crisis resolution. General services include individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, marital counseling, crisis services, post-psychiatric hospital aftercare, psychological testing, psychiatric evaluation, medication supervision, bilingual services, and consultation to schools, social agencies and health care institutions. In addition to generalized services suited to all individuals, specialized services include the following:

Clinic Plus

Has your child had an emotional healthcare check-up lately? Parents are diligent about making sure their children get yearly physicals, eye exams and hearing tests, but did you know that an emotional check-up for children can be just as important to assuring the happiness and well-being of a child?

Peninsula Counseling Center's Clinic Plus program provides a free emotional check-up for children. Parents can request a confidential, free screening for their child through the school, their pediatrician or by contacting Peninsula Counseling Center directly. Through Clinic Plus, Peninsula Counseling Center hopes to be able to identify and help youth at risk in Nassau County, so those in need can receive individualized treatment that will address their specific needs and ultimately alter the direction of their lives for the better.

Clinic Plus is funded through a grant by the New York State Office of Mental Health.

Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities Program

Established 18 years ago, this special program is a unique, innovative, comprehensive community based service for children ages 5-18 and their families. The programs, conducted by a team composed of a child psychologist, psychiatrist and clinical social workers, offers each child and family a plan focusing on the mastery of skills necessary to attain independence and bolster self- esteem. Aimed at encouraging each child's growth, this non-threatening academic and social training program offer extensive diagnostic evaluations, individual and family counseling, socialization groups for children and discussion groups for parents.

The Adam Cohen & Jonah Richman Adolescent Center

The Adam Cohen and Jonah Richman Adolescent Center honors the memory of two young men who gave their lives in an extraordinary effort to help a friend. In their everyday living, Adam and Jonah exemplified a selfless, caring spirit, together with a strong commitment and love for friends, family and community.

The center is designed to represent and continue what Adam and Jonah stood for and to make it possible for adolescents to receive the emotional help and support they may need in coping with their own lives.

Services:

Crisis Resolution

Individual, Family and Group Therapy

Suicide Prevention

Psychiatric Evaluation

Psychotropic Medication Management

Eating Disorders

Learning Disorders

Learning Disabilities

Parent Support Groups

Friends Program

Community Service Opportunities

Chemical Dependency Program

The Chemical Dependency Program is licensed by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.  We provide individual, family and group therapy for substance abusers and their families age 12 and up.  We are staffed by Masters level therapists who have expertise in the field of addiction.

The Chemical Dependency Program includes:

Individual, family and group therapy

Bilingual services in Spanish

Psychiatric services

Urinalysis testing

Breathalyzer testing

Drug and alcohol education

DWI groups

Adolescent services

Parenting groups

Anger management groups

Early recovery/relapse prevention groups

To arrange an appointment, please call us at 516-872-9698.

The Phobia and Anxiety Relief Center

The Phobia and Anxiety Relief Center at Peninsula Counseling Center (PARC) offers innovative and effective methods for treating a broad range of anxiety disorders such as fear of enclosed spaces, heights, animals, driving, public transportation, bridges, elevators and being trapped in enclosed spaces. Anxiety can cause physical and emotional reactions that are way out of proportion to the actual situation. PARC provides tools such as breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, thought stopping and desensitization that individuals can use to successfully manage their anxiety in a real-life situation.

Cancer Support Group

The Peninsula Counseling Center Cancer Support Group helps individuals and families mitigate the emotional difficulties that evolve as cancer progresses. Dealing with cancer is extremely stressful and often results in anxiety or depression. Adults with cancer or other chronic illnesses will find a caring, supportive environment and participate in groups with others who share similar experiences. In this unique setting, participants can learn from and encourage each other. Counseling is also available for individuals, couples and family members.

Bereavement Program

Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult life-changing traumas one can face. The bereavement program provides help and support for those grieving the loss of a loved one. Individual counseling and support groups are provided to help address feelings of loss, loneliness, hopelessness and anger.

Counseling for the Homebound

This program is a vital resource for the community, providing visiting counseling services to older adults for whom travel is not possible. Trained therapists provide counseling and, through networking arrangements with other professional agencies, aid individuals by seeking to mobilize and secure additional home care services. The program helps seniors maintain their independence while remaining in the comfort of their own homes.

Later Life Issues Group

Later Life Issues Groups, designed for the elderly, help men and women learn from each other's experiences and offer mutual support as a professional counselor guides them through such topics as changing self image, chronic illness and managing relationships with one's spouse or adult children.

Families of Adult Children with Chronic Mental and Emotional Illness

Families are often not equipped to cope with the problems associated with chronic psychiatric illness. Support groups provide a safe environment where participants can openly share experience and concerns, listen to others, and exchange information about available resources. Peninsula Counseling Center offers a 12-session support group for families of adult children with chronic mental or emotional illness. Relatives and caretakers of adults with chronic or emotional illness cope with issues such as denial of the diagnosis, how to deal with an adult child who is not following prescribed treatment regimens, and how to make time for themselves. Participants are also encouraged to attend the AMI LAMP meetings which are held once a month. These meeting offer group support and seminars whose topics range from the latest medications and therapies, advocacy for the mentally ill and the latest available resources for housing and other specialized needs.