Community Counseling & Other Resources
The following resources can be used to help you find mental health treatment services. This site is meant as a starting point and should not be taken as a complete guide to all services available. Not all services listed will meet the needs and values of all individuals & families. These sites are not presented in order of quality or preference.
If you have had a positive experience with a mental health practitioner not on this list, please share their information with us.
Crisis Support
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741
The HOPE App on iTunes: Free and easy to use resource that provides the user with information on warning signs, what to say, as well as information on local resources. Throughout the app the user can instantly call the national suicide prevention lifeline as well. The HOPE app is to be used in conjunction with mental health treatment and should not serve as a substitute for working with a mental health professional.
Counseling Agencies with multiple practitioners
The Psychological Clinic at Binghamton University
Southern Tier Mobile Integration Team
UHS Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP), Emergency Department
Upstate New York Eating Disorder Service
Vestal Therapy Associates – 607-768-8879
1040 Vestal Parkway East
Vestal, NY 13850
Private Practitioners
Janet Garbarini – 607-759-8887
14 Leroy Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
Patricia S. Jordan LCSW-R, Peaceful Pathways Counseling
Doris B Pereske, MSW, CSW, 607-772-1766
46 Riverside Dr.
Binghamton, NY 13905
Debra Saltzman, MSW, CSW, 607-798-9463, dsmsw@yahoo.com
265 Main Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
Other Resources
Crime Victims Assistance Center, Inc.
Coalition to Support Grieving Students
Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier
Single Point of Access – 607-778-1102, avredenburgh@co.broome.ny.us
A program designed to streamline the application process for the intensive mental health services for children, ages 5-17, throughout Broome County. These children have difficulties in their life domains – at home, school, and the community. These children and adolescents are at risk for hospitalization and/or placement in residential care. Child must have a DSM V mental health diagnosis that can be confirmed and must live in Broome County.
Psychiatrists/Specialists in Psychiatry
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