Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut Inc

Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut Inc

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Children/Adolescents

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Federally Qualified Health Center

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• Private or Community foundation
• Federal Grants
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• County or local government funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• Other State funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• State welfare or child and family services funds

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Activity therapy
• Group therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Individual psychotherapy

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Pharmacotherapies

• Aripiprazole
• Paliperidone
• Risperidone
• Quetiapine
• Asenapine
• Olanzapine
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI