Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center

1727 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10031

Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center NY 10031

About Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center

Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center is also called just the Bowen Center. Located in New York City, New York, they're a community comprehensive service organization that provides accessible treatment for addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions. They help children, teens, and adults.

Their substance abuse treatment services offer a holistic approach where you have access to individual, group, and family counseling as well as peer support. The group therapy focuses on recovery, relapse prevention, and anger management, as well as trauma, grief, and domestic violence. You’ll share your experiences with others and learn together.

The program also offers medicated supported recovery and psychiatric evaluations. You may receive a referral for job and educational training and nutritional guidance. They offer other supportive services to the Harlem community, including those for preschool children with behavioral issues and outpatient mental health services for children and teens.

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Savage Lily
1 month ago on Google
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Vikki Allen
1 month ago on Google
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OMG! After reading at least 20 comments, I'm convinced Not to even call about services from this facility. Say less!
waterfall rain
1 month ago on Google
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This place needs to be shuttered. Poor service does not count as serving anyone.The facility is FILTHY. The restrooms are an absolute disgrace.The administrative staff are solidly, stubbornly unreachable.The scheduling and communication is haphazard and inefficient. They make appointments without checking with the patient, and do not inform them of the appointment until the day before. There is no noticeable communication between administration and practitioners.If you ask too many questions, or try to advocate for yourself in any way, the staff either become abusive, or take it personally and get inappropriately upset.Therapists are indifferent. Psychiatrists are unreachable.Close this atrocity.

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Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, Please contact to verify your specific insurance provider.

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Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.

Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.

Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.

Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

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Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
aftercare iconAftercare Support
Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Treatments

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

When you choose drug rehab in New York, you'll participate in a variety of treatments that are designed to help you live a drug-free lifestyle. Common methods of treatment include group, individual, and family counseling, medication management, nutrition, exercise, and management of co-occurring mental health disorders.

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Programs

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Adult Program
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
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Young Adult Program
Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a way of getting nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine to help people stop smoking. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

Recreational therapy (aka therapeutic recreation) uses creative and fun activities to help with addiction recovery. Recreational therapists lead patients in entertaining and engaging activities like sports or games; art (drawing, painting, sculpture); drama, music, and dance; and/or community outings (field trips) to improve patients' physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Contact Information

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1727 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10031

Edited by:
Peter Lee, PhD

Reviews of Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center

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1.9 (36 reviews)
Savage Lily
1 month ago
1

Vikki Allen
1 month ago
1

OMG! After reading at least 20 comments, I'm convinced Not to even call about services from this facility. Say less!

waterfall rain
1 month ago
1

This place needs to be shuttered. Poor service does not count as serving anyone.The facility is FILTHY. The restrooms are an absolute disgrace.The administrative staff are solidly, stubbornly unreachable.The scheduling and communication is haphazard and inefficient. They make appointments without checking with the patient, and do not inform them of the appointment until the day before. There is no noticeable communication between administration and practitioners.If you ask too many questions, or try to advocate for yourself in any way, the staff either become abusive, or take it personally and get inappropriately upset.Therapists are indifferent. Psychiatrists are unreachable.Close this atrocity.

Rubita Vega
2 months ago
1

For me the worst mental clinic for adolescents where the Hardwick psychiatrist does not help the children. My son was told that he would never heal and my son is in depression. For me the worst mental clinic for adolescent. I have bad experience the nurse practitioner tyesha hardwick she only give medication and increase the dose of meds and she also tell my son that he is never going to be a normal kids she don't have humanity for child.

Eleny Ynoa
5 months ago
1

This place is horrible. They don t care about anyones kids. They cancel appointments and don t let anyone be aware. They don t answer the phone and they don t care to help anyone that needs help. They never have answers for you. They are really just usless. Don t bring your child here because you ll regret it. Psychiatrists never have availability. They ll put your child on medication and never follow up on it. Who does that?

Rebecca Ostrow
10 months ago
5

The Child and Adolescent clinic is fabulous! The new supervisors are wonderful and have changed everything for the better. All the staff here are so caring and genuine and empathic and helpful. I am so beyond thankful to work here. I always feel supported. 10/10 would recommend for the kiddos!

Jay Jay
11 months ago
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Why tell people to leave a message if yall not calling back that's absurd.

Andrea Ivey
11 months ago
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Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center is comprised of multiple services within one location. As of this writing, Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center (aka UMMHC) is not open to clients at this time.I have been a patient at UMMHC for many years, and I have always been unhappy with the services provided at the location.I am recently unhappy with my therapist and his now (new) supervisor who has yet to return my call.I do not recommend UMMHC for mental health services and would recommend anyone to seek services elsewhere.I cannot write about the community service center itself because I have never used that part of their services.Please do your research before going to any mental health service center or hospital before committing yourself to their services.

Yaz Skinner
1 year ago
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Do not even bother.One, my intake with the psych was unprofessional. She was insensitive and rude. I stated I do not know how someone can make an appointment with someone without inquiring or informing the patient. She replied with a response, " I dont know what to tell you, perhaps find another place." I took the all anyway although I was on my back home. So, I want nothing to do with this clinic, especially if she is being paid off my insurance.Second, RECEPTION. Yesterday, March 14th around 1:30PM a receptionist ( I think she called herself following-up) had called me to re-schedule the psyh eval. I had spoken to a nice lady named Giselle, whomever this lady was, she was rude and unprofessional. She should be fired. I do not know what her attitude is but she needs to see someone if she isnt already. She was truly bothered, immature and petty. I feel she had an attitude already but was truly bothered by me not being able to state a day and time for me to speak with the psych. I have a job. And this Dr. The same I mention above, Garcia is her name does not work fridays. I said I am available on Tuesday then, but she was booked. The receptionist did not even listen and cut me off and then hung up. I could not get her name or ask a follow-up question.I cancelled the session that I was scheduled and spoke to two receptionist for the DR and asked to cancel. Why is the Dr calling me (sounding) concerned?I am done with this unprofessional place.If the Manager ever reads this please re-hire and train staff. They lack tenacity and etiquette. To be in the field of mental health and to be rude is sad. No patience. usually the ladies who call to remind me or nice. When i can answer I usually joke and say, " Yes, for my appointment with so and so got it!" and they laugh and we say have a good day or weekend.I am glad to be done.

Response from the owner1 year ago
Dear Yaz, I am sincerely disturbed to hear about your experience and truly apologize for the time spent trying to get your mental health taken care of through our center. As a new care manager, I would appreciate the opportunity to win back your trust and help you sign up for therapy services the proper way. Call me at your earliest convenience to set up an in person meeting. I cannot speak for the actions of others, but wish to rebuild the relationship between us as healthcare professionals and your mental health. You may reach me with your concerns at 347-990-5076. -Asking for One More Chance, Mrs. Melissa
Elizabeth Aponte
1 year ago
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Wish they had a 0 star rating!!

Ashlyn Jackson
1 year ago
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Im pretty sure this place is a insurance scam with Terrible communication and they cant answer basic questions when u call.

Jacky Sosa
2 years ago
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I've been receiving therapy for almost 2 years. Also I'm enrolled in a program with a case manager who is supposed to help me with my appointments or any other matter. I've never met her in person all this time. And every time I have an appointment scheduled to meet her or do something, she cancels. I feel like some sort of racial issue or something against me. And when I call to get a hold of her, it's always an excuse or attending another client. Never had time for me in all this time. They have vouchers for clients in need, and I've never received one and now that I'm waiting to be approved for one, I've been wait listed since March of this year to get it. The only person I can say that she's been profesional and responsable is my therapist. Always on time, reliable and ethical. It should be someone to contact to complaint about this. This is not right.

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