The Jewish Board’s Brooklyn Counseling Center HCBS

About The Jewish Board’s Brooklyn Counseling Center HCBS

The Jewish Board has been around for over 150 years. Their Brooklyn Connected Care used to be called The Seymour Askin Counseling Center. It’s an outpatient center in Brooklyn, New York. They have holistic programs to treat mental and behavioral health disorders, including drug issues, among adults, teens and children.

At their center, you’ll participate in counseling in group and individual settings. There are peer support programs, classes where you can learn new life skills, and you’ll get to understand your health better. That way, you’ll find new ways of coping with stress and anger. If you’re active duty military or a vet, they’ll have a special track that can address any trauma you’ve experienced.

They’re able to connect you to social services that cover basic necessities, like housing. They can also provide referrals to other clinics and centers that can provide you with more structured care. There are separate programs for children, families, and folks with disabilities, and programs that emphasize clinical services.

Payment Options

Private Insurance
Self-pay options
Financial aid
Sliding scale payment assistance
Medicare
Medicaid

Levels of Care

Outpatient

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.

Programs

Adolescence program

Adult program

Program for women

Children program

Elderly program

Settings & Amenities

Private setting

Insurance

Our Policy: The Jewish Board’s Brooklyn Counseling Center HCBS works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact us to verify your specific insurance provider.

Aetna

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Treatment

Dual Diagnosis

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.

Mental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

During dialectical behavior therapy in New York, you and your therapist will look for triggers and patterns that are guiding your emotions. This involves keeping a diary of your emotions and situations and sharing this each week with the therapist. This information will determine what you work on in each session.

Group Therapy

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.

Individual Therapy

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.

Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Couples Therapy

You can participate in couples therapy to focus on a specific problem in your relationship or for general strengthening of the relationship. This therapy aims to help you improve communication, address conflict, and grow in affection for one another.

Family Therapy

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.