Agawam Counseling Center
Agawam Counseling Center provides comprehensive, quality mental health and substance abuse services that are designed to meet the unique needs of children, families, and individuals in the community. Staffed by a multidisciplinary team of highly competent and caring professionals, we are committed to providing services that are responsive and accessible without regard to income. Our long history of meeting the needs of area residents in the center, schools, homes, and the community reflects this continuing commitment. Services are funded by the community United Way, the town of Agawam, and most third-party insurers.
All services include a thorough assessment designed to assure an individualized treatment plan and the collaboration of the treatment team with the individual requesting services. Services may be provided on an outreach basis when clinically appropriate. Services include:
- Individual, Family, and Group Therapy
- Parent Education and Support
- Couples Therapy
- Substance Abuse Assessment and Treatment
- Psychiatric Assessment
- Medication Prescription and Monitoring
- Childcare and Preschool Consultation
- Community Education
- School Consultation
- Psychological Testing
- Consultation and Treatment for Seniors and Their Families
Child Guidance Clinic
The Child Guidance Clinic provides comprehensive mental health, education, developmental, behavioral, and consultative services to Springfield and surrounding communities. Our multidisciplinary staff offers a variety of culturally competent programs in our clinic, at numerous community sites, and in homes. General services include:
- Individual, Family, and Group Therapy
- Community Outreach
- Consultation and Education
- Psychological Testing
- Psychiatric Consultation and Medication Management
- Language Capability (Spanish and English)
Specialized programs provided at the Child Guidance Clinic include:
- Early Intervention
- Intensive Family Support
- Assessment and Treatment of ADHD
- Adolescent DBT Program
- Post-Homicide Family Support
- School Consultation Team
- Preschool and Early Childhood Team
- Juvenile Fire-Setter Intervention Program
- Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Behavior Problems
- Behavioral Management and Parent Training
- Services for Visually and Hearing Impaired
- Social Skills Training
- School-Related Problems
The Clinic is open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Psychiatric Crisis Services
Psychiatric Crisis Services is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week program offering an array of crisis services and intensive case management services. These services are available to anyone experiencing a crisis due to an acute or chronic psychiatric condition, and they are delivered through three primary programs: the Crisis Evaluation Team, the Crisis Stabilization Unit, and the Intensive Case Management Program.
Crisis Evaluation Team (CET)
- Phone-Based Information and Referral
- Phone Support
- Risk Assessments
- Prescreening for Hospitalization
- Interventions for Consumers with Crisis Plans
- Prescreening for Inpatient Rehabilitation Substance Abuse Treatment
Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)
- 24-Hour Observation Beds
- Brief Community-Based, 24-Hour Supervised Residential Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluations
- Medication Monitoring by Nursing Staff
- Step-Down Admissions
Intensive Care Management (ICM)
- Intensive Outreach
- Evaluation
- Treatment
- Case Management
