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Credo Community Center for the Treatment of Addictions, Inc.

OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

“The Farm”

We Celebrate Life!

Central Information

To gather information regarding our Mental Health services, please call us at the information listed

below. The Mental Health Intake Coordinator will provide program information to assist referral

sources in completing the necessary paperwork which will help determine the most appropriate

and beneficial services for the individual referred.

To send confidential patient information, please phone us at (315) 788-1530 to

request Referral Packet.

Mental Health Clinic

Credo Community Center 595 West Main Street Watertown, NY 13601 Phone (315) 788-1530

Fax (315) 755-2596

www.credocommunitycenter.com

Credo Community Center is a New York State Office of Mental

Health licensed agency.

The Credo Outpatient Mental Health Clinic is staffed by clinical therapists who are licensed, master’s level professionals committed to providing quality care and focused on helping patients and their families. Counselors provide assessment, evaluation and psychotherapy. Our psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides assessment, evaluation, consultation and medication management services. Respect for client confidentiality, and safeguarding all information, as mandated by law, is of utmost importance among our practitioners. Our clients are children and adults age 16 and over. Credo fosters strong self-esteem, respect for community, a sense of purpose and the development of coping skills necessary for the achievement of their highest potential, for all patients. All professional mental health services are provided in a manner consistent with ethical principles, accepted professional practices and individualized to meet the needs of our patients. Sessions are conducted in confidential offices and group spaces.

Our Staff and Patients

Our Services

Transforming Lives

Through

Quality

Treatment

Healthy Minds,

Healthy Lives!

The Outpatient Mental Health Clinic provides the following services:

Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation

Psychiatric services

Social work services

Individual, family and group therapy

Coping skills training

Referral services

Wellness promotion

Care coordination services

Medication monitoring Our dedicated staff can help you or your loved one with the following:

Grief and Loss

Low self-esteem

History of abuse

Trauma

Depression

Anger management

Behavioral problems

ADHD

Life crisis

Family conflict

Difficulty managing change

Chronic mental health problems

Worry or fears

Seeking Treatment Seeking help from a mental health professional could lead to reducing or dealing more positively with life’s difficulties. Those in need of the treatment could exhibit any combination of the following: Adolescents • Physically and verbally striking out • Excessive crying and tearfulness • Negativity • Problems with concentration • Inability or refusal to take direction • Isolation or lack of communication with family and peers • Dramatic changes in grades at school • Behavioral or attendance referrals from schools • Secretiveness about friends or running with “wrong” peers • Self-harming activities • Bullying • Unusual irritability • Changes in personal hygiene or appearance

Adults • Feelings of depression • Inability to handle stresses at home or work • Changes in sleeping and eating habits • Interpersonal relationship problems • Loss of interest in sex • Unexplained fearfulness or worry • Mood swings • Angry much of the time • Memory lapse Older Adults • Inability to concentrate • Decreased energy • Changes in sleeping and eating habits • Memory loss • Difficulty handling stress • Grieving for unusually long periods of time