Counseling & Family Resources
The following list of counseling services has been compiled to assist you in determining appropriate resources for your family. It is important to note that Greater Lawrence Technical School does not endorse any specific agencies or organizations; rather it aims to offer counseling information to those looking to initiate services.
Emergency Services
Lahey Health Behavioral Services
Provides: Individual and group therapy for mental health and substance use issues to residents in greater Boston, the North Shore and the Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts; addiction treatment; family services (including couples counseling); mobile crisis teams for behavioral and substance-related emergencies; inpatient psychiatric care, plus home and school-based programs for children and teens.
Clientele: Adults, teens, families and children
Locations: Lawrence, Haverhill, Salem, Beverly
Emergency Psychiatric Services:
Lawrence: 978-620-1250
Haverhill: 1-800-281-3223 or 978-521-7777
Outpatient Clinics:
Lawrence: 978-683-3128
Beverly: 978-921-1190
Lawrence General Hospital
Provides: Emergency services for psychiatric evaluations/mental health
Clientele: Children, Adolescents, and adults
Location: 1 General St. Lawrence, MA 01841
Phone: 978-683-4000
Methuen Holy Family Hospital
Provides: Emergency services for psychiatric evaluations/mental health
Clientele: Children, Adolescents, and adults
Location: 70 East St. Methuen MA 01844
Phone: 978-687-0151
North Shore Children's Hospital Emergency Room
Provides: Emergency services for mental health
Clientele: Children and Adolescents
Location: 57 Highland Ave, Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-745-2100
Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)
Provides: Provides families with food and cash assistance. Also assists with emergency shelter.
Clientele: Low-income, all ages
Location: North Shore Office 45 Congress St, Ste 4120, Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-825-7300
Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF)
Provides: Foster care services, adoption services, programs for adolescents, health and medical services for children in DCF care. Referrals to domestic violence services. Report child abuse.
Location: 280 Merrimack St Lawrence, MA 01843
Phone: 978-557-2500
Non-Emergency Counseling & Other Support Services
Alateen
Provides: A support group for teens living in homes where there is heavy drinking by one or more parent
Locations: Several locations
Phone: 508-451-4986
ACA Family Counseling Services, Inc.
Provides: Multilingual and multicultural mental health services and support. All counselors and paraprofessionals speak all languages and share same beliefs, values and cultural understanding.
Clientele: Youth, Families, Adults
Address: 599 Canal St. #12 Lawrence MA 01840
Phone: 978-989-9902
Ferreras Counseling and Wellness Services
Provides: Mental Health Counseling through a variety of different insurance providers. Individual counseling, group counseling, family counseling. Bicultural, and bilingual counseling.
Clientele: Youth, families, adults
Address: 439 S. Union St. Building 2 Suite 104. Lawrence MA 01843
Phone: 978-648-8515
Andover Counseling Center
Provides: Individual counseling, family counseling, marriage counseling, evaluation testing for children, adolescence or adult, small business coaching, mediation
Clientele: Youth, adults, families
Location: 565 Turnpike St. Suite 81, Third Floor, North Andover, MA 01845
Phone: 978-682-1579
Arbour Counseling
Provides: Outpatient counseling, SOAP (Structured Outpatient Addiction Programs- Adults), Partial Hospitalization, Community Support Program, Therapeutic Mentoring, In-home therapy
Clientele: Adolescents, children, adults
Location: 599 Canal St. #3 Lawrence, MA 01840
Phone: 978-686-8202
Becket Family Services
Provides: Variety of services to individuals experiencing extreme behavioral challenges, including home based treatment, family support, mentoring, residential respite, targeted case management, academic support, family therapy and other therapeutic interventions.
Clientele: Youth and Adults
Locations: Multiple locations
Phone: Dover: 603-353-9102, Hampton: 603-601-8728
Blueskies Wellness, Inc.
Provides: Helpline and outpatient mental health clinic intended to help those who are victims of bullying
Clientele: Youth and Adults
Location: 232 Pleasant St. 2nd Floor, Methuen, MA 01844
Phone: 978-655-1823
Helpline: 888-336-1411
Catholic Charities, Merrimack Valley
Provides: Basic needs, counseling, family support services, food pantry, grandparents as parents, and parent support services
Clientele: Youth, Adults, Families
Locations: Lowell & Haverhill
Phone: Lowell: 978-452-1421, Haverhill: 978-521-6265
Children's Friend and Family Services
Provides: Care planning for children and youth with serious emotional disturbance, in-home family therapy, outpatient mental health services, a parenting support group, trauma focused CBT, education for parents of children with mental health needs or behavioral disorders, youth mentoring, and medication management.
Clientele: 3-21 yrs and adults
Location: 15 Union St. Entrance C, 2nd Floor Suite 200 Lawrence, MA 01841
Phone: 978-682-7289
Family Continuity
Provides: Outpatient mental health counseling available at Beverly, Peabody and Lawrence offices. Also provides in-home therapy, community support program, therapeutic mentoring and parenting classes.
Clientele: 3+ yrs old
Location: 9 Centennial Drive, Ste. 202, Peabody, MA 01960
Phone: 978-927-9410
Family Counseling Associates
Provides: Outpatient counseling, psychiatric medicine, neurofeedback, psychological testing, eating disorders, social skills group, DBT, lifeskills group
Clientele: Adult, Children, teens, couples, & families
Location: 12 Essex Street, Andover MA 01810
Phone: 978-222-3121
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley
Provides: Parenting program, Youth Development, CASA, Emotional Wellness, Suicide Prevention/Postvention, Employee Assistance, Counseling
Clientele: Youth and Adult
Location: 430 North Canal St Lawrence MA 01840
Phone: 978-327-6600
Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP)
Provides: Through the Integrated Care Management Program (ICMP), offers case management and connection to services in the community for individuals who have complex or multiple health and mental health needs. Services include assistance with transportation and housing issues, getting answers to questions between medical appointments, and developing and implementing care plans.
Clientele: Youth, Adults
Location: 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 1110, Danvers MA
Phone: 800-495-0086
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC)
Provides: Parent and family support, Children's mental health, Child sexual abuse, pregnancy and parenting support, Foster care and adoption, child and family counseling, Foster family support
Clientele: Youth, Adult and families
Location: 439 South Union St Lawrence, MA 01843
Phone: 978-682-9222
Private Practice/Therapist Resource Site
Somers Trust Psychological
Provides: Individual counseling, family counseling, and couples therapy, as well as psycho-pharmacological evaluations. We work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues providing services such as therapy for depression and grief counseling to parenting support, couples counseling and beyond.
Clientele: Youth, families, adults
Location: 873 Turnpike St, North Andover, MA 01845
Phone: 978-688-8004
South Bay Community Services
Provides: Provides a continuum of community-based services to children, adults, and families including individual therapy, family therapy, couple therapy, and group therapy. Also provides in-home family therapy.
Clientele: Youth, Adults, Families, Couples, Groups
Location: Ent. H, 360 Merrimack St bldg 9, Lawrence, MA
Phone: 978-688-4830
St. Ann's Home
Provides: Counseling, In home therapy, residential for behavioral issues with youth
Location: 100A Haverhill St Methuen, MA 01844
Phone: 978-682-5276
Walden Behavioral Care
Provides: Provides a full continuum of care including hospital and residential services for eating disorder treatment for males and females. Separate Adult and adolescent services. Peabody Ambulatory Clinic offers partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.
Clientele: Age 12+
Locations:
Waltham: 9 Hope Ave, Ste 500, Waltham, MA 02453
Peabody: 2 Corporation Way, Ste 260, Peabody, MA 01960
Phone: Waltham: 781-647-6700, Peabody: 978-531-2904