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0-5 Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative

The Child Center of NY is pleased to serve as the Queens borough-wide provider of the Early Childhood Mental Health Network, a Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health initiative designed to provide mental health services and support for families who have young children, ages 0–5, with mental health needs. Our bilingual and bicultural therapists utilize evidence-based, trauma-focused models of treatment, including play therapy and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), that have been proven to make a difference for this age group and give them the promising start we want for all our children.

 

Just as we need to ensure that children begin school academically ready to learn, we also need to ensure they begin life socially and emotionally ready to thrive. The Child Center can help with that piece of the puzzle. 

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Many people wonder what mental health counseling for such young children entails. It mostly involves strengthening the parent-child bond in ways that make the child feel safe and secure and support their development. We work with pregnant people and children 0-5 years old, including newborns, with their parents or other primary caregivers. The goal is building secure and healthy relationships between parent and baby and prevent insecure attachment relationships that tend to result in mental health issues down the road. We help every family in our care to establish a mentally and emotionally healthy start.

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Here are some things that we provide children, parents, caregivers, and families who enter counseling with us:

  • parent groups and individual therapy

  • individual parent and child screenings

  • caregiver depression screening

  • guidance in increasing positive interactions and communication between parent and child

  • assistance in developing social-emotional skills, building resiliency, improving self-esteem, and encouraging self-regulation

  • the tools to help families handle the inevitable setbacks and challenges of life safely and constructively, now and in the future

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We also offer perinatal, infant, and ECMH consultation, an intervention program that pairs a mental health professional with schools, hospitals or other agencies that service perinatal to preschool populations. The consultant works with agencies to find ways to promote the social and emotional development of young children and works with families to improve relational health.​

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Locations

Cohen Family Wellness Center

In-Person Hours:* 

  • Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.

  • Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

  • Saturday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

  • Remote services are available six days a week

  • *These reflect current hours. Please call our main number for more information. We maintain flexible hours for both in-person and remote services*​

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Services Provided:

Ages accepted: All ages, newborn-adult

Admission criteria: Must have a mental health diagnosis.

Languages spoken: English, Bengali, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, Romanian, Spanish, and others

Public transportation: Subway–7 train to 52 St. LIRR–Woodside Station (10-15-minute walk). Bus–Q32 to Roosevelt Ave/51 St, Bus—Q60 to Queens Blvd. and 52nd Street.

Senior Program Director: Jessica Barrera-Morales, Jessicamorales@childcenterny.org

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43-08 52nd Street, Second Floor
Woodside, NY 11377
Phone: 718-276-7728
Fax: 718-528-7726

Jamaica Family Wellness Center

In-Person Hours:* 

  • Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.

  • Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

  • Saturday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

  • Remote services are available six days a week by appointment.

  • *These reflect current hours. Please call our main number for more information. We maintain flexible hours for both in-person and remote services*​.

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Services Provided:

  • Individual and Group Counseling for Mental Health and/or Substance Use Disorder

  • Court-Involved Youth Program

  • Random Toxicology

  • Anger Management

  • Trauma Groups

  • Domestic Violence Services

  • Family Counseling

  • DUI program

  • Vocational Counseling

  • Other services available on site include: Child Center Benefits Access, Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative, JobNet internship program, ParentChild+, and primary medical care for children and adults.

Ages accepted: All ages, newborn-adult

Admission criteria: Current or past history of substance use disorder or mental health concerns or being affected by someone else's substance use. Serves parents whose substance use may be interfering with their ability to provide a safe and nurturing environment for their children.

Languages spoken: Bengali, Creole, English, Russian, Spanish, and others

Public transportation: Subway— E, J, Z train to Jamaica Center stop; walk three blocks north on Jamaica Avenue.

Director of Operations: Omar Kazi, omarkazi@childcenterny.org

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163-18 Jamaica Avenue, Second Floor
Jamaica, NY 11432
Phone: 718-276-7728
Fax: 718-528-7726

Macari Family Wellness Center

In-Person Hours:* 

  • Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

  • Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

  • Saturday: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

  • Remote services available six days a week by appointment.

  • *These reflect current hours. Please call our main number for more information. We maintain flexible hours for both in-person and remote services*​.

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Services Provided:

Ages accepted: All ages, newborn-adult

Admission criteria: Must have a mental health diagnosis

Languages spoken:  Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), English, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, and others

Public transportation: Subway—#7 train to Main St., Buses—Q17, Q20A/B, Q25, Q32, Q34, Q44, Q65, LIRR to Main St​

Senior Program Director: Cho-Young (Cathy) Wu, LCSW-R, RPT-S, CASAC,   cathywu@childcenterny.org

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140-15B Sanford Avenue, Second Floor
Flushing, NY 11355
Phone: 718-276-7728
Fax: 718-528-7726

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