Danbury Center Expands to Meet Addiction and Mental Health Needs

DANBURY – The Center for Emotional Health is expanding its services and adding new therapists to help meet the increasing need for addiction and mental health treatment in the Danbury Region.

"Unfortunately, access to addiction and mental health services are often extremely limited for those who need it the most," said Kate Powell, who founded the center in April 2015. "Many are faced with either long waiting lists or high out of pocket costs for more immediate care. By expanding our practice, we hope to help more people in the community who struggle with addiction and mental health issues but don’t know where to turn."

Powell started the Danbury center after a career directing both adult and adolescent psychiatric and addiction services that included running a methadone clinic in New York City with more than 300 clients.

The center provides treatments for a range of symptoms including addiction - particularly to opiates and alcohol - anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, marital challenges, trauma and more. Husky and Medicare participants are also accepted.

Therapists who have recently joined the center, which is located on North Street in Danbury, include Tyler Nolan and Megan Pichard. Both of whom graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University and the University of Connecticut, respectively.

Pichard, who speaks both Spanish and English, offers psychotherapy to adults and adolescents. She specializes in cognitive behavioral treatments that help clients recognize and change unhelpful ways of thinking that can often be the root of our problems.

Nolan has experience with crisis intervention including acute psychiatric and behavioral intervention and evaluation. He is also experienced in both group therapy and individualized treatment planning.