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Outpatient Hardship Funds Available at Wellspring

Union Savings Bank Foundation Grant Allows No-fee and Sliding Scale Services

A $5,000 grant from the Union Savings Bank Foundation makes it possible for Wellspring to offer counseling services at a reduced rate or for no cost to the residents of: Bethel, Brookfield, Canton, Danbury, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Marble Dale, Monroe, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Southbury, Torrington, Washington Depot. Wellspring Outpatient Services recognizes that the cost of co-pays can be high and that many would otherwise go without needed mental health services. This hardship fund helps to assure that those who need services may receive them, regardless of ability to pay.

Wellspring’s dedicated group of highly trained clinicians includes Board Certified Psychiatrists, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Social Workers and other Masters Level Clinicians.

They help clients facing emotional and psychological issues such as anxiety, depression and mood disorders, stress and adjustment issues, interpersonal relationship issues, school problems of adjustment and performance, attachment difficulties and working through trauma and loss.

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The therapists at Wellspring are also familiar with issues surrounding seniors such as grandparents raising children, adult children living with parents, bereavement and managing conflict with family members.

Wellspring operates two Outpatient Centers, located in Middlebury at 850 Straits Turnpike and at Wellspring’s main campus, 21 Arch Bridge Road in Bethlehem. For more information, visit our website www.wellspring.org or call 203-758-2296.

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About Wellspring and The Arch Bridge School
Since its beginning in 1977, Wellspring has progressively expanded its services to provide residential treatment in a private school environment for children and adolescent girls on the main campus, residential treatment for adults on their own private campus; extensive outpatient services at two locations and therapeutic special education services for residential and day students on the main campus at the NEASC accredited Arch Bridge School.

Wellspring is a multi-service mental health agency and educational center, licensed by the State of Connecticut and accredited by The Joint Commission. Wellspring’s excellent reputation for quality care, comprehensive mental health treatment and special education services has accompanied its growth. Wellspring is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at www.wellspring.org.

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