Center for Psychological Services
41 Gordon Rd Suite A Piscataway NJ 08854
Dr. Kate Garcia
Director
(848) 445-1152
(848) 445-2000
(732) 445-4866
https://gsapp.rutgers.edu/centers-clinical-services/CHAT-Clinic/about-us
At the CHAT clinic, our mission is to support children and families impacted by trauma to rebuild their identity, establish a sense of safety and foster positive relationships with others. Using a multi-systemic, collaborative treatment approach, we hope to give each individual that has faced complex trauma an opportunity to process their experiences and look toward the future with hope.
CHAT’s specialty areas include adjustment to resource care, impact of trauma and loss, behavior management, sexual abuse and stress management for caregivers. Our clinic provides individual, family and/or group sessions utilizing trauma and attachment informed treatment modalities that include Trauma Focused- Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) and Game-Based (CBT). Additionally, CHAT provides mentors to clients to increase the opportunity for positive peer interactions.
The CHAT Clinic serves any child or adolescent, ages 3 to 21, who has been impacted by some type of trauma is appropriate for a referral to CHAT. Trauma includes but is not limited to: sexual abuse, physical abuse, racial/cultural discrimination, natural disasters, loss, exposure to intimate partner violence, and neglect.
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Sliding fee scale available for non-DCP&P clients
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Our program serves children and families both within and outside the umbrella of DCP&P. This includes, but is not limited to: Resource families and Kinship Legal Guardian families. No additional fees for children under the care and support of DCP&P in Middlesex and Somerset Counties who are referred for services.
Sliding fee scale available for non-DCP&P clients.