Catholic Charities’ services strive to improve quality of life, mental health

Driven by Catholic social teaching, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen, provides quality services with dignity and respect to the poor, vulnerable, and all people in need and partners with families and communities to improve the quality of life. For those who live in the counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset and Warren, Catholic Charities offers a variety of services to help those in need to meet mental health challenges. Among those programs, which are determined by county, are:

Counseling and Wellness Services, which include outpatient counseling and treatment to individuals, families, and couples who may be impacted by depression, anxiety, the loss of a loved one, parenting difficulties, child behavior problems and other common life stressors.

Crisis Intervention-Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) delivers services to youth vulnerable to or experiencing stressors, coping challenges, emotional or behavioral symptoms, difficulties with substance use as a coping strategy or traumatic circumstances that may compromise the youth’s ability to function optimally and thrive within their family/living situation, school and/or community environments.

SPIRIT, Supportive Partners in Recovery and Treatment, which is an intensive outpatient program that provides individualized acute outpatient mental health care.

Intensive Family Support Services, meant to improve the overall functioning and quality of life of families with relatives living with serious mental illness. Family members and professionals work collaboratively to provide each family with knowledge, skills and support, which they identify as useful to a family’s overall functioning and sense of control.
 

Last year, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen served 51,000 people in the Diocesan counties of Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren through more than 100 programs.  Not all programs are available in all counties. For more information on services and what’s available in each county visit https://www.ccdom.org.