The Training Institute for Mental Health

New York offers some great services and this about one of them:The Training Institute for Mental Health at 115 West 27th Street in Manhattan.

The TIMH trains therapists and provides affordable (below market) counseling and therapy.

I do volunteer writing for their newsletter and am pleased to be associated with such a fine organization...

It draws a lot of students, people in the Arts and others from all of over Manhattan and particularly from lower Midtown.

People come in for intake interviews for a modest fee and then work out payments based on a sliding scale -- what they can afford.

There are also special low fees for the unemployed, which in these troubled times is especially helpful.

The Sarah A. Meehan Center helps people cope with all kinds of issues-- low self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, relationship conflicts and depression and anxiety among them.

It offers such services as individual psychotherapy, support groups , Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual Affirmative therapy, Couples therapy and Family therapy.

Therapists are available Monday through Saturday, days and evenings. To make an appointment, call and speak with an intake specialist at 212 627 8181.

Shown here are the main entrance on 27th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, the waiting room, one of the friendly receptionists, and the head of development,
my friend John McCaffrey ( his amiable wife also works at TIMH).

Just saw John today to talk about an article I will write for the next issue of the newsletter--- about psychotherapy and the problems of artists ( a lot of artists and art students come to the Training Institute).