The Blanton Peale Counseling Center, a New York State licensed clinic, is a member of the Federation of Mental Health Centers.

What brings people to Blanton-Peale?

Sometimes a crisis may leave you feeling lonely, depressed or anxious.
Sometimes you may feel stuck in old patterns that no longer work, in a relationship that needs repair, in a career that leaves you empty or is going nowhere.
Sometimes you may feel like a failure, and long to release your untapped potential.
Sometimes a life transition brings unexpected stress.
Sometimes you may feel that your spiritual well has gone dry.
Such times are often marked by symptoms such as these which can alert us to pay attention to our own lives:

What help will you find at Blanton-Peale?

• Individual therapy
• Couple therapy
• Family therapy
• Therapy for teenagers
• Psychiatric evaluation and medication management
• Short-term/solution-focused therapy
• Group therapy
• Marriage counseling
• Pre-marital counseling
• Divorce counseling
• Assessment and referral
• Innovative services responding to the needs of the community

Blanton-Peale is committed to:
• Respecting you as a fellow human being whatever your circumstances, beliefs, race, ethnicity, life-style or need
• Valuing your strength, your potential, and your future
• Recognizing that you are more than the problems burdening you now
• Responding to you in spirit-filled, growth-producing ways
• Maintaining confidentiality which is the foundation of our work
• Holding sacred our relationship with you

Privacy Practices
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To Reach Us
For more information or to make an appointment:

Headquarters Counseling Center in Manhattan
To become an individual client there is a two step initial consultation process. Couples and families come in for a 60 minute intake. Call the Client Coordinator at (212) 725-7850, Ext. 119 or send an email to rkillion@blantonpeale.org between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to set up an appointment. We are open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 10 pm. Blanton-Peale is easily reached by subway or bus and is wheelchair accessible.

Fees
We accept Medicaid, Medicare, GHI, HIP, Aetna PPO, Empire BC/BS, and ValueOptions among other insurances. For those not using insurance, in your initial consultation you will be able to arrange fees based on our sliding scale as determined by your income, family size, and special circumstances.

Community Counseling Centers
Brooklyn: (718) 253-9001
Queens: (718) 253-9001
Staten Island: (718) 253-9001
Nassau County — Levittown and Manhasset: (516) 520-9077
or email ppaterennis@yahoo.com

THE BLANTON-PEALE INSTITUTE COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTERS

Becoming a client is a three-step process. Individuals, couples or families may call for an initial appointment. Kathy Smith, our Administrative Assistant, will assign you to the Site Director of the office that you wish to use. The Site Director may call you for more follow-up screening. Lastly, the Site Director will assign you to one of the therapists at the site and your therapist then will schedule a 60-minute intake appointment with you. We accept most major insurances. For those who either do not have adequate insurance or no insurance, we will set an adjusted fee that is based on your income and special circumstances.

Central Administration
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
75 Hicks Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Telephone number: 718-237-3078
Fax: 718-237-1264

Pamela Pater-Ennis, M.Div.LCSW, Executive Director
E-mail: ppater-ennis@blantonpeale.org

Pamela Pater-Ennis, M.Div., LCSW, is the Director of the Community Counseling Centers for the Blanton-Peale Institute in New York City. She teaches in the Blanton-Peale Institute Pastoral Studies Program and is a staff psychologist at the Brooklyn Heights site. In addition, she has a small private practice in Ridgewood and Hoboken, New Jersey. She has more than twenty years of pastoral counseling experience, which she brings to her ministry. Her areas of specialty are the following: gerontology issues; chronic and terminal illnesses; bereavement issues; sexual trauma issues; GLBT issues; faith crisis issues; and couples and family crises. She also has extensive experience in working with congregations that are in crisis and in leading retreats for church groups.Rev. Ennis is an ordained Reformed Church in America minister and a licensed clinical social worker in both New York and New Jersey. She is a graduate of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and holds dual masters in social work and in divinity from Rutgers University and New Brunswick Theological seminary respectively. She is close to completing her PhD in social work from the University at Albany.

Kathy Smith, BS, Administrative Assistant
E-mail: smithksbpcc@aol.com