Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center

The Blanton-Peale Counseling Center

The Blanton-Peale Counseling Center is conveniently located in Midtown Manhattan at 3 West 29th Street (Fifth Avenue), NY, NY 10001. Licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), we offer therapy which is sensitive to your beliefs, values and spiritual concerns. We provide affordable psychotherapy and counseling services to persons from all the five boroughs of New York City and beyond. Serving a multi-cultural population, members of the staff speak Spanish, French, Korean, Russian, Mandarin, Polish, Japanese and Hebrew to meet the needs of our diverse population. We are committed to respecting our clients as fellow human beings, whatever their circumstances, beliefs, race, ethnicity, lifestyle or needs.

We Provide: Individual Psychotherapy Psychoanalysis Couple and Family Counseling Parenting/Divorce Counseling Therapy for adolescents Group Therapy Psychiatric Evaluation Medication Evaluation Medication Management Assessment and referral Trauma Therapy Special care/program for Veterans and their families (“Project Care”) Innovative therapy services responding to community needs	Our multidisciplinary team includes: Psychiatrists Psychoanalysts Psychotherapists Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners Social Workers Marriage and Family Therapists

INSURANCE/ NETWORK PLANS (call to confirm current list)
Aetna Affinity Health Plans Americhoice Amerigroup Careplus Cigna PPO Elderplan Emblem Health Empire BlueCross/BlueShield Empire Plan Fidelis Guardian Healthfirst Health Integrated Healthnet Healthplus	Medicaid Medicare Metroplus Multiplan Neighborhood Health Plan Optum Health Oxford Student Plans: Gallagher Koster Student Resources Tricare/Unicare United Behavioral Health United Healthcare Value Options Vida Care Wellcare

Support Groups

"Open Talk" (click for more info)

As a Certified NY State Office of Mental Health Clinic we are subject to the regulation and oversight by NYS OMH

The New York State Office Of Mental Health—New York state has a large, multifaceted mental health system that serves more than 500,000 individuals each year. The Office of Mental Health operates psychiatric centers across the State, and also regulates, certifies, and oversees more than 2,500 programs, which are operated by local governments and nonprofit agencies. These programs include various inpatient and outpatient programs, emergency, community support, residential and family care programs. (from the NYS OMH web site)

THE BLANTON-PEALE
COUNSELING CENTER
3 West 29th Street (@ Fifth Avenue)
New York, NY 10001 | map it
Main Number: 1-212-725-7850
Fax: 1-212-689-3212 fax

APPOINTMENTS

To make an appointment contact our Client Coordinator, Ann Springer
1-212-725-7850 ext. 119

Email: aspringer@blantonpeale.org

HOURS

Monday to Friday: 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

STAFF

James Labi, LCSW-R
Clinic Director

Dr. Vaibhav Bhatia, M.D.
Medical Director

Ann Springer, LMSW
Client Coordinator