The PARTNERS Program

The PARTNERS Program offers mental health services to preschoolers, children, and adolescents who have been through stressful or traumatic events and are experiencing emotional or behavioral problems. The PARTNERS Program is designed to give children ways to cope with feelings and thoughts related to the traumatic event, and to give caregivers ways to decrease their stress and increase their ability to gain their children's cooperation.

The goals of children's therapy sessions are to help children:

  • Learn about themselves and their families
  • Deal with upsetting feelings
  • Increase self-confidence

The goals of parents therapy sessions are to increase their:

  • Feelings of support
  • Communication with their children
  • Ability to handle children's problem behavior

The PARTNERS Program offers:

  • Trauma-specific psychological assessments
  • Trauma-specific individual and family therapy
  • Services in multiple languages
  • Weekday evening and Saturday hours
  • Services at sites in Queens and Brooklyn
  • Collaboration with ACS, schools, courts, and pediatricians

Payment options include a sliding-fee scale, Medicaid, and free research projects.

General Information

For more information please contact the Coordinator of the PARTNERS Program at:

PARTNERS Program
Center for Psychological Services
Seton Complex
St. John's University
152-11 Union Turnpike
Flushing, NY 11367
Tel: (718) 990-2367
Tel: (718) 990-5479 (Spanish)
Fax: (718) 990-1586

Para más información, por favor contacte la Coordinadora del Programa de PARTNERS a:
Tel: (718) 990-5479 (Español) o (718) 990-2367 (Inglés)

Dr. Elissa Brown
PARTNERS Program Director