Family and Childrens Service of

Nantucket County Inc

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20 Vesper Lane, Suite L-1, Nantucket, MA 2554, USA

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Family & Children's Services provides a broad range of mental health services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families who have experienced stress and conflict in their lives. The staff has expertise in addressing problems such as anxiety, depression

Often our services are sought out when a child or adolescent is experiencing behavioral health problems. Family and Children's Services provides an in-home family therapy service to assist the entire family.  A master's level clinician and a paraprofessional work together

There are many ways to give back to Family & Children’s Services of Nantucket. Events, Volunteers, Seconds Shop, Click here to donate online:

When couples are faced with difficult decisions or situations, they often struggle to have productive conversations and have difficulty viewing the situation through their partner's eyes. Therapy helps by identifying where the unproductive patterns of communication are

In 1962, concerned members of the Nantucket Island community realized there was a critical need for an organization that could provide assistance and support to children and families.  Our social services agency was thereafter established.  As we’ve grown, we have kept

The focus of family therapy is to consider the goals of the family as a whole. Typically a clinician will meet with either part or all of the family to complete the initial interview. Once this has been completed the clinician will assist the family in creating their family

NANTUCKET, MA ' FCSN today achieved the Silver GuideStar Nonprofit Profile level. GuideStar is the world's largest source of information about nonprofit organizations and a leader in advancing transparency in the nonprofit sector. This level demonstrates FCSN‘s deep commitment to nonprofit transparency and accountability.

“We have worked hard to showcase our progress toward our mission, and our long-held belief in being transparent about our work, to our constituents,” said Tessandra Pearson, Executive Director. “As a GuideStar Silver participant, we use their platform to share a wealth of up-to-date information about our work to our supporters and to GuideStar’s immense online audience of nonprofits, grantmakers, individual donors, and the media.”

In order to be awarded the GuideStar logo, FCSN had to fill out every required field of our nonprofit profile page on www.guidestar.org.

“I encourage you to check out our profile on GuideStar to see what we’re all about,” added Amanda Congdon, Board President. “We are engaged in exciting initiatives, and we are thrilled to have another platform for communicating our advancement and progress.”

September is National Recovery Month. Check out the link below for local events, ways to get involved and resources to access help.www.recoverymonth.gov/?utm_campaign=Relationships+in+Recovery&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=emai See MoreSee Less

FCSN was proud to be part of The Nantucket Project addiction panel in Greenwich, CT this week. More than 100 community members showed up to about Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), integrated community response and Prescription Monitoring Programs (PMP) to combat the growing heroin addiction in our communities. Together, we can accomplish so much.We are here for questions and support. Call us and . See MoreSee Less

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Sgt. Kevin Marshall and I are proud to represent Nantucket as board members for the Cape & Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition. Our mission is to increase communication, knowledge and outreach around suicide prevention.In commuting home, one realizes how special this island community is. A rising tide raises all boats. See MoreSee Less

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Family & Children's Services is the only non-profit licensed Mental Health Clinic on Nantucket Island

A 501(c)3 non-profit organization

There are many ways to help:

Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Outpatient
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Language Services

  • Spanish

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Adolescents
  • Adult women
  • Adult men

Ancillary Services

  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • 12-step faciltitation approach
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • DUI/DWI clients
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    20 Vesper Lane, Suite L-1, Nantucket, MA 2554

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