Chestnut Hill College Psychological Services Clinic
The Chestnut Hill College Psychological Services Clinic (CHC-PSC) is a community-based mental health center dedicated to providing empowering and affordable services to help all people manage life’s challenges and to realize their full potential.
Whether you are seeking relief from depression, grieving a loss, undergoing a period of transition and stress, or trying to help your child thrive, CHC-PSC is here to help you.
Founded in 2011, the Chestnut Hill College Psychological Services Clinic (CHC-PSC) is a community-based mental health center located on Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown, PA. We are dedicated to providing affordable services to help people manage life’s challenges and realize their full potential. We pride ourselves on being welcoming, affordable, accessible, client-centered, collaborative, inclusive, culturally-informed, and trauma-informed.
Our clients are people with complex lives from different cultures, backgrounds, identities, and financial circumstances. We value diversity in all its forms, and we believe that every client deserves respect, compassion, and quality mental health services.
Our services include psychological testing and assessment, and individual, couples, and family therapy for people of all ages. Fees are determined according to an income-based sliding scale.
An entity of Chestnut Hill College, CHC-PSC is the primary training clinic for students in Chestnut Hill College’s clinical psychology doctoral program. Both the doctoral program and the training clinic are accredited by the American Psychological Association.
Our Services
Chestnut Hill College Psychological Services Clinic (CHC-PSC) is a community-based clinical psychology training clinic. CHC-PSC offers psychotherapy and psychological testing services in order to support the wellbeing and serve the emotional, social, and behavioral health needs of our community. We are committed to the provision of affordable, evidence-supported, culturally-sensitive, affirming, compassionate and effective psychotherapy and assessment services. Confidentiality is a cornerstone value in our profession and our practice.
All mental health services are performed by doctoral psychology practicum students, pre-doctoral interns, and post-doctoral fellows trained in Chestnut Hill College’s Psy.D. Program. Licensed clinical psychologists on the faculty of the Chestnut Hill College Department of Professional Psychology guide and supervise all clinical work. CHC-PSC does not have a psychiatrist on staff but can in most cases provide referrals as needed. Services are by appointment only and not provided on a walk-in or emergency basis.
Our Values
The clinical team at CHC-PSC is committed to:
- Professionalism –We strive to provide every client and prospective client with an experience characterized by friendly, professional interactions in a pleasant and comfortable setting.
- High quality services – Our clinicians strive for excellence in their clinical practice. All clients participate in a comprehensive intake process that allows the psychology trainee to get to know the whole person of the client, including but not limited to their reason(s) for seeking services. This stage is an important component of the assessment process for psychological testing and the evaluation process for psychotherapy and enables the development of an individualized service plan. Further, this stage represents the beginning of a partnership among the client, the psychology trainee, and the trainee’s supervisor, in which an alliance based on a shared understanding of goals is developed.
- Confidentiality – We safeguard clients’ privacy and sensitive information according to the strict standards of the field of psychology and in accordance with ethical and legal guidelines. The rare exceptions include cases in which there is evidence of physical and/or sexual abuse or neglect of children or of elderly people, cases in which it is determined that a client is in danger of harming themselves or others, and very rare circumstances in which our records are subpoenaed by court order.
- Cultural Awareness – CHC-PSC clinicians are dedicated to furthering their cultural awareness, competency, and humility, and committed to actively working to increase and deepen their understanding of individual and cultural diversity. We respect and celebrate awareness, appreciation, and sensitivity toward all and encourage deep consideration of the ways that political, economic, and societal influences affect individuals’ behaviors, particularly those from disadvantaged and marginalized groups.