Community Counseling Services of

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Bohemia is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Bohemia, 2.2 miles away.

Yes, they treat 65 and over, which is less common than it should be and rarer still outside a city the size of Ronkonkoma.

There are 8 more within a short drive of Ronkonkoma, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Ronkonkoma.

Privacy rules on this are tighter than most people expect, and they apply from the first phone call. An authorization carries an end date and stops when that date passes, rather than running on indefinitely. Ask how long the record is kept and what would have to happen for anyone to see it later.

There is often something available sooner at a different level of care than the one you called about. Centers often keep a cancellation list, and it moves faster than the main one. Ask what the wait is at every level of care, not only the one you called about.

Identification, insurance card, medications in their original labeled containers, and a week of ordinary clothes. An outpatient program needs almost none of this, just the documents and the appointment time. Ask how much cash, if any, is useful to have with you.