Westchester Community Health Center

(formerly Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center)

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Helping you build peace of mind.

Our behavioral health professionals help you understand your emotions and cope better with what life throws at you. We can also diagnose and treat an underlying issue that might be affecting your behavior and your outlook.

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We treat the whole person – body and mind

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all Americans will experience a behavioral disorder at some point during their lifetime. Whether it is temporary in nature due to a sudden loss or longer-term, an untreated behavioral disorder can have a profound effect on the quality of your life and those around you. As activities in the body and mind are interwoven, your behavioral health can also greatly impact your body’s health.

We treat all of you, body and mind. We have adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, psychotherapists, and a Mental Health Case Manager on staff at selected locations. Our Mental Health Case Manager is also available to help you learn new coping skills and increase stability in your life.

Behavioral health can greatly impact your body's health.
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Our broad range of behavioral health services for you and your family include:

  • Short-term individual therapy
  • Grief counseling
  • Family therapy
  • Substance Abuse Assessment, counseling, and referral to treatment
  • Diagnostic evaluation and treatment for a variety of mental health conditions including anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, adjustment disorders, schizophrenia, etc.
  • Medication management
  • Education about behavioral health and mental illness
  • Referrals and care coordination

We provide personalized behavioral health case management

Everybody is different and comes to us with different backgrounds, histories, and life challenges.

Our Behavioral Health Case Manager gets to know your particular situation. She helps you develop healthy patterns of behavior that fit your needs and goals. And she works with you to keep your home and environment stable and your medical needs addressed.

  • ensuring you are being cared for medically, including prenatal care
  • providing referrals for alcohol and other substance abuse counseling
  • ensuring school-age children get psychiatric intervention
  • helping you with transportation to appointments
  • referring you for home health care services
  • referring to outside services
  • preparing advanced directives
  • providing domestic violence counseling and referrals
  • facilitating onsite workshops
  • encouraging smoking cessation
  • connecting you to community resources

In crisis? Feeling hopeless?

If you or someone you know needs support now, please call or text 988 or chat 988Lifeline.org. 988 connects you with a trained crisis counselor who can help people experiencing mental health-related distress.

Meet our team of behavioral health professionals

Dr. Babatunde Asemota

Dr. Babatunde Asemota

Adult Psychiatrist

Elizabeth Wade Mahoney

Dr. Elizabeth Wade-Mahoney

Child/Adolescent
Psychiatrist

Stacy Moraldo, LCSW

Stacy Moraldo, LCSW

Psychotherapist

Barbara Alammari

Barbara Alammari, LCSW

Psychotherapist

Maria Walsh, MSW

Case Manager/Social Worker

Sonia Teague

Sonia Teague, LMSW

Social Worker

Worried about the cost of your care?

We understand. We aim to be as flexible as we can to accommodate your ability to pay and to provide you with the care that you need.

Our center accepts a range of health insurance plans including Child Health Plus, Medicare, and Medicaid. If you don’t have health insurance, we can help you find and enroll in an affordable plan that meets your needs and budget. For individuals or families who do not qualify for health insurance, we offer a sliding fee program for essential services as well as payment plans.

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