We are a SOMBWA certified, JCAHO accredited, licensed mental health clinic that provides
community based psychosocial and therapeutic
services to children, adolescents, and adults.
PBA was established in 2000 by a group of Mental
Health Providers from greater Boston area to
provide culturally competent services, PBA staff
consists of Psychologists, Social Workers, mental
health counselors, nurses, and teachers reflecting
the race and ethnicity of clients we served.
Our clinicians and experts are experienced, board
certified, and licensed to provide the best in
culturally competent psychological, psychiatric,
psychotherapy and consulting services
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Clinical Services
PBA’S child and adolescent program is a
comprehensive stabilization model that provides client’s
with individual, group, and family psychosocial services
which include: advocacy, outreach, crisis intervention,
counseling, and job referral depending on age. The
goal of PBA’s Program is to help our clients develop
a positive outlook on life and appropriate behavior
while dealing with daily problems.
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Community Support Project
PBA’s Intensive Case Management/Community Support
Model (ICM/CSP) model is a comprehensive support
service that assists members with the coordination
of needed care, and guides the members along the
treatment continuum. The model is appropriate for
members who are homeless, recently incarcerated,
or discharged from a psychiatric or medical hospitalization.
PBA currently provides this model for clients referred
from Boston halfway houses, Strive, Pine Street
Inn, religious organizations, pre-release centers
and district courts.
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Family Stabilization (FST)
PBA’s Family Stabilization (FST) program is a comprehensive
clinically focused program for families in which
there is a family member experiencing acute psychiatric,
emotional, mental or behavioral distress. A family
member may be at risk of psychiatric hospitalization
or recently discharged from a facility and in
need of added support, stabilization and/or maintenance.
The Family Stabilization team’s goal is to assist
the child in decreasing risk behaviors and increasing
protective factors in order to stabilize the
client and family unit and to allow the identified
client to remain in the home. The identified
client may be an adult or child.
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Individual Therapy
PBA provides psychotherapy for children,
adolescents and adults. Our licensed therapists assist
clients with recognizing and using their strengths
to solve problems and enhance interpersonal functioning.
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Family Therapy
We work with the whole family in the home.
We at PBA believe that when clients are spiritually
connected within their culture, they will open up
and share their inner fears, apprehensions, shortcomings,
secrets and other feelings and grow as a result of
it.
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Group Therapy
When clients enter into a group and interact
with other members, difficulties that brought them
into therapy are often recreated. Under the direction
of the Group Leader, members are able to provide
and receive support and have alternative behaviors
learned and reinforced. The group allows members
to develop appropriate ways of relating to others.
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Parenting Group Therapy
The Parenting Group is held one day a week
or evening at the PBA office. Transportation and
child care is available. Therapy is provided by Master
level or Doctorate level clinicians.
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Home-Based Family Therapy
The family receives weekly home based family
therapy as part of the therapeutic services provided
under this comprehensive model. Therapy is provided
by a Masters level or Doctorate level clinicians.
