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Westchester Medical Center – Behavioral Health Center

  • 20 Hospital Road
  • Valhalla, NY 10595
  • Contact Person: Donna Festa LCSW
  • Phone Number: (914) 493-2621
  • Fax Number: (914) 493-7939
  • E-mail: Festad@wcmc.com
  • Website: Visit Website
  • Years in Service: 50 years
  • Mission Statement: The Westchester County Health Care Corporation (WCHCC) is a public benefit corporation operating a hospital for the County of Westchester and the State of New York. WCHCC functions in conjunction with New York Medical College and the facility and staff as an academic health care center providing "world class medicine just a step away."
 
 

Disabilities Served

  • Deaf or/and Hard of Hearing
  • Emotional / Psychiatric
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Physical Disabilities
  • Medically Fragile
  • Visually Impaired

Ages Served

  • 6 to 21, 22 and older

Recreation Services

  • Other: Recreational Therapists provide music therapy, arts, and social therapies for the severely mentally ill.
 
 

Education Services

  • Other: We routinely refer patients for education assessments.

Transportation Services

  • Other: We fill transportation requests for patients who have Medicaid.

Housing Services

  • Other: We provide referrals for enrolled patients who remain in treatment with us to appropriate resources for housing.
 
 

Medical Services

  • Adaptive Technology
  • Clinical Services
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Dental
  • Physical Therapy
  • Psychiatric Psychological Services
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech Therapy
  • Other: Behavioral Health Center provides quality mental health services in a safe and supportive environment. Referrals to clinic and facility practices for medical and dental services are regularly made and encouraged.

Vocational Services

  • Other: Enrolled patients who remain in treatment receive referrals for vocational services.

Community Day Services

  • Other: Behavioral Health Center has an Intensive Therapy Out-Patient (ITOP) program in which severely mentally ill and psychiatric fragile individuals attend 1.5 hour therapy group sessions 3 times a week.
 
 

Legal / Support / Advocacy Services

  • Other: We provide referrals for enrolled patients who remain in treatment with us to appropriate resources for legal support and advocacy.