First Visit Information

Your first visit is called an “intake”. Schedule up to 1 ½ hours to be sure you have the time you need to share your concerns and to learn about the counseling you will receive. Please plan on arriving about 10 minutes before your appointment to read information about your privacy and rights as a client and to fill out some paperwork about your current concerns.

Location and Parking

The Montclair State University Community Counseling Clinic is housed in The Center for Clinical Services, located at 147 Clove Road in Little Falls, just off Routes 46 and 3 East (across from New Jersey Transit’s Montclair State University Station). 

The Clinic has easy access to mass transit (via bus or train). In addition, free parking is available in Reserved spots in front of the Clinic. If you are driving to the Community Counseling Clinic from off-campus, please call 973-655-3600 for parking directions and parking pass requirements.

Confidentiality 

The Montclair State University Community Counseling Clinic staff takes your privacy seriously. We adhere to the ethical standards of the American Counseling Association in regard to the counseling you receive, the training and supervision of the graduate students who provide those services, and the confidentiality of services. Information shared with your counselor will be kept strictly confidential. There are, however, a few exceptions that we want you to know about.

To be sure that you receive the best care possible, your assigned counselor receives consultation and suggestions from a supervisor(s) who will review sessions that are digitally recorded. In addition, if your counselor or counselor’s supervisor learns about potentially harmful situations (for example that you or someone else you know is in danger of harming yourself or another person, or a child or elder is being neglected or abused), they are required by law to disclose that information.  Your counselor will explain more about this and other exceptions during your intake meeting.