Resources

Canton-Potsdam Hospital Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Services

12 Elm St.
Potsdam, NY 13676
(315) 353-2572

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday & Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Prescribers available — 2 Nurse Practitioners
• Accepts most Insurance
• No waitlist
• Accepting new clients

Canton-Potsdam Hospital Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic @ Gouverneur Hospital (1st Floor)

77 W. Barney St.
Gouverneur, NY 13642
(315) 261-5415

Monday - Thursday: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Waitlist (length unknown and variable)
• Accepts most Insurance
• Prescriber available – Nurse Practitioner 

Community Behavioral Health Center of the North Country

4 Commerce Lane
Canton, NY 13617 
(315) 386 - 8191

• Accepting new clients for medicine management – telehealth from the office
• Not currently accepting new clients for counseling
• Waitlist (2 months +) for prior clients & med management
• Accepts most insurance

St. Lawrence County Mental Health Clinic & Chemical Dependency Services

80 State Highway 310
Canton, New York 13617
(315) 386-2167

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

• Mental Health – accepting new clients with no waitlist (they are booking into April)
• Chemical Dependency - accepting new clients with a waitlist
• Accepts most insurance
• Prescriber available for both MH and CD

United Helpers Behavioral Health

22 State Highway 310
Canton, NY 13617
(315) 386-0264

• Waitlist (1 month or less)
• Accepts most insurance
• Prescribers available (One in-person, Two telehealth)

Mental Health Counseling Services of Northern New York

22 Depot Street
Suite 8, Market Square Mall
Potsdam, NY 13676

(315) 268-0264

• No Prescriber available
• Accepting new clients
• Waitlist (a couple of weeks for virtual & a couple of months for in-person)
• Accepts most Insurance

Citizen’s Advocates

31 Sixth Street
Malone, NY 12953

(518) 481-5746

Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday & Thursday: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

• Accepting new clients
• No Waitlist
• In-person and telehealth options
• Prescribers available
• Accepts most insurance
• 24 hr. crisis support
• Walk-in support: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• Mental health and addiction services provided

Gouverneur Wellness Center

28 William Street
Gouverneur, New York 13642

(315) 287-2811

Monday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday & Wednesday: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Waitlist
• Accepting new clients
• Walk-in appointments every Wednesday (check-in 8:30 a.m.)
• Accepts all insurance and clients w/o insurance
• Prescribers available (In-person and telehealth)
• Assistance with job searching
• Several groups offered
• Assistance with application for disability

Massena Wellness Center

23 Maple Street
Massena, New York 13662

(315) 769-8441

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday: 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Waitlist for adults (not a long one)
• Accepts most insurance
• Prescriber available

Ogdensburg Wellness Center 

109 Ford Street
Ogdensburg, NY 13669

(315) 394-0101

• Only accepting new clients with a referral from a facility
• Accepts most insurance
• Prescriber available

Brenda Lee Emerson, LMHC    

231 Sweeney Road
Potsdam, NY 13676

(315) 265-3398 

Part-time office hours

• Accepting new clients
• Accepts most insurance
• No Prescriber available

Dr. Jeffrey S. Aronowitz

22632 Summit Dr., Suite A
Watertown, NY 13601

315) 786-0190

• Insurance: Some commercial, no Medicaid or Tricare, payment required at time of visit.
• No waitlist (only accepts people if they can get them an appointment within a month, availability changes frequently)
• Does not do telehealth with new or unstable clients
• Medicine management, no therapy provided for clients under 25 years of age

Renewal House

3 Chapel St
Canton, NY 13617

24 Hour Crisis Line: (315) 379-9845
Email: renewalhouse@verizon.net

• Residential and non-residential services for adults and children who are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault services include crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, safe housing, personal and legal advocacy and more.
• Services are free and confidential.
• Began servicing Human Trafficking victims/survivors in September 2022

Citizen’s Advocates Behavioral Health & Urgent Care

125 Finney Blvd.
Malone, NY 12953

(518) 481-8160

24-hour crisis line: (518) 481-3261 or (518) 891-5535

• Walk-in/urgent behavioral healthcare center and no referral or formal appointment is required.
• Prescribers are available
• Accepts most insurance

Citizen’s Advocates Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center/Behavioral Health Respite

1003 Park St.
Ogdensburg, NY 13669

(315) 713-9090

24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 365 days/year

• Prescriber available
• Waitlist of approx. 8 wks.
• Accepts most insurance
• Outpatient mental health and outpatient chemical dependency services, including detox, mental health stabilization and crisis services
• Do not have same-day prescription service, nor do they fill other providers' prescriptions.

Richard E. Madden, PhD, LCSW

Check out Dr. Madden’s website for information, including insurances that he accepts before contacting him.

Email: madden@thestressdoc.com

• Offers teletherapy (video/phone) with convenient hours.
• Specializes in: OCD, Generalized Anxiety, Insomnia, PTSD, Post-trauma Nightmares
• Using: REBT/CBT, ERT, ACT, ERRT, Biofeedback, Hypnosis, Breathing Re-training
• Most Insurance plans are accepted

Dr. Madden will expedite seeing SUNY Potsdam students