Community Partnerships
Good counseling is hard to find and harder to afford, and the people around you are feeling it: employees carrying stress into work, parents stretched thin, and students whose schools have lost support. We partner with local businesses and schools across Essex, Hudson, and Bergen County to put licensed counseling within their reach.
Sponsor a student's counseling
Fund free counseling sessions for a student whose school lost its support, through our Wellness for All Fund.
See sponsorship levelsWorkplace mental health partnership
Give your employees and their families private, same week access to a licensed therapist close to home.
See how it worksStudent mental health partnership
Add licensed clinical support alongside your counselors, with a funding path for every budget.
See the optionsStudents who were getting help at school are now getting nothing, and many families cannot afford private care. Wellness Counseling has three offices and a team of more than 25 licensed clinicians ready to see these students. What is missing is the funding to make that care free for the families who need it.
Through the Wellness for All Fund, your business sponsors a specific number of counseling sessions for students referred by their school. Your business is named as the sponsor, and each semester you receive a report showing how many students were served.
Sponsorship levels
Every dollar of a sponsorship goes to counseling sessions. There is no markup and no administrative fee, and we share the investment for each level when you reach out. Because your business receives public recognition, a sponsorship like this is commonly treated as a marketing expense and not a charitable donation. Please confirm with your accountant.
Email us to sponsor a student We will send the full sponsorship sheet and a short agreement.Your people are carrying more than their workload. Stress, anxiety, a struggling teenager at home, a loss, a marriage under strain. Most companies offer a phone number and a handful of sessions with whoever happens to be available, and few employees ever call it.
Wellness Counseling becomes your company's mental health partner. Your employees and their family members get private, same week access to a licensed therapist at a respected local practice, paid for by you. You get a partner down the street, not a call center.
What is included
Partnership levels
Every level is priced at our standard session fee, with trainings and workshops included at no charge. Any level can be sized to your team, and we share pricing in a first conversation.
School counselors are carrying larger caseloads with fewer places to send a student who needs ongoing therapy. Wellness Counseling partners with schools and districts to add licensed clinical support alongside your counselors, student assistance staff, and child study team. We add capacity. We do not replace the people you have.
Three ways to work with us
How it is funded
Safeguards built in
- Written parent or guardian consent before any services begin.
- Students and families are our clients, and clinical records stay confidential under HIPAA.
- Schools receive summary reports only. No names or details.
- Background checks completed for every clinician before they are on campus.
- A shared crisis protocol covering parent notification and emergency referrals.
- Families always choose their provider. A referral to us is never required.
Our founder, Jennifer Politis, PhD, LPC, is a licensed school psychologist and former Director of Counseling. Our Chief Operating Officer, Kara James, MS, LPC, also began her career working in schools.
We have sat in those counseling offices, and we know what it means for a student when that support disappears. We are also parents raising our own children in these same communities. Giving back locally is personal for us, and it is why we built these programs.
Named by NJ Family magazine, and featured in USA Today and Good HousekeepingTell us which partnership you are interested in, and a member of our leadership team will take it from there.
