Deaf Wellness Center
Part of Strong Memorial Hospital
The Deaf Wellness Center (DWC) provides mental health evaluation and counseling services to deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, deaf disabled, late-deafened, and CODA adults (17 years or older) in New York state.
Counseling services are available for:
- Mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, trauma, bipolar disorder, or others
- Domestic violence
- Marriage, family, or relationship problems
- Grief/loss
- Difficult life transitions
- Deaf identity issues
- Sexual or gender identity issues
- Cultural conflicts
- Communication problems
- Adjustment problems
Services may be provided in-person or remotely through Video Phone or Zoom.
All counseling services are provided in American Sign Language (ASL) by deaf and ASL-fluent providers. We offer interpreting services (including deaf interpreters), live captioning, and other accommodations as needed.