Mental Health Care in Bridgeport, CT

Child and Family Guidance Center

What Does Child and Family Guidance Center Offer?

Child and Family Guidance Center is a mental health facility at 180 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut, offering outpatient care and telehealth therapy. It accepts Medicaid, private insurance, state-financed insurance and self-pay and offers a sliding fee scale. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

180 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Child and Family Guidance Center

Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

Medicaid
Other State funds
Private health insurance
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
State welfare or child and family services funds
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Crisis and Emergency Services

Crisis intervention team
Psychiatric emergency onsite services
Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Couples/family therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Group therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

Young adults
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Ages: Children/Adolescents

Language Services

Spanish
Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Other languages (excluding Spanish)
Creole
Portuguese

Medications Used

Aripiprazole
Risperidone
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Family psychoeducation
Intensive case management
Supported employment
Supported housing
Case management service
Suicide prevention services
Education services
Metabolic syndrome monitoring
Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Connecticut lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.