Children [and Families] Healing After Trauma at Rutger’s University
41 Gordon Rd Suite A Piscataway NJ 08854
Dr. Russi Soffer
Primary Supervisor of the CHAT Clinic
russi.soffer@gsapp.rutgers.edu
(848)-932-5902
(848) 445-7789
(732) 445-4866
At the CHAT clinic, our mission is to support children and families impacted by trauma to rebuild their identity, establish a sense of safety and foster positive relationships with others. Using a multi-systemic, collaborative treatment approach, we hope to give each individual who has faced complex trauma an opportunity to process their experiences and look toward the future with hope. CHAT’s specialty areas include adjustment to resource care, impact of trauma and loss, behavior management, sexual abuse and stress management for caregivers. Our clinic provides individual, caregiver and/or group sessions utilizing trauma and attachment informed treatment modalities that include Trauma Focused- Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) and Game-Based (CBT).
The CHAT Clinic serves children and adolescents, ages 3 to 18, who have been impacted by trauma. Trauma includes but is not limited to: child abuse and maltreatment including sexual and physical abuse, racial/cultural discrimination, natural disasters, traumatic loss, community violence, exposure to intimate partner violence, medical trauma, bullying, and neglect.
3-18
Yes
Services are free of charge
Yes
Our program serves children and families both within and outside the umbrella of DCP&P. This includes but is not limited to resource families and Kinship Legal Guardian families. No additional fees for children under the care and support of DCP&P in Middlesex and Somerset Counties who are referred for services.
To make a referral: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Finugi1xmcnr4a