ABOUT US
Founded in 1963 to address the mental health care needs of the New Hampshire Seacoast, Seacoast Mental Health Center (SMHC) is one of ten non-profit state-designated community mental health centers (CMHCs) in New Hampshire. As a CMHC, we provide evaluations and treatment services to children, adolescents and families, adults, and the elderly who reside in our catchment area regardless of their ability to pay. We accept most major insurances and offer a sliding fee scale for uninsured consumers living in the eastern half of Rockingham County.
The mission of Seacoast Mental Health Center is to provide a broad, comprehensive array of high quality, effective and accessible mental health services to residents of the eastern half of Rockingham County.
PORTSMOUTH LOCATION
EXETER LOCATION
Services Include:
24/7 Crisis Intervention
- Adults Only
- Community Residences: Fairweather Lodge
- Health and Wellness Outreach Services
- Homeless Outreach
- Supported Employment (SE)*
- Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)*
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Children, Adolescents and their Families only
- Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
- Debriefing services to schools and organizations affected by traumatic events
- Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC)
- NH Division Children Youth and Families (DCYF) foster care assessments
- Post-intervention services to schools and community organizations affected by suicide and loss
- Rehabilitation for Empowerment Natural Supports Education and Work (RENEW)
- Therapeutic Mentoring
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Functional Support Services/ Community-Based Behavioral Supports (FSS)
*Evidence-Based Practices
- Illness Management and Recovery (IMR)*
- Individual, Group and Family counseling/psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) *
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) *
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) *
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)*
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*
- Mental Health First Aid
- Older Adults Only
- Referral Education Assistance and Prevention (REAP)
- Psychiatric Evaluation, consultation and medication management
- Psychological Testing/ Neuro – Psychological Testing
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Targeted Case Management (TCM)
Notice of Privacy Practices
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Please contact Nancy at 603.957.5785.
Meet Our Executive Team
Our Executive Team members are considered experts in their respective fields locally, regionally and nationally. Experienced and highly qualified professionals trained in psychiatry, psychology, mental health and substance use disorder counseling, clinical social work and nursing provide all our services.
Jay Couture, MHA
Executive Director
Jay Couture brings more than twenty-five years of progressive experience in New Hampshire’s community mental health system, serving in her current role since 2002. Ms. Couture is Past President of the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association and was an active member of the task force that developed the Ten Year Plan – “Addressing the Critical Mental Health Needs of NH’s Citizens: A Strategy for Restoration.” Ms. Couture received her Bachelor’s Degree in Child and Family Studies and her Masters in Health Administration from the University of New Hampshire and currently is a member of UNH Health Management and Policy Advisory Committee.
Wassfy M. Hanna, MD
Medical Director
Dr. Hanna has served as the Medical Director since 1968 and prior to that, he served as a staff psychiatrist at the Gaebler Children’s Center and Metropolitan Hospital in Waltham, MA. Dr. Hanna also served as Director of Training of Harvard Fellows in Psychiatry at the Gaebler Children’s Center. His teaching experience includes both Tufts University Medical School and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hanna is Board Certified in both Adult Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry in New Hampshire. He holds professional memberships in the American Psychiatric Association, the NH Medical Society and the New Hampshire Psychiatric Society.
Linda Every, BS
Associate Director
Linda Every brings thirty years’ experience in the community mental health system to her position. Since 1986, she has served in numerous positions in the Center’s Business Office. Ms. Every has been in her current role as Associate Director since 2002. Over the course of her career, she has been involved in several statewide projects including the NH Department of Health and Human Services group on Assertive Community Treatment and NH Department of Behavioral Health Rate Advisory Committee. Ms. Every serves on the Center’s Personnel, Compliance and Quality Improvement Committees. Ms. Every received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Southern NH University.
Service Area
Communities included in our catchment area are: Brentwood, Deerfield, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, North Hampton, Northwood, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Seabrook, South Hampton, and Stratham.
Frequently Asked Questions – When it comes to your well-being, we expect you to have questions. View our Frequently Asked Questions page for answers, and get in touch with us if your questions aren’t answered!
As a 501 (c) 3 organization, we are governed by a volunteer board of directors whose role is to ensure that we meet our mission and remain a fiscally sound organization. To do so, the board meets monthly and members actively serves on the Governance, Finance, Facilities, and Development Committees.
You can count on our experienced and highly qualified professionals trained in psychiatry, psychology, mental health and substance misuse counseling, clinical social work and nursing.
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