Father of Four Finds Calm Through NewBridge Counseling Counseling

By 4:45 every morning, at least one of Josh's four children is awake, raring to go. Soon after, his 3-year-old daughter is up to receive treatment for cerebral palsy. By 7:30, Josh and his wife have ...

Our Amazing Client Eddie: 'Freedom. And I Love My Freedom.' Housing

Each morning, police cleared people sleeping at Newark Penn Station before the commuter rush. Eddie would often take a train to towns along the line to pass the day. That’s how he found himself in ...

Meet Madyson, One of Our Amazing Clients Education

Anxiety triggered by crowded, noisy halls made attending Roxbury High School untenable for honor student Madyson. “I was struggling to even walk in the building,” Madyson said. She withdrew in October ...

Meet Ken, Our Amazing Client Housing

Ken’s life was once ruled by obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety. He was afraid to leave his house. He took two-hour showers. He brushed his teeth so much he stripped the enamel. Diagnosed at ...

Our Amazing Client Nancy Rebuilds with NewBridge’s Support Counseling

When she tried to get up from her bed, Nancy felt a strong force pulling her down. She couldn’t fathom that the odd sensation was the start of a debilitating stroke — or that months later she would be ...

Meet Colleen, One of Our Amazing Clients Housing

In the late 2000s, Colleen had a psychiatric break and spent nine months at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. As her discharge approached, she worried: “I didn’t have anywhere to go,” she recalled. ...

Meet Ashley, One of Our Amazing Clients Education

Struggling with depression and anxiety, Ashley high school experience got off to a rough start — and went downhill from there. By junior year, when she returned to in-person classes after the long ...

Meet Our Amazing Client Crystal Education

Crystal has found her professional calling, and she credits NewBridge Services’ alternative education and career program with helping her onto the path. The 25-year-old mother of two is working in ...

A Family Finds Its Way Back with NewBridge’s Support Counseling

Debbie sends a photo of her son and grandchildren to NewBridge’s Child and Family Services each year as a thank you for helping him become a better parent and regain custody of his son and daughter. ...

Our Amazing Client John Housing

Voices in John's head said police were summoning him. After more than two dozen trips to the station, officers took him for a psychiatric evaluation. John began treatment, but paranoia persisted. One ...

Jacki Has Reclaimed Her Life, With Help From NewBridge Counseling

Jacki began self-medicating as a teenager, attempting to manage depression she first experienced in elementary school. Over the next 30 years, Jacki married, had two sons and built a successful ...

Meet Frances, A Client Finds Hope Through In-Home Counseling Housing

““She lets me know I can get through things,” added the longtime Morristown resident, who spent 33 years working as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital before retiring in 1996 due to back pain.”