Community Services Institute

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CSI is a full service private mental health clinic with 20 years experience delivering over half a million therapy visits to hard to reach Medicaid families in the Springfield and Boston areas.
CSI is a “boutique clinic” specializing in psychotherapy delivered to multiple problem families in their homes.
As a licensed clinic, CSI offers multidisciplinary services including psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring, psychological testing, and specialty parenting and risk evaluations.
CSI pioneered the use of home-based psychotherapy to stabilize children living in high-risk community families or substitute care homes. CSI is dedicated to keeping families together in the community safely.

Psychotherapy is CSI's passion Multi-disciplinary teams offer support, treatment planning oversight, and medical and psychological backup. The therapy is the primary service offering families options to solve problems, deal with crisis early, and live safely together in their community.
CSI prides itself in offering its clinical staff the best supervision, training, and documentation support. CSI’s President, Frank C. Sacco, Ph.D. published his first book in 1982 on Outreach Family Therapy and has been a pioneer in developing techniques to empower families to solve crisis before children have to be removed.

Community Services Institutes' President featured on CNN Opinion
Frank Sacco, Ph.D., President of Community Services Institute, co-wrote a featured article for CNN Opinion titled "Clues your child is bullied, and what to do".
Since 1984, Frank Sacco has pioneered home-based mental health programs for families with multiple problems. He is a consultant to the FBI's Behavioral Sciences Unit. Frank Sacco recently co-wrote "Why School Anti-Bullying Programs Don't Work."

An excerpt of the referenced article...
(CNN) - It's difficult for parents to know if their child is a bully or a bully's victim. Children will not tell you, so you need to be tuned in to your child every day.

You can pick up on subtle clues, but this takes time and a certain amount of luck. Bad things can happen to children even if the parents do everything right.

Parents can recognize victimization the easiest. Children who are victimized show sudden shifts in behavior, such as getting poor grades after receiving good grades in the past. They may exhibit "Mondayitis," seeming sad and making excuses not to go to school, or if they're young, they may cry.
Read full article on CNN Opinion...

Frank Sacco of Community Services Institute Honored
Frank Sacco, Ph.D., President of Community Services Institute, was awarded Robert A. Dorwart, M.D. Award for his leadership and long-term commitment to mental health prevention and treatment and to the delivery of high quality care.

“The Provider Celebration allows us to honor individuals like Frank Sacco who work without fanfare to stand up every day to make life better for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders and their families,” said Vic DiGravio, ABH’s President/CEO. “Frank is tireless in his efforts to ensure that vulnerable individuals receive the care necessary to live independently in our communities and are never again relegated to society’s shadows.”
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Join our team! We are always seeking good clinicians, case managers, and the staff to support them.
We are currently hiring for both our Springfield and West Roxbury, MA locations and offering pre-doctoral internships for in-home and community-based mental health.

Outreach into the community demands a commitment to individuals and families struggling with difficult circumstances. A Community Services Institute (CSI) therapist is first and foremost dedicated to client treatment in their homes and community.