Build confidence before navigating NYC social scenes with BALANCE’s specialized approach:

• Work through food anxiety in a safe space with our eating disorder specialists
• Practice conversation skills and boundary-setting in our interpersonal effectiveness skills groups
• Develop authentic self-expression through CBT work on social anxiety
• Work on anxiety before freshman mixers using our exposure therapy techniques
• Learn grounding techniques for overwhelming situations with our DBT skills training
• Build genuine confidence, not just fake-it-till-you-make-it through our self-compassion focused framework
• Create strategies for social overwhelm with personalized coping plans from your therapist

Build meaningful connections:

• Develop authentic relationships, not just survival connections through our relationship skills groups
• Understand healthy relationship dynamics with our attachment-focused therapy
• Learn to recognize red flags early through our trauma-informed approach
• Build communication skills for deeper connections using our interpersonal effectiveness programming

Master adulting skills with BALANCE’s professional support:

• Navigate daily life decisions with confidence through our life skills coaching
• Develop problem-solving skills for unexpected challenges using CBT problem-solving techniques
• Learn to trust your own judgment with our self-efficacy building work
• Navigate NYC safety and independently with confidence through our real-world skills practice
• Build street smarts and situational awareness with our mindfulness-based approaches
• Develop your decision-making abilities using our values clarification work
• Create safety strategies that actually work with our trauma-informed specialists

Handle the transition with ease:

• Process homesickness before it becomes debilitating through our grief and loss work
• Build coping strategies for loneliness with our connection-focused therapy
• Create meaningful connections to any new environment through our community integration support

Address anxiety before financial stressors compound with BALANCE’s comprehensive support:

• Verify your benefits here, learn about our Single Case Agreements, and have insurance support the whole way through your intake process
• Address underlying fears and beliefs with your Program Facilitators and Case Managers
• Learn healthy coping instead of expensive quick fixes through our behavioral activation work
• Build sustainable self-care practices with our wellness planning approach
• Develop your emotional regulation skills without using dangerous coping mechanisms using DBT emotion regulation skills
• Create (and enjoy!) fulfilling activities through our values-based work

Investment in yourself long-term:

• Invest in mental health now, and save on crisis intervention later with our preventive care model
• Prevention costs less than emergency treatment through our 2-week intensive programming and support
• Build skills once, and use them for years with our skills-based therapeutic approach
• Avoid the expensive cycle of crisis management through our comprehensive support system

Discover who you are before academic overwhelm hits:

• Explore your values and authentic self with our evidence-based therapeutic approaches
• Build unshakeable self-worth with CBT, DBT, and ACT work integrated throughout your treatment
• Develop identity beyond academic achievement through our identity exploration work
• Build authentic self-confidence for college social pressures with our self-compassion focused therapy
• Work through imposter syndrome with our skills groups and individual therapy
• Develop genuine self-acceptance using ACT-based psychological flexibility work
• Learn to handle criticism and rejection through our resilience building programming

Address core challenges:

• Work on imposter syndrome before it sabotages your success with our cognitive restructuring techniques
• Understand the psychology of belonging with BALANCE groups and community work
• Build evidence-based self-confidence through our strengths-based approach
• Create strategies for handling self-doubt with your personalized treatment team