Mental Health Services l HIV/AIDS Services l Drug & Alcohol Services
Gender Clinic l Intimate Partner Abuse

HIV/AIDS SERVICES
Persad began providing counseling services to HIV/AIDS infected individuals and their loves ones in 1982 shortly after the Center for Disease Control (CDC) first defined Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and has continued to battle the disease with creative and life-affirming counseling responses.

Persad provides professional counseling services to HIV+ and AIDS affected individuals and their families. Persad responds to the crisis of the newly diagnosed individual with information about the disease, hope regarding the availability of treatment and the likelihood of survival, strategies for telling loved ones, counseling to assist in the reduction/elimination of risk behavior and in addressing the emotional needs of the diagnosed client and their family, as well as group counseling to provide support and the awareness that they are not alone.

Persad also responds to the needs of the long-term survivor of HIV disease. With advances in medication, clients are likely to live with HIV as a chronic illness. Like any chronic illness, there are issues to be addressed including medication compliance and side effects, quality of life, energy and availability for relationships with others, financial ramifications, employability issues, etc. Persad’s experience in dealing with HIV disease provides clients with informed counsel for their concerns.

HIV/AIDS Services:
• Individual Assessment
• Individual, Couples and Family Counseling
• Positive People Open Support Group
• Significant Other Support Group
• HIV and Addiction Group
• Annual Healing Weekend Retreat
• Training Seminars and Educational Programs