Family Medicine & Behavioral Health

Providing care for everyone in your family!

North Country Family Health Center provides integrated healthcare services to infants, children, and adults at two locations in Watertown. Our primary care providers are supported by a team of Behavioral Health/Substance Use, Care Coordination, and Chronic Disease specialists to support you in achieving wellness.

All families are welcome at the Health Center.

We accept private insurance, military insurances, Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and offer a sliding fee scale to families with or without insurance at two locations in Watertown – at our main site at 238 Arsenal Street and also at our Health & Wellness Center at Jefferson Community College.

Worried about your health insurance or lack of coverage?

Don’t be – we can assist you in finding health insurance coverage for you and your family. Our Certified Application Counselor will help you with healthcare coverage and if necessary help you apply for our Sliding Fee Discount Program.

Adult & Pediatric Primary Medical Care

Behavioral health staff offer behavioral health services at NCFHC’s main campus in Watertown and at its Health and Wellness Center on the campus of Jefferson Community College. Additionally, therapists are on hand at the School-Based Health Centers to help students and their families through a variety of situations. A therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing or EMDR has been introduced to Health Center patients. EMDR is an effective psychotherapy treatment for numerous behavioral health issues including, but not limited to, PTSD, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and substance use disorders. EMDR therapy is a proven method to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences. It works on healing and resolving individual’s core issues instead of teaching them to cope with them.

Erica Freeman, LCSW-R, is a certified EMDR Clinician and Consultant-in-Training and has taken the lead on introducing this therapy to other behavioral health staff at NCFHC. “I see patients get better faster using EMDR therapy which is a relief for them and rewarding to watch as their therapist,” states Mrs. Freeman. EMDR Clinicians that are fully trained have completed 40 hours of lecture and 10 hours of consultation regarding cases; and Certified Clinicians have completed training in addition to 50 more hours of client contact and 20 additional hours of consultation with an EMDR approved Consultant. In addition to Erica Freeman, the Health Center employees two additional trained EMDR clinicians, Samantha Bryan, LMSW and Britnee Landerman, LMSW.

As a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) our healthcare team works with you as a partner in your care and coordinates your care both inside and outside our office. We provide you with better, more personalized care, because our team knows you and your health history. We guide you through the complex healthcare system to help you get the care you need from us or others. We provide a safe place to talk about your concerns, and offer responses to all your questions and concerns at each visit.