Constance C. Ritzler, M.A, LPC, CADC has been a psychotherapist with the Creative Living Counseling Center since 1977. She brings to the Center her experience in treating a wide variety of emotional disorders and provides individual, group and marital counseling, with an expertise in substance abuse treatment counseling, Ms. Ritzler is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
Since 1981 she has worked at Essex County Hospital where she is Team Leader and Day Program Coordinator on the MICA unit which provides in-patient psychiatric and substance abuse treatment. She is also currently providing substance abuse counseling at the Pascack Mental Health Center in Park Ridge, NJ. In addition to providing diagnostic assessment, individual and group psychotherapy, she leads recovery groups which integrate twelve step principles with those of traditional psychotherapy.
Ms. Ritzler also coordinates a College Companion Program which links university students with psychiatric inpatients. The program promotes better understanding of mental illness, helps young people with career decisions and provides chronic patients with community contact.
She earned her Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1973 and completed her internship at Bergen Pines County Hospital in 1974. Her undergraduate degree was from the University of Rhode Island where she majored in Child Development.
To contact Constance Ritzler call 201-327-2424
