News items related to Choices Mental Health Counseling, PLLC
Choices Mental Health adds five new Pennsylvania insurance plans, Sullivan County Democrat, November 29, 2024
Choices Mental Health Counseling expands services to NE Pa., Sullivan County Democrat, November 28, 2024
Over $3,700 Raised in Narrowsburg for Local Nonprofits, Wayne/Pike News, November 27, 2024
Choices Mental Health Counseling expands services to NE Pennsylvania, Pike County Courier, November 10, 2024
Choices Mental Health Counseling expands to Northeast Pennsylvania, The River Reporter, November 6, 2024
Bud Rue Walk to take place, The River Reporter, October 25, 2024
Choices Mental Health Counseling added to CDPHP network, The River Reporter, September 4, 2024
Mental health counseling available in Narrowsburg, The River Reporter, August 2, 2024
‘Arise and go to Innisfree’, a lecture at Damascus Historical Society, The River Reporter, July 16, 2024
Letter to Sullivan Allies Leading Together announcing a relocation to Narrowsburg, February 21, 2024
Choices Mental Health Counseling office moves to Narrowsburg, Mid-Hudson News, September 2, 2023
Choices Mental Health Counseling moves to Narrowsburg, Sullivan County Democrat, August 29, 2023
‘The business of healthcare’ - Leaders meet with local health care execs by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, January 3, 2023
Thomas Rue wins Deborah A. Arundale Award for Leadership, Sullivan County Democrat, October 23, 2020
Thomas Rue wins Deborah A. Arundale Award, The River Reporter, September 2, 2020
For this Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counselor, HealthlinkNY is Key, HealthlinkNY, December 18, 2018
Panel to discuss ‘Opioid Addiction Strategies and Successes’, Times Herald-Record, April 20, 2018
Treatments for addiction and chronic pain: One size does not fit all by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, February 6, 2016
Coping with holiday stress by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, December 3, 2015
Recognizing alcohol and drug abuse early; Getting treatment and preventing relapse by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, June 4, 2015
The opposite of relapse is personal growth by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, October 1, 2015
Advocating for Medicaid and Medicare reform by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, February 5, 2015
There is no health without mental health by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, October 2, 2014
Getting un-stuck from depression or anxiety by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, August 6, 2015
Sleep by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, December 4, 2014
Past traumas and present-day pain; Traumatic stress and chronic pain by Tom Rue, August 5, 2014
Trauma, Stress, and Chronic Pain by Tom Rue, brochure, April 29, 2014
Stop "carving out" insurance benefits for mental health from those most in need by Tom Rue, blog, December 23, 2013
Choices Mental Health Counseling to expand Monticello office hours, Sullivan County Democrat, October 8, 2013
Giving Thanks To Public Sector Workers, While Increasing Accessibility Outpatient Counseling by Tom Rue, blog, October 2, 2013
Why I Chose "Vitruvian Man" as the logo of for my practice by Tom Rue, blog post, July 17, 2011
Monticello counselor relocates office to 6 Pelton Street, Sullivan County Democrat, March 1, 2011
Choices Mental Health Newsletter, Issue #1, March 2011
Social justice groups get walk-a-thon checks by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, May 11, 2000
"Classroom 2000" groundbreaking by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, March 30, 2000
An incubator of discipline remarks by Lawrence H. Cooke, The River Reporter, March 30 2000
Fallsburg SADD reinforces positive peer network by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, March 23, 2000
Sullivan Advocates support giving people back their lives by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, March 16, 2000
Did you know? facts about the drug war by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, March 16, 2000
Recovery Center offers full range of prevention and treatment by Tom Rue, March 16, 2000
Family systems are the root of personality and of society by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, March 2, 2000
A self-esteem checklist for parents in "Youth In Focus" by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, February 17, 2000
Testing limits and developing self-concept in "Youth In Focus" by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, February 17, 2000
We're all in the same soup editorial by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, January 30, 1997
Monticello police invite public to ride along by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, December 5, 1997
Rue becomes certified mental health counselor, The River Reporter, August 4, 1994
Crossing the river editorial on the death of the writer's father, by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, November 4, 1993
Alcoholism - an incurable addiction by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, July 15, 1993
Death and dying - a part of living by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, February 18, 1993
No one should be exempt editorial for a human rights commission by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, December 31, 1992
Rue in Who's Who, The River Reporter, April 23, 1992
Gimme that oldtime, yuletide religion on European traditions by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, December 31, 1991
Anti-poverty agency funds London trip opinion on local agency by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, May 9, 1991
Choosing a mental health counselor or psychotherapist by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, April 11, 1991
What's a parent on what it takes to be a "real" parent by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, January 17, 1991
Family therapy as an alternative to foster placement by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, January 10, 1990
Higher solutions on Soviet-American counselor exchange by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, February 15, 1990
Rue joins Berkshire Farm, The River Reporter, August 10, 1989
The purity of the guardians on the Delaware Riverkeeper by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, September 1, 1988
History of the Delaware Community Center Callicoon, New York by Tom Rue, newsletter Spring/Summer 1988 [Brochure]
A journalist looks at rights in conflict news meta-analysis by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, May 12, 1988
Reducing a risk of youth, editorial, ban teen alcohol use by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, April 7, 1988
Baseball and apple pie, editorial, support Little League by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, August 20, 1987
Solutions sought for domestic assault panel discussion consisting with Judge Robert Conway, Wayne County Court, District Attorney's office, Sheriff's Department, Wayne Memorial Hospital, Women's Resource Center, The River Reporter, April 23, 1987 [Brochure]
The Innisfree Almanack newsletter, edited by Tom Rue (3 issues), 1986-1987
Sources protected under Shield Law news analysis by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, December 18, 1986
Zane Grey and the Mormons Riders of the Purple Sage review by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, October 30, 1986
Addiction counseling in the river valley by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, July 10, 1986
More than a minor problem ban teen alcohol use by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, July 10, 1986
"Simple living and high thinking" Hare Krishna lifestyle by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, May 29, 1986
Comet party to aid encounter weekend, The Wayne Independent, February 1, 1986
Spaceship disaster stuns area students Challenger disaster by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, January 30, 1986
Paul Robeson, Jr. speaks at SCCC Black History Month by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, February 27, 1986
"Old Man River" life sketch of a great American by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, February 27, 1986
The local drug scene panel discussion by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, December 5, 1985
Commissioners hire for [Wayne County] group home, The River Reporter, May 8, 1985
Inner growth from sharing one's own perceptions by Tom Rue and Bob Mehlman, The Signal, November 13, 1984
Events and Interviews
 Saturday, October 27, 2024, Bud Rue Memorial Walk for Social Justice sponsored by the Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, benefitting Habitat for Humanity of Wayne County, Victims Intervention Program of Wayne and Pike Counties, Growing Older Together, and Sullivan Allies Leading Together in Narrowsburg. Interview with Tom Rue by Nia Watson of WJFF Radio Catskill on October 10, 2024. |
Thursday, December 29, 2022 Tweed Talks: Let talk mental health. Interview with Pedro and Crystal Tweed with Crystal Ortiz-Gray, a nurse living with bipolar disorder; Tom Rue, a licensed mental health counselor; and Lori Schnieder, executive director of NAM of Sullivan County. Video clip run time: one hour, 23 minutes. |
 Saturday, May 18, 2024, tabling at Healthy Sullivan Health Fair, sponsored by Sullivan Allies Leading Together and Rotary Clubs of Sullivan County at the Sullivan County Government Center, Monticello. See Facebook post and Rotary Clubs of Sullivan County Join Together for The Wellness Experience. |
 Saturday, July 17, 2023, Juneteenth "freedom march" preparing to step off in Monticello, with Sullivan County NAACP board members: Dr. Sean Wall-Carty (NAACP civic engagement chair and Fallsburg deputy supervisor), Michael Banks (vice-president and Monticello deputy mayor), Sandra Johnson (president), Tom Rue LMHC (NAACP health chair). See Sullivan County NAACP leads freedom march on Juneteenth by Tom Rue, The River Reporter, June 28, 2023. |
 Tuesday, April 24, 2018, Opioid Addiction Strategies and Successes panel: Chatham Police Chief Peter Volkmann, Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff, Supreme Court Justice Hon. Stephan Schick, Tom Rue of Choices Mental Health Counseling PLLC, Martin Colavito of Catholic Charities Community Services. Program and intro text. From the Times Herald-Record, 4/20/2018: Panel to discuss 'Opioid Addiction Strategies and Successes' |
 Saturday, May 7, 2016 - Spring to Life (infant onesies, bibs, t-shirts health records, stuffed animals, Band-Aids, coloring books, crayons, stress balls, tote bags, etc.) with Fidelis Care NY at Choices Mental Health Counseling PLLC, 433 Broadway, Monticello. See Facebook post. |
 Thursday, March 31, 2016 - With Archbishop Timothy Dolan at Catholic Charities Community Services in Monticello, rededicating the former Recovery Center, previously operated by the Sullivan County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.... See Cardinal Dolan visits Catholic Charities in Monticello by NY1 News. |
 Saturday, March 5, 2016 - Spring Back To School Give-Away (backpacks, notebooks, calculators, pencil kits, pens, etc.) with Fidelis Care NY at Choices Mental Health Counseling PLLC, 433 Broadway, Monticello. See Facebook post. |
 Saturday, February 5, 2016 - Winter Coat Drive Give-Away (new and like-new winter outerwear) with Fidelis Care NY at Choices Mental Health Counseling PLLC, 433 Broadway, Monticello. See Facebook post. |
 Sunday, August 17, 2014 - Monticello Bagel Festival, 2014, where I won a 50" Vizio smart TV in a raffle held by the Literacy Volunteers of Sullivan County. This wifi/www capable model replaced a smaller one at the offices of Choices Mental Health Counseling, PLLC where it was used for seven years with psychoeducational groups (like Alcohol & Substance Abuse in Society meetings held Monday evenings). I've been told," It only takes one ticket to win!" This was the one. In 2023, after the office of Choices Mental Health Counseling PLLC moved to Narrowsburg, this TV was donated to the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, where it is currently in use in the Children's Room. See Facebook post. |
May 2014 Heroin addiction and local copper burglaries, with Eva McKend of YNN News in the office of Choices Mental Health Counseling PLLC on central Broadway. Video clip run time, two minutes. |