Connecticut Mental Health Centers That Accept Cigna

Center for Discovery's Wellington campus in Fairfield, Connecticut provides residential eating disorder treatment, one of several Center for Discovery sites in the state alongside Southport, Greenwich and Congress Street in Fairfield. Treatment follows the organization's CARE-CFD model, combining trauma-focused nutrition therapy, collaboration between the patient and the care team, whole-body and nervous-system awareness and a weight-inclusive stance, and there is a dedicated pathway for veterans. Commercial insurance is accepted, including Anthem BC/BS, Aetna, Optum, Cigna and TRICARE East, and military coverage. The program does not accept Medicare or Medicaid.

Center for Discovery Fairfield provides residential eating disorder treatment for women and non-binary adults aged 18 and over, and has done so since opening in 2015, taking clients from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Treatment follows the center's CARE-CFD model, which combines trauma-focused nutrition therapy, collaboration between the patient and the care team, attention to the whole body including the nervous system, and an explicitly weight-inclusive stance. Co-occurring conditions are treated alongside the eating disorder, and there is a dedicated pathway for veterans. The program is in-network with major insurers including Anthem BCBS, Aetna, Optum, Cigna and TRICARE East, and private and military insurance are accepted.

Community Mental Health Affiliates (CMHA) is a private non-profit behavioral health provider headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, with eight locations across central Connecticut and in Waterbury. It was the state's first fully Joint Commission accredited Behavioral Health Home and is a SAMHSA-certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. Its residential continuum includes a 12-bed supervised program staffed by an Intensive Assertive Community Treatment team; the 16-bed Parkview 5, which CMHA describes as one of only two programs at that level of care in the state, with an average stay of about 18 months and usually a waiting list; and a 19-bed Transitional Living Center that steps clients down from Parkview 5 with nursing cover and two respite beds. Medicare, private insurance and self-pay are accepted.