project liberty follow-up

>Dear Ms. [Lazuli],
>
>Thank you so much for reaching out to Project Liberty. It is wonderful
>how you've recognized that you may benefit from some counseling at this
>point in time. Project Liberty offers counseling to anyone in the New
>York area (who lives or works in NY) who has been affected by the World
>Trade Center disaster. You are certainly eligilble for these services.
>
>In order to connect with a counselor, you should call 1-800-LIFENET.
>One of the LIFENET counselors will connect you with an agency in a
>location that is convenient for you.
>
>Many people have found Project Liberty services to be helpful, and it
>sounds like you will too. Please let me know if there is anything else
>that we can do for you.

Encouraged by that really nice message, I phoned LIFENET last night to see what services I was eligible for. Apparently, I miss the LifeNet cut-off by two blocks: they only provide counseling for people who live or work south of Canal Street. [i know. don't get me started.]

However, I do qualify for Project Liberty (I guess I hadn't realised they were different things), and I was given referrals to three different treatment centers in my general area. I picked the one at St. Vincent's and just gave them a call. They were very nice on the phone, and my intake interview is set for 9:30am on September 12th.