About CSI

History & Mission

Our History540 VFW Parkway1695 Main St

Community Services Institute (CSI) began by offering the Department of Social Services (DSS) a chance to use the Medicaid program as a tool in fighting victimization of vulnerable children and families receiving DSS services.  CSI evolved as part of the Massachusetts De-Institutional movement of the 1970’s.  CSI has been fiercely committed to keeping families living together in the community through the use of psychotherapy supported by psychiatric evaluation, medication backup, and a psychology department with extensive expert experience in psychological testing, parenting evaluations, and risk assessment.

CSI prides itself as a clinic seeking to offer clinicians and families the best climate to improve safely.



Mission StatementMission

  • Empower caretakers to keep children safe.
  • Use psychology to understand the risks and protective factors in the complex field of child abuse and neglect.
  • Honor the proud legacy of the late Anna Freuds’ “The Best Interests of the Child” in all clinical work.
  • Challenge clinicians to be single mindedly obsessed with “The Other” and focus on constantly improving a family’s inner strengths.
  • Offer families a safe attachment site for as long as it takes to maintain safely.