Human Relations Service, Inc.

Human Relations Service is a private, nonprofit mental health agency serving children and families in Wellesley, Weston and Wayland. Its mission is to treat, reduce and prevent mental illness and to support the well-being of children, families and institutions in those three towns. As the principal provider of outpatient mental health services there, it offers diagnosis, crisis intervention and treatment to any resident, serving hundreds of people each year.

HRS was the first community mental health agency in the nation, founded by Erich Lindemann, MD, and a group of local citizens to apply his pioneering research on psychosomatic illness, grief and crisis intervention, and it has served the three towns since 1948. Much of what is now standard in grief treatment, crisis intervention and community mental health consultation was developed there. The agency also consults with local schools and organizations and educates parent and civic groups.

What to Know

• Sliding-scale self-pay fees are available for clients who qualify.
• Services include employee assistance programs and college counseling.
• Staff include senior-level specialists in a wide range of problem areas.
• The agency’s offices are in Lindemann House in Wellesley Hills.