Blue Counseling and Wellness Center

01/31/2026

✨ Welcome to the team, Taye! ✨
We’re so excited to introduce Taye, a Clinical Mental Health Counseling intern here at BCWC 💜💙

Many of the teens and young adults Taye works with feel pressure to be perfect, make the “right” choices, or hold it all together for everyone else. They may feel stuck between who they are and who they think they’re supposed to be, navigating anxiety, self-doubt, intimacy, identity, or relationships that feel confusing or overwhelming.

Taye brings a warm, collaborative, and conversational approach to therapy. Drawing from her background as a performer, she understands how exhausting it can be to live inside roles and expectations that leave little room for real feelings. Therapy with Taye is a space to slow down, sort through the noise, and show up as you are, without judgment or pressure to have it all figured out.

She is especially passionate about supporting teens and young adults exploring confidence, sexuality, intimacy, and relationships, including non-traditional ones, in sex-positive and affirming ways.

Taye is currently practicing under the supervision of Chanta Blue, LCSW, CST.

🌱 Now accepting clients
📞 Contact our office to schedule therapy with Taye.
You don’t need perfect words. Just come as you are.

01/30/2026

✨ Team Intro Time! ✨
Please join us in welcoming Jessica to the BCWC team 💜💙

For those who are tired of being strong all the time… Jessica offers therapy as a soft place to land. Her approach is warm, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed, blending deep compassion with gentle accountability. Sessions with Jessica are collaborative, grounding, and real. A space where you can breathe, be present, and not have everything figured out.

Jessica holds a master’s degree in forensic psychology and is completing her counseling program at Kean University. She is especially passionate about supporting Black women navigating stress, healing from trauma, and building emotional resilience. With curiosity, empathy, and just the right touch of humor, she creates spaces where clients feel seen, supported, and empowered.

Jessica is currently practicing under the supervision of Chanta Blue, LCSW, CST.

💫 Now accepting clients
📞 Contact our office to schedule therapy with Jessica and begin your healing journey.
Because you don’t have to carry it all alone.

08/21/2025

This Sunday August 24, 2025 from 12-4pm join us in celebration of Black Business Month (August) for a day of wellness.

Come check out and learn more about the black-owned wellness businesses in and around the Montclair NJ area. This event is FREE!

We will have:
🍉Nutrition and wellness screenings
🧘🏽‍♀️Yoga
🥦Health education
🇺🇸 Voters registration and
More!
For more info contact: Chesney@bluewellnesscenter.com

05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers — including those who may feel unseen, grieving, or hold complex emotions today.

We honor and recognize you.

To those who:
• Are longing to be mothers
• Are mothers of angels
• Are single moms by choice
• Are motherly mentors or chosen mothers
• Are fur/pet-mothers
• Are aunties & godmothers
• Are grieving the loss of their mothers
• Are disconnected from their mothers
• Are new mothers
• Are overwhelmed taking care of everyone else

And even those who aren’t listed here—your experience is valid, and your presence matters.

We love you. We see you.
May today bring tenderness, joy, or simply space for whatever you need most.

12/26/2024

Happy Holidays to our Blue Counseling and Wellness community!

Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or all three, we wish you a season filled with joy, love, and connection.

05/03/2024

Free Workshop at Kean University

Join us this Saturday, May 4th for this workshop aimed to emphasize the importance of the words we speak to others, words others speak to us, and most importantly, the words we speak to ourselves.

Register at bit.ly/wtmdworkshop

04/02/2023

7 years down...

Happy business anniversary to us !

Seven years ago, we came together and thought there needs to be a space in the community that can focus on the physical and mental health of Black women and their families. Our practice was born out of this thought, and we are still standing strong.

Over the years we have hosted many wellness events focused on the physical, mental and sexual health of women, lectured on college campuses, secured business funding, won awards, guest appeared on podcasts, hosted live talks on welllness and have been featured in local and national print media. Wow....we have a lot more do as we set a goal to change the landscape of how we provide healthcare to women of color and to create a more equitable healthcare system. Cheers to 7 years 🥂!

02/23/2023

02/10/2023

Looking for healthy guidance on your eating and wellness goals?

Tried all the diets and was successful with them? But 6-12 months later, you lived your life and gained the weight back?

Don't fret, join my group nutrition program, Nourish Your Body, to get a better handle on your health and well-being. This group coaching program is for women who want better control of their:

💜Blood pressure
🤎Blood sugar ( type 2 diabetes & prediabetes)
💜Cholesterol
🤎 Yo-yo dieting with weight gain after restrictive dieting and/or bariatric surgery.

Learn how to eat well for life!

https://www.bluewellnesscenter.com/nutrition-coaching

02/04/2023

Looking for healthy guidance on your eating and wellness goals?

Tried all the diets and was successful with them? But 6-12 months later you lived your life and gained the weight back?

Don't fret, join my group nutrition program, Nourish Your Body, to get a better handle on your health and well-being. This group coaching program is for women who want better control of their:

💜Blood pressure
🤎Blood sugar ( type 2 diabetes & prediabetes)
💜Cholesterol
🤎 Yo-yo dieting with weight gain after restrictive dieting and/or bariatric surgery.

Learn how to eat well for life! DM us for more info!

11/30/2022

Suffering from information overload on what to eat for better health?

Don't wait for the new year. Start now if you are looking for an inclusive nutrition professional to help you manage your chronic condition such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease or for weight management.

DM me for more details.

07/25/2022

Are you ready to start your season of growth and GLOW UP?

Join us for Learning To Grow & Glow! This 4-week women’s group will help you:

🪴 Develop a greater sense of how you view yourself & how your self confidence was shaped.

🪴Gain confidence in who you are in this moment in time, love on your body, and stop falling into that comparison trap.

🪴Further develop and modify your skills to increase your self esteem in order to set boundaries with yourself and others.

🪴Challenge yourself to identify and re-evaluate how your self confidence or lack thereof affects your social life and relationships.

This group will be facilitated by Olivia Shorter, Counselor In Training under the supervision of Chanta Blue, LCSW, CST.

Spots are limited. Email/call us today to secure your spot!