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Circle Care Center

Connecticut's home for stigma-free medical services and sexual health. Circle Care Center is a primary care practice with a specialty pharmacy.

It has clinical locations in Norwalk and Glastonbury, CT. In addition to primary care, Circle Care Center provides stigma-free STD/infectious disease testing, treatment, and prevention. Its services are for adults aged 18 and over. Our services include:
Primary Medical Care
Sexual Health (STI & Hep C testing and treatment)
HIV Treatment & Care
HIV Prevention (Pre-exposure - PrEP)
HIV Prevention (Post-exposure - PEP)
Mental Health
Onsite Pharmacy

09/17/2025

We are the leading sexual health center in Fairfield County!
We are Connecticut’s home for stigma-free medical services and sexual health
We are Circle Care Center
Learn about our services and request appointments at circlecarecenter.org

09/12/2025

NEW SERVICE ALERT! Circle Care Center has added Pelvic Health services for our patients!
Led by our new provider, Tess Maxam, APRN, she will be providing services such as:
- Cervical Cancer Screenings
- Pelvic Exams
- Pelvic STI Screenings
- Contraceptive Counseling & Family Planning which includes oral birth control.
These services are crucial to provide comprehensive health to our patients and empowers individuals through every stage of their reproductive health journey.
Visit circlecarecenter.org to find out more about our pelvic health services and to request an appointment.

09/10/2025

Meet our newest provider, Tess Maxam, APRN!
Tess is a Family Nurse Practitioner certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. As a practitioner at Circle Care Center, Tess provides services in primary care, sexual health and STI testing and treatment, gender affirming care, and HIV prevention and treatment. She will also be focusing on developing a basic gynecology program at Circle Care to include sexual and reproductive healthcare as well as preventative screenings for patients assigned female at birth.
Tess joins the Circle Care Center team with great passion, enthusiasm, and appreciation for the mission of Circle Care Center and the patients, new and existing, that utilize its services.
Tess received her education in nursing and MSN at Yale School of Nursing and graduated as part of the class of 2025. Prior to pursuing a degree in nursing, Tess completed her undergraduate studies in Biology and Gender & Sexuality at St. Lawrence University in New York in 2022.
Request an appointment with Tess at circlecarecenter.org

09/03/2025

What is under our Therapy and Counseling umbrella?
We offer individual and group counseling to support your emotional and physical well-being.
We are committed to providing services that are affirming, sex-positive, culturally sensitive, consistent with risk reduction principles, and that promote patient self-determination.
We are expanding our Behavioral Health program in Glastonbury! Telehealth appointments are now available to our patients in Glastonbury. If you have been considering talking to someone, now is the perfect time to use this service.
Visit circlecarecenter.org to learn more about our LCSW and LMSW, our therapy & counseling program, and to request an appointment.

08/22/2025

Welcome to the Circle Care Center team Tess!
Tess Maxam, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, BSN is a Family Nurse Practitioner certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. As a practitioner at Circle Care Center, Tess provides services in primary care, sexual health and STI testing and treatment, gender affirming care, and HIV prevention and treatment.
She will also be focusing on developing a basic gynecology program at Circle Care to include sexual and reproductive healthcare as well as preventative screenings for patients assigned female at birth. Tess joins the Circle Care Center team with great passion, enthusiasm, and appreciation for the mission of Circle Care Center and the patients, new and existing, that utilize its services.
Tess received her education in nursing and MSN at Yale School of Nursing and graduated as part of the class of 2025. Prior to pursuing a degree in nursing, Tess completed her undergraduate studies in Biology and Gender & Sexuality at St. Lawrence University in New York in 2022.
Request an appointment with Tess at circlecarecenter.org

08/14/2025

We will be closed Friday, August 15th for a staff retreat.
We will reopen Monday, August 18th for regular hours.
Have a great weekend!

08/08/2025

Meet our provider Dr. Trish Garton!
Dr. Trish Garton is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner who has been working with the LGBTQI+ community for over 30 years and specializes in HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, STIs, and primary care. She also has 20+ years of experience in clinical research. She has been a part of the Circle Care Center team since 1994 and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her practice.
Trish received her nursing education in New Zealand before coming to the US in 1985. She received her MSN to become a Nurse Practitioner in 2004 and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in 2020, both from Fairfield University.
Dr. Garton is an HIV specialist certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM). She continues to focus on HIV treatment and prevention, transgender healthcare, and primary care, with a particular focus on disease prevention.

08/05/2025

Stay PrEPared and ready with PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
Circle Care Center has all forms of PrEP available! Talk to your provider about which option is best for you.
If you are thinking about getting on PrEP, visit our website circlecarecenter.org to find out more information and to request an appointment.

07/30/2025

As an openly gay male social worker, Corey brings a deeply personal and professional commitment to holistic, wellness-centered, and alternative approaches to healing and recovery. His practice integrates clinical theories and evidence-based interventions with a human-centered, trauma-informed, and strengths-based lens. He values therapeutic partnership, collaboration, and promoting autonomy and self-efficacy as core elements of the healing process.
Corey draws from various modalities, including psychodynamic and systems approaches, always with cultural humility and awareness. His clinical work incorporates tools from CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS, SFBT, and Motivational Interviewing to support clients in navigating life’s challenges and transitions.
With meaningful contributions to the LGBTQIA+ community and the peer support movement, Corey offers extensive experience working with individuals impacted by substance use, trauma, adversity, sexuality and gender identity concerns, relationship issues, and systemic oppression.
Regardless of your therapeutic goals, Corey will meet you where you are, honor your lived experience, and collaborate with you to explore where you’ve been, where you are now, and where you hope to go. Together, you will co-create a pathway forward grounded in trust, compassion, and possibility.

07/28/2025

Please join us for an ongoing virtual Mindfulness Skill Development Series, led by Corey Hudson, psychotherapist and LMSW at CCC, that explores the benefits of nonjudgmental and compassionate curiosity and observation, cultivation of intentional presence and gratitude, enhancement of coping skills, increased distress tolerance and improved emotional regulation.
No experience is necessary, only a willingness to explore how our beliefs, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors may be helping or hindering our effectiveness at building healthy intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships, and how to manage the stressors and triggering events in our daily lives in healthier ways.
This series will explore and incorporate practices related to meditation, breathwork, radical acceptance, forgiveness, emotional intelligence and awareness, nervous system and emotional regulation techniques, impacts of trauma (fight, flight and freeze modes), decreasing dissociation, self-compassion, creating boundaries and setting limits, maintaining self-care and more.
The group begins September 2nd and will occur weekly on Tuesdays 3:30 pm - 5:00
PM. Please use the following link to sign up. It is not necessary to attend weekly to gain something of value. Come when you can. Build community and support.
Sign up using this link:
https://form.jotform.com/252035160930043

07/23/2025

Meet our Provider Dr. Ken Abriola!
Dr. Kenneth Abriola, M.D., is a board-certified infectious disease specialist and is also board-certified in internal medicine, with over 20 years of experience. He is a native of Connecticut and grew up in Trumbull. He graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Science degree with honors, and then went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Connecticut Health Center.
After completing his residency in internal medicine at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center and the University of Connecticut Health Center, Dr. Abriola went on to complete specialty training in infectious diseases at the Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. While at Tulane, he also earned a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine degree.
Dr. Abriola returned to Hartford in 1993 and began working in the internal medicine department at the University Connecticut Health Center – Burgdorf Clinic. In 1996, he joined the infectious disease division at Hartford Hospital, where he worked in their HIV program for eight years. In 2004, he founded his own practice, Connecticut Health Care Group, LLC. In September 2023, Dr. Abriola became the Medical Director of Circle Care Center’s new location in Glastonbury, CT.
Dr. Abriola has a long-standing interest in international health, and he has traveled to Haiti several times as a medical volunteer and faculty preceptor. He has also conducted international training sessions with the Center for Community Health Studies at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Abriola is also actively involved in the community. He has served as the volunteer Medical Director of the Hartford Gay and Le***an Health Collective since 1993. He is a former member of the Greater Hartford HIV/AIDS Ryan White Planning Council.
Dr. Abriola is a dedicated and compassionate physician who is committed to providing high-quality care to his patients. He is also a respected leader in the field of infectious diseases, and he is dedicated to improving the health of the community.

07/21/2025

Today marks a global call to action to challenge and eliminate the stigma that continues to affect the lives of millions of people living with HIV. Stigma can silence people, isolate them from their communities, and deny them the opportunities they deserve.
This year’s theme reminds us to stop stigma in every part of life. Because ending stigma is not just about HIV - it’s about inclusion, dignity, and justice for everyone. Challenge stigma wherever you see it - whether in your workplace, community, or online.
Circle Care Center continues to advance health equity, inclusion, and dignity for all.
No Stigma, Just Care

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618 West Avenue
Norwalk, CT
06850

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 7pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

+12038529525

Website

http://circlecarecenter.org/

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CIRCLE CARE Center is a primary care practice in Southern Connecticut specializing in sexual health, LGBTQ health, as well as HIV, PrEP, Hepatitis C and STI testing and treatment. We are conveniently located at 618 West Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850. Call us today at 203-852-9525.