Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in the Dakotas. It is the largest rural not-for-profit health care system in the nation with 45 hospitals and 289 clinics in nine states and three countries. With 28,000+ employees, including 1,300+ physicians in more than 80 specialty areas of medicine, Sanford Health is the largest employer in the Dakotas.
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Services Offered
Counseling
Supporting Individuals, Couples and Families
Your behavioral health team can provide counseling during times of stress, grief and loss.
Sanford Counseling provides therapy with support and compassion. We help: Individuals Couples Families Children Adolescents
When you get Sanford Counseling, you will get help with issues that affect your emotions and actions. And you'll get back to health and well-being.
Chemical Dependency
Chemical dependency, or addiction, is a disease that can involve psychological and physical dependence. Addiction can cause problems in many areas of your life.
Sanford's licensed alcohol and drug counselors will guide you from addiction to recovery in a supportive environment. Your treatment includes group and individual therapy focusing on issues in your life that could hurt your sobriety.
Treatment is designed for your own needs and may include finding social support networks and learning coping skills. Most insurance companies cover addiction evaluation and treatment.
Eating Disorders
Sanford's Eating Disorders Program finds and treats eating disorders in adolescents and adults. Your team will treat anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and related forms of disordered eating. You can seek help through outpatient or inpatient care, or a combination called partial hospitalization.
Eating disorders are serious emotional and physical problems that can have life-threatening consequences. Sanford's Eating Disorders Program will help you regain control of your life and overcome those consequences.
Psychiatry
With Sanford Psychiatry, you can get back to mental health through counseling and medication if appropriate. That may come through outpatient care, inpatient care or partial hospitalization.
Sanford Psychiatry is dedicated to help. We meet your mental health needs with compassion, respect and confidentiality.
Psychology
Sanford Psychology provides the latest in mental health care to help you get through life's stresses.
Your Sanford psychologist can assess, diagnose and treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. You'll learn how your mind works and how that affects your actions. You'll also learn to re-train your brain to solve problems in a healthy way.
At Sanford Psychology, we can help you with short-term personal issues or severe chronic conditions.
Fees and Payment
Sanford hospitals and clinics, collectively Sanford, offer financial assistance for any emergency and any other medically necessary services provided and billed through our centralized Patient Financial Services. This assistance, ranging from a reduction in the amount of the balance outstanding up to complete forgiveness of the balance outstanding, is provided to patients demonstrating financial need.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Special Groups: Faith-Based
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicare Medicaid
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.