The Cobb and Douglas Counties Community Services Boards (CSB) provide citizens challenged by mental health, developmental disabilities and/or addictive disease issues with appropriate care and resources. The agency serves children, adolescents and adults and offers a wide array of clinical and support services. The CSB serves individuals in multiple agency locations in the two county areas.
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Services Offered
Outpatient Mental Health - Some of the services offered are: * Group, individual, and/or family counseling * Psychiatric assessment * Medication management
Day Services - Available for adults with persistent behavioral, emotional, or substance-related disorders.
Intensive Case Management - A client-centered, recovery-focused program that provides frequent and flexible services to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.
Criminal Justice Services - Provided for incarcerated and court involved adults with a mental illness or substance-related disorder. These include: Assessment and Evaluation, Court Interfacing, Individual Counseling, Linkage and Referral, and medication monitoring. In a joint partnership through WellStar Health Systems, Cobb CSB offers behavioral health services in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.
Substance Abuse /Addictive Disease - Treatment programs are offered at our outpatient locations. Some of the services offered include: Family, group & individual therapy, parenting classes, and trauma recovery. Services are provided by Certified Addiction Counselors and Licensed Professional Counselors who have extensive experience in the field of addiction, recovery, and relapse prevention.
Bright Changes - The Cobb and Douglas Counties Community Services Boards program for children and adolescents. The Bright Changes program is a comprehensive, youth guided, family driven and community supported mental health and substance abuse system of care, which provides quality care in a culturally competent manner that addresses the needs of the whole person. Bright Changes services will be available to children and adolescents ages 5 years through 21 years. The staff will provide services in both the outpatient clinics and in the community.
Fees and Payment
We accept Medicaid, PeachCare, or other Insurance and can also make other financial arrangements using a self-pay sliding fee scale. (Bright Changes)
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual
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.