We are dedicated to providing quality services to meet the needs of families and individuals in Strafford County. As the designated Community Mental Health Center, Developmental Services Provider and Family Support Center for the region, we offer a wide variety of services across the lifespan.
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Services Offered
Behavioral Health Services
Youth & Family Services The Youth & Family Services Department has a wide array of services available to families who reside in Strafford County. Our staff are well trained, professional and dedicated. They specialize in working with children, ages 3 through high school graduation, and their families. Our clinical staff members include community based functional support services workers, case managers, social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, expressive arts therapists, and psychiatrists.
We work from a model of change that emphasizes parental and family participation in the services, and strive to help children and families solve their problems together to the extent possible. If your child is having emotional or behavioral difficulties at home, at school or in the community, we can help. Services Available
-Individual, family and group therapy -Community based Functional Support services -Psychiatry -Case Management
Emergency Services Emergency Services (ES) are available 24 hours a day, every day, to provide crisis support to Strafford County residents.
Community Partners' ES services are not appropriate if your level of distress places your life, or the life of another, at risk.
BH Adult Services The Behavioral Health Adult Program provides an array of services to assist people with managing their symptoms and impairments resulting from their mental illness, including case management, therapy, functional supports, nursing and psychiatric services. The program also utilizes a number of nationally recognized evidenced based practices, including Illness Management and Recovery and Supported Employment.
Elder Services Our Elder Services staff understand how difficult it can be to ask for help, and are specially trained to help with sensitive issues of older adults related to changes in health, jobs, retirement, family roles, or physical limitations.
We offer a variety of services tailored to meet the needs of older individuals who meet state eligibility criteria: Individual counseling Psychotherapy groups Case management Functional support services Illness management and recovery Supported employment Psychiatric evaluations Psychiatric consultation and evaluations in nursing homes Medication monitoring Emergency services Referral Education Assistance and Prevention (REAP) is also available on a short term basis for elders who are experiencing difficulty in their daily living but do not meet state eligibility criteria
Rochester Community Counseling
Rochester Community Counseling has been established through a partnership between Frisbie Hospital and Community Partners to provide short term, outpatient, mental health therapy services to the people of Rochester and surrounding areas.
Fees and Payment
This is a nonprofit organization.
Services Offered To: Adults
Payment: 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.