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Each year we grant Top Non-Profit Badges to agencies based on these criteria:
- Consistently accepting clients
- Offering a wide range of services e.g. marriage counseling and child counseling as reported by our users.
- Our users reporting affordable services.
Our aim is to guide our users to agencies most likely to be able to help. In addition to the above criteria we also exercise editorial discretion with our choice based upon our experience. We take our responsibility and objectivity seriously. We don't accept any form of payment from providers for this honor.
Ohana Ministries
Ohana Ministries exists to strengthen existing family structures, open hearts and homes to vulnerable children and youth, provide trauma informed training and support to kids and caregivers, and advocate for change.
Supportive Services;
Licensed Professional Counseling
Ohana therapy offers encouragement and psychoeducation to individuals, families, and groups. Our counselors are trustworthy partners in healing, who specialize in trauma informed care. Modalities include Play Therapy, Sand Tray, EMDR, Adlerian talk therapy, and TF-CBT.
Hope Groups
Join a community for current and prospective foster and adoptive parents. Share joys and challenges, explore creative solutions, and fellowship with others who understand. We meet the first and third Friday evening of every month, at Trinity Church, in Cedar Hill. Childcare for ages 3-11 is available for tips. Group is free, and training certificates are available if needed.
Counseling Groups
Group therapy teaches new skills in a supportive environment. Our counseling groups typically run 10-12 weeks, and require enrollment. Classes typically run on Sunday evenings, for the cost of $10 per person, and childcare is available for tips.
Singles, couples, parents, caregivers, teachers, nannies and mental health professionals from all walks of life come together for group. Our classes fill quickly, and are often wait listed, so e-mail us if one interests you. Our counselors and interns offer the following therapy groups and/or book studies:
Attachment Theory and Application
Child Parent Relationship Therapy
TBRI Caregiver Training ©
Positive Discipline
Anatomy of the Soul
Whole Brained Child
Southern Dallas Alliance
This is a collaborative of local individuals, church ministries, businesses, child placing agencies, and nonprofits, partnering together to serve vulnerable children and their families in the southern sector. We meet at Trinity Church in Cedar Hill on the second Tuesday of every month at 10:30 AM.
The clinic operates on a sliding scale fee and accepts many insurances, including some types of Medicaid. Internships available.
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Services Offered
Licensed Professional Counseling
Ohana therapy offers encouragement and psychoeducation to individuals, families, and groups. Our counselors are trustworthy partners in healing, who specialize in trauma informed care. Modalities include Play Therapy, Sand Tray, EMDR, Adlerian talk therapy, and TF-CBT.
Hope Groups
Join a community for current and prospective foster and adoptive parents. Share joys and challenges, explore creative solutions, and fellowship with others who understand. We meet the first and third Friday evening of every month, at Trinity Church, in Cedar Hill. Childcare for ages 3-11 is available for tips. Group is free, and training certificates are available if needed.
Counseling Groups
Group therapy teaches new skills in a supportive environment. Our counseling groups typically run 10-12 weeks, and require enrollment. Classes typically run on Sunday evenings, for the cost of $10 per person, and childcare is available for tips.
Singles, couples, parents, caregivers, teachers, nannies and mental health professionals from all walks of life come together for group. Our classes fill quickly, and are often wait listed, so e-mail us if one interests you. Our counselors and interns offer the following therapy groups and/or book studies:
Attachment Theory and Application
Child Parent Relationship Therapy
TBRI Caregiver Training ©
Positive Discipline
Anatomy of the Soul
Whole Brained Child
Southern Dallas Alliance
This is a collaborative of local individuals, church ministries, businesses, child placing agencies, and nonprofits, partnering together to serve vulnerable children and their families in the southern sector. We meet at Trinity Church in Cedar Hill on the second Tuesday of every month at 10:30 AM.
Fees and Payment
Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children
Special Groups:
Bilingual
Faith-Based
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children
Special Groups:
Bilingual
Faith-Based
Payment:
Sliding Scale
Medicaid
Sliding Scale
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.
