Lookout Mountain Community Services will provide quality, accessible and cost-effective services to the residents of our service area by empowering our consumers to improve the quality of their lives based on their individual strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences. To provide superior services in a fiscally responsible and professional manner.
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Services Offered
Adult Outpatient Services - Lookout Mountain Community Services (LMCS) provides a full array of mental health services to adults with a wide range of behavioral and/or psychiatric disorders. Outpatient treatment modalities include diagnostic assessments, individual, group, and family therapy, as well as psychiatric evaluations and medication.
* Recovery Services
Case Management - Case Management is a community-based service that assesses needs, provides linkage and referral, along with monitoring and follow-up. Recipients of this service are those individuals who are severely and persistently mentally ill, and have a high rate of psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations, or have recently been incarcerated, or are chronically homeless. Services Offered: assistance in finding safe, affordable housing, opportunities for social interaction, or other services an individual may need.
Addictive Diseases Support Services and Psychosocial Rehabilitation-Individual - Addictive Diseases Support Services and Psychosocial Rehabilitation-Individual guide those who are severely mentally ill or have addictive disease issues towards recovery, by providing education and support. Services include education in the areas of mental health, physical health, social and leisure skills, education, employment, substance use, daily living skills, and family relationships.
Fees and Payment
Lookout Mountain Community Services' fees are established by the State of Georgia on a sliding scale based on family size and amount of income. We accept Medicaid, Medicare, Cash, MasterCard, and Visa as forms of payment. If you have private insurance, upon your first visit, staff will verify your eligibility and determine your fees for services as to whether LMCS is in-network or out-of network with your particular insurance carrier. We are on most insurance panels.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
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.
