Livingston County Community Mental Health Authority
Livingston County Community Mental Health Authority
Livingston County Community Mental Health Authority provides emergency services, assessment, health and medication services, client services management, individual and group therapy, assertive community treatment, older adult services, respite, substance abuse services, community supported living, wraparound and psychosocial rehabilitation.
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Services Offered
Child and Family Therapy - Child/youth and family therapy focuses on helping the entire family. Therapists help children, youth, siblings, and parents/caregivers address specific symptom/problem areas, and to build the skills needed to improve coping and improve functioning. Several Evidence-Based Practices are offered by therapists including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Parent Management Training-Oregon model.
Home Based Services - Provide intensive clinical treatment to children/youth who have multiple behavioral and emotional/mental health needs. Treatment is intensive and flexible to meet the family's needs. Services are provided by a therapist/case manager in the family's home or community setting. The family is the focus of treatment in identifying needs and working towards desired treatment outcomes. Through a strength-based approach utilizing evidence-based treatment interventions, the therapist assists the family in acquiring new skills and developing effective strategies to utilize in accomplishing their treatment goals.
Parent Infant Program - Helps parents work on developing and maintaining healthy relationships with their infant or toddler. This service works to support the parent-child relationship in a healthy and positive way. Parents in this program work with a specially trained infant mental health therapist who provides services in the home or the community. Periodically there are parent-infant/toddler groups called Mom Power. This 10 week group provides expectant mothers or moms with knowledge and skills to help strengthen mother-child interactions and improve healthy and confident parenting relationships with their infant/toddler.
Assertive Community Treatment - This service provides outreach to people in the community. Case managers and a team of others provide services and supports to each individual. People receiving this service work with a psychiatrist, nurse, case managers and peer support specialist who are all integral to the team. This service is designed for individuals who have experienced multiple hospitalizations due to mental illness. It focuses on helping people stabilize on medications and live successfully and independently in the community. Like all programs, ACT also helps people in their recovery from substance use.
Adult Recovery Services - Helps individuals to recover from the challenges of co-occurring mental health and substance use. Therapists and peer support specialists work toward recovery to stabilize symptoms and growth through challenges to find hope. Therapists provide individual and group treatment options as well as case management supports. Groups are based on evidence-based treatment models and are matched to a person's stage of treatment. This program offers certified integrated Dual Disorders Treatment and Dialectical Behavior Treatment as an option. Services are designed to meet individual's unique needs and are offered in the community and in the office.
Community Independence Program - A recovery-focused service that provides support to individuals so they can live successfully in the community. Case managers, therapists and peer support specialists work with individuals to develop goals toward their recovery. Case managers and therapists help individuals link with community resources for physical health, housing, employment, benefits and other needs. The staff and individuals work together to build strengths and learn skills to minimize the impact of symptoms related to mental illness and possibly substance use.
Fees and Payment
Our services may be covered by health insurance, including Medicaid. Fees are based on an ability to pay, and no one is ever denied service due to the inability to pay.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Payment: 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.