The Family Tree supports parents and individuals through various stages of their lives to result in better mental health, coping skills, stronger family systems and supports. As a community-based agency, we provide professional, yet affordable or no-cost services to the Acadiana region.
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Services Offered
Counseling - The counseling program is comprised of licensed counselors and/or counselors working towards licensure, who provide assistance and guidance in resolving personal, social, or psychological problems and difficulties. Counselors provide a variety of assistance to individuals, families, step-families, single parents, couples, senior citizens, teens and children ages three and older. Topics include: relationships, parenting challenges, LGBTQIA, coping with divorce, recovering from a crisis or disaster, coping with grief or loss, anxiety, depression, addictions, and stress and anger management. Pet assisted therapy provided by Pet Partners upon request and as available.
Healthy Start - A free program for expectant mothers and women with children up to two years of age who live in Acadia, Evangeline, Iberville, Lafayette, St. Landry and St. Martin parishes. It was developed with a desire to give you the support you need, when you need it, so that you have the best chances for a healthy birth outcome and maintaining physical and mental health.
Project H.O.P.E. - A program available through a partnership with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office that is designed to strengthen the relationship between the incarcerated parent and their child to promote a functional relationship upon the inmate's release. These programs have been shown to reduce recidivism. Family Tree clinicians make weekly visits to the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center and work with inmates who are also allowed a contact visit with their children. Participation in the program is voluntary and is offered to both mothers and fathers.
H.O.P.E. Expansion - A parenting education support program offered to incarcerated moms at Lafayette Parish Correctional Center that begins upon mother's release. Project H.O.P.E. participation is encouraged, but not required. During three series of classes, moms learn developmental information about their children, why attachment is so important, and how to interact with their children. Moms also have a mentor who provides ongoing support to help improve attachments between moms and their children, to help reduce the risk of re-offense, and to help increase life skills and parenting skills.
Tulane Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Support and Services (TIKES) - Under the supervision of Tulane University. The program serves to increase the quality of child care and early learning initiatives for all children across the state and provide child care staff and parents with tools to understand and command higher quality child care for children.
Centers participating in TIKES are eligible to receive mental health consultations. The Family Tree employs full-time licensed mental health professionals, trained in infant and early childhood issues (0-5 years old), who work closely with teachers on-site and serve as a resource for child care providers and parents as they foster and enhance children's early development through education, training, identification and intervention.
Fees and Payment
Sessions are based on a sliding fee scale with a $40 minimum session fee. Proof of income required for sliding fee sessions. Grant funding available to cover the cost of counseling sessions that meet certain eligibility requirements.
This is a non-profit agency.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Payment: Sliding Scale
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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.