In 1972, after years of planning and deliberation, the Plains Area Mental Health Center proudly opened its doors one day a week and began serving the residents of Plymouth County. During the first year, 166 patients were seen. Over the years, the organization has grown and changed in response to community needs across the region.
Plains Area Mental Health Center is a non-profit organization and your donation is fully tax deductible.

Services Offered

Outpatient Counseling

Plains Area Mental Health welcomes people of all ages and from all backgrounds. Our professionals collaborate with clients to create a plan which addresses specific needs and goals.

Therapies Used:
Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

In PCIT, parents are taught specific skills to interact with their child in a way that strengthens the parent-child connection while also improving the child's behavior and ability to relate to others.

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

IPT focuses on the interpersonal relationships of a person experiencing depression. Improving communication and strengthening social connections removes the barriers of loneliness and isolation that depression creates.

Lifespan Integration (LI)

Lifespan Integration is a technique which promotes rapid healing in adults who experienced abuse and/or neglect during childhood. LI creates a visual timeline memories to help the client rid him or herself of negative thoughts and feelings he or she may have carried over many years.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Focuses on examining thoughts and how they influence behavior. Healthier thinking promotes healthier actions.

Solution Focused Brief Technique (SFBT)

A short-term therapy focusing on the power of devising and carrying out solutions to problems.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing)

A psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. In EMDR the brain's information processing system naturally moves toward mental health, clearing negative beliefs around traumas.

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

A technique used after an extremely stressful event to immediately address the person's response to the situation. The goal is to promote psychological health and minimize the effects of a potentially traumatic experience.

Play Therapy

Play therapy is a structured, theoretically based approach to therapy that builds on the normal communicative and learning processes of children.Play therapy helps children because:
- Play is fun and engaging.
- Play is a natural way to learn. It allows for mastery.
- Play is voluntary, enjoyable, purposeful.
- Play is a full body sensory experience that does not rely solely on words.
- Therapists strategically utilize play therapy to help children express what is troubling them when they do not have the verbal language to express their thoughts and feelings.

Substance Use Disorder Psychotherapy

SUDP is an IDPH licensed service that is incorporated into psychotherapy for individuals who are experiencing problems related to alcohol, prescription medication, and other illegal substances. Psychotherapists providing this co-occurring service are trained and credentialed in this specialty area.

Fees and Payment

Please visit or contact our office for your insurance, payment and program eligibility inquiries.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Bilingual

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Medicare
Medicaid