The Psychological Consultation Center (PCC) is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Clinical Psychology Training Program, which was established in 1948. PCC clinicians and staff provide psychological services to individuals and families in Lincoln and surrounding communities. At the same time, the PCC is a teaching, training, and research center for the Clinical Psychology Training Program. Services are provided primarily by doctoral students in the CPTP. All services provided in the PCC are supervised by licensed clinical psychologists who hold faculty appointments in the Department of Psychology or who are contracted with the Department to provide supervision.
Any person may seek services at the PCC. PCC services are available for children, adolescents, University students, and adults. The PCC offers individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy, as well as psychological evaluation, consultation, and referral services.
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Services Offered
Specialty Clinics
Anxiety Disorders Clinic The ADC, directed by Dr. Debra Hope, assesses and treats a wide variety of anxiety-related problems among adults and, at the same time, explores critical research questions about the psychopathology and treatment of anxiety. The ADC provides state-of-the-art, comprehensive assessments and short-term psychosocial treatments of anxiety disorders, while conducting research on the psychopathology and treatment of anxiety.
Family Interaction Skills Clinic Dr. David J. Hansen and Dr. Mary Fran Flood direct FISC in offering mental health consultation, assessment, and treatment for children, adolescents and their families through collaborative partnerships with community agencies, including Early Head Start/Head Start at Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Country and Project SAFE at the Child Advocacy Center. FISC consultants designed and implemented a grant-funded project examining the impact of a manualized teacher-training program, Teacher Child Interaction Training (NU-TCIT), at Head Start and developed a behavior observation tool, Campbell-Martin Behavior Observation of Preschoolers System (CAMBOPS-40), for use in early childhood settings. Project SAFE research examined the heterogeneity of sexual abuse sequelae and family dimensions of assessment and treatment for children and adolescents who have been abused.
Rainbow Clinic The Rainbow Clinic, directed by Dr. Debra Hope, is an outreach to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer community that provides individual, couples, and family therapy and contributes to knowledge about diversity issues in clinical psychology, with a particular focus on psychological needs of the LGBTQ community. The Rainbow Clinic has also partnered with OutLinc, Lincoln's GLBT Community Center, to help bring awareness of mental health services within the area and extend the outreach of the clinic's services.
Substance Abuse Clinic SAC, directed by Dr. Dennis McChargue, treats a variety of individuals (e.g., college students, community persons, court-mandated and non-court mandated) with primary substance use problems and coordinates the Alcohol Skills Training Program (ASTP) , a cooperative service with the UNL Health Education Department designed to help UNL students examine problematic alcohol use following violation of the "dry campus" policy. SAC provides individual therapy, which is tailored to the client's specific needs and focuses on both abstinence-based and harm reduction approaches and intensive outpatient therapy ( IOT ), which is reserved for individuals mandated to substance abuse treatment from the University and local agencies and is designed to motivate clients to change their use patterns, and address difficulties in quitting.
Telehealth Clinic The Telehealth clinic, directed by Dr. Debra Hope, is an outreach service whose mission is to serve individuals who have limited access to quality mental health services due to geographic location. Services are provided via teleconferencing and are limited to clients of specific programs that contract with the clinic, such as the Department of Health and Human Services.
Fees and Payment
Intake Sessions: All intake sessions are $10. All payments are due at the time of the session.
Therapy Sessions: Therapy sessions are $25 per session. A fee reduction application, based on household income, number of dependents, and federal poverty level, is available.
Psychological Evaluations: Psychological evaluations are $250 per evaluation. A fee reduction application, based on household income, number of dependents, and federal poverty level, is available.
Forms of payment that are accepted include cash and check. Credit and debit cards are not accepted.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Payment: Sliding Scale
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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.