Fairwinds serves Nantucket individuals and families, with over 30,000 mental health and substance abuse counseling appointments scheduled annually. We provide comprehensive licensed therapeutic support that fosters mental health through prevention, wellness education and addiction recovery services.
As a 501(c)3 non-profit, we depend heavily on the support of gracious donors and foundations.
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Services Offered
Addiction and Substance Abuse
The program helps those with an addiction to connect to a comprehensive and continuing therapeutic program following discharge from a rehabilitation facility or hospital.
Couples Therapy
Couples often struggle to have productive conversations, and have difficulty viewing situations through their partner's eyes. Our therapists help identify the unproductive patterns of communication that are creating barriers, and present alternative approaches that help couples gain a deeper understanding of their partner's needs and how to best meet those needs.
Family Therapy
The focus of family therapy is to consider the goals of the family as a whole. Once this has been completed the clinician will assist the family in creating their family goals and desired outcomes. Throughout the course of treatment, the clinician will facilitate the processes of communication, skills building, and boundary setting. Other therapeutic tools and treatment modalities will help the family build on their identified strengths as a way of successfully reaching the conclusion of family therapy.
Outpatient Counseling
We offer a vast array of counseling services for our fellow islanders who are challenged by relationship struggles, substance abuse, depression, mental illness and more. We provide a broad range of mental health services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families experiencing stress and conflict in their lives. The staff has expertise in addressing problems such as anxiety, depression and bi-polar disorder, relationship and family issues, job stress, and many other life crises and transitions.
Fees and Payment
This is a non-profit agency.
We treat everybody, regardless of ability to pay, including those without insurance or adequate insurance coverage.
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.