Mental Health is integral to overall health. Research shows that stress is closely linked to high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity. It also shows that people who feel depressed or chronically stressed may have a greater risk of physical illnesses. Take steps to protect and improve your mental health, such as eating healthy, exercising regularly, learn/use stress management techniques, having good social supports and getting help when you need it.
Counseling Services provides the following Services Offered: Intake evaluations with diagnostic assessment - Psychoeducation - Medication Management - Case Management - Crisis Services - Individual counseling and psychotherapy - Peer Counselor Services - Group counseling (Current Groups available for enrolled clients): - Rest and Relaxation - a short-term group focused on teaching anxiety reduction coping strategies, such as breath work, visualization and progressive muscle relaxation techniques. - Illness Management Recovery (IMR) - an evidenced based treatment model focused on helping consumers and their identified support persons learn more about their mental illness, as well as develop/enhance illness management skills. - ADULT KEYS and Youth KEYS - a comprehensive cognitive and behavioral modification program that addresses the relationship between thinking, feeling, behaving and choices. Anger management is a component of the KEYS curriculum. - Self Esteem - focus on changing thinking patterns that negatively affect self-esteem and self-worth. - Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) - is an evidenced based practice that is used world-wide by people who are dealing with mental health and other kinds of life challenges who want to attain the highest possible level of wellness. This is a plan that can be used by anyone who wants to create a positive change in the way they feel, or increase their enjoyment of life. The WRAP strengthens people's self-awareness of being able to help them selves and avoid going into a crisis. WRAP is also used for kids, teens and family groups. - Staying Connected with Your Teen - a series of workshops built on research on parent education and adult learning. The workshops seek to increase parents' skills and enhance behavior related to improving communication and building stronger family bonds. Sessions are designed to maximize skill development and increase the likelihood that parents will use their new skills and behaviors at home with their teens. - Wellness Self-Management Group - Understanding the connection between a healthy lifestyle and mental health recovery. Identifying and using your healthcare resources. Create and maintain a wellness self-management plan that will create endings and new beginnings. - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy DBT Group - Teaches the skills of learning how to have better control over your emotions and how to build a life worth living. You will learn skills of taking charge of your thoughts and feelings, getting through tough times and having better relationships with others. - Co-Dependency Group - Originally used to describe a set of behaviors and responses people develop from living with drug or alcohol addiction, it has been expanded to describe a dysfunctional pattern of living and problem solving developed from childhood as a result of certain types of family rules. You will learn to integrate setting and enforcing health limits, empowering ways to give and nurture, experience genuine love and forgiveness and letting go of detaching from others' harmful behaviors.
Fees and Payment
If you are on Medicaid and have a Medical Identification Provider One Card, your services will be covered by Medicaid, if you meet Washington State Access to Care. For some, there will be a "spend down" requirement on your part before services are covered in full. If you have private insurance that covers behavioral healthcare services, we will bill your insurance. You most likely will need to get your primary care physician to make a referral. We are an authorized provider for numerous insurance companies.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens
Special Groups: Bilingual
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.
