University of Central Florida - College of Education Community Counseling Clinic
University of Central Florida - College of Education Community Counseling Clinic
The UCF College of Community Innovation and Education Community Counseling and Research Center (CCRC) is a state of the art clinical training facility with 10 counseling rooms including a play therapy and adolescent therapy room. The Clinic offers free individual, couple and family counseling sessions, and on occasion, we also conduct group-counseling programs.
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Services Offered
Family Counseling -Family counseling will focus on interpersonal conflict, interactional patterns, tools and techniques of appropriate communication within the family. The goal is to strengthen and promote growth within the family system as a whole. It is important to note that the counselor does not take sides, blame individuals, or provide simple answers or solutions but instead tries to understand how the difficulty arises, and assist the family in discovering its own resources for new ways of relating.
Marital/Couples Counseling - Couples counseling is designed to help people who are in committed relationships by providing a trained counselor(s) to facilitate conversations that lead to understanding, reconciliation, and/or greater intimacy. Counselor will provide the couple with tools and techniques to facilitate healthy communication with topics that may have caused disharmony within the relationship. These tools can be applied to future "road blocks" encountered within the relationship.
Individual Adult Counseling -Individual therapy offers the client one-on-one attention that allows for a more consistent and intensive focus on one's issues and struggles than in any other therapeutic context. Individual counseling provides the client with an open non-judgmental environment to explore personal distress and gain skills to improve their quality of life on their own terms. Some areas of focus may include emotion regulation, calming strategies, assertiveness skills, developing healthy definition of self, etc. Clients seeking counseling for an active addiction may not be seen by our student counselors. However, if addictions counseling is being provided at another counseling site, the CCRC counselors can assist with distress in other personal areas.
Child/Adolescent Counseling -Children and adolescents may face a range of challenging problems in their lives that might include sadness, anxiety, academic stress and family conflicts. It is important that they learn how to understand, control and express their emotions appropriately. The counselor can become a trustworthy mentor who aids in the growth and maturity of your child and adolescent. Children and adolescent therapy may include providing parents/ guardians with strategies to make the home an open environment for the child to practice and demonstrate the skills gained in therapy.
Fees and Payment
Services provided at the CCRC are free; however there is a three semester service limit.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicare 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.