Shiawassee Health & Wellness hopes to be a valuable resource for all residents of Shiawassee County. Our team is made up of a diverse group of individuals who have developed a wide variety of skills and knowledge that support our mission to promote health, wellness, and recovery.
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Services Offered
Child/Family Therapy - Children/Families may be referred for traditional outpatient counseling. A Master's level, licensed clinician provides this service in the office. The frequency of contact and intensity of service is determined by the person-centered plan. Treatment is provided from a family systems perspective using a short-term, strengths-based therapy model. This means that the focus of counseling is on the present-day concerns that families identify and the therapist looks to the strengths each family possesses for the resources to help families make the changes they desire.
Families may be seen conjointly, in subsystems of the family, or members of the family may be seen individually as determined in the treatment plan. A variety of brief therapeutic approaches may be used. These include Solution Focused Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Strategic Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Consumers are provided opportunities to learn, improve, and demonstrate specific skills, which may include problem-solving, communication, and acceptable social interaction.
Infant Mental Health Services - Provide mental health treatment to families with young Children Age Birth to 5. Services include Individual and Family Therapy, Parent-Child Psychotherapy, Case Management, Education on Child Development, Parenting Strategies, Strategies to handle common childhood problems and access to a psychiatrist for medication to treat mental health conditions when appropriate.
Home-Based Services - Help children and families with a child between the ages of 3-17 that have many needs, and who require access to a comprehensive array of mental health services. The family unit is the focus of intensive, in-home treatment, which can include individual and family therapy. The frequency of contact and intensity of service is based on the individual needs of each individual and family but at a minimum, the therapist will see the individual/family once per week.
Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) - Helps people who have a serious mental illness and who have a serious substance use diagnosis. Help will be available to you at all steps of your treatment, including case management, psychiatric services, nursing services, substance abuse counseling, mental health counseling, help with finding and keeping employment and housing.
Fees and Payment
Insurance is accepted.
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.