We focus on client strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences to assist you to improve the quality of your life. We strive to encourage least restrictive interventions that are culturally sensitive, cost effective and within your own community!
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Services Offered
Counseling Services
Our treatment philosophy is based on best practice principals within the scope of our independent and collective professional domains. We implement individualized Solution-Focused Treatment and provide Comprehensive Behavioral Health Care services. We strive to foster individual rights to self-determination and involvement with the development of their treatment goals and outcomes.
Psychiatric Services
Dr. Whiting is part of our COD (Co-occurring Disorder) team and provides oversight and treatment for clients of our Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs. Clients of Rathdrum Counseling Center, LLC, will engage in behavioral health evaluation within the first 30 days of approval for services, to assess medication management options for the treatment they are requesting.
Substance Abuse and Recovery
Our mission is to help reduce the unnecessary suffering caused by substance use and mental health disorders. We accomplish this in part by taking an eclectic approach to treatment using a wide variety of behavioral techniques, including motivational interviewing, motivational enhancement, harm reduction strategies and cognitive behavioral therapies. Our substance use disorder treatment program is structured to simultaneously provide mental health services.
Fees and Payment
We accept OPTUM Idaho Medicaid, BPA, Blue Cross True Blue, Private Pay with a sliding fee scale, and most insurances.
Services Offered To: Adults
Special Groups: Bilingual
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.