The Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center (PPCC) is a nonprofit organization that offers professional counseling and consultation in a faith context.
"Professional counseling and consultation" has to do with our professional, highly qualified, state licensed staff. "Faith context" has to do with our awareness of spiritual issues and the way that the faith of our clients is a potential resource for healing. We respect the beliefs of our clients and do not impose our own beliefs on those we serve.
Trained to integrate the gifts of behavioral science and of faith, we care for people who are struggling with marriage or family tensions, anxiety, depression, spiritual distress, and workplace issues. We treat adults, adolescents, and children. We also work within the financial means of our clients.
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Services Offered
* Individual therapy for adults, adolescents, and children * Marital and family therapy * Skills training for marriages, parenting, and other relationships * Family mediation * Premarital preparation * Career counseling * Consultation to congregations, businesses, and other organizations * Workshops and other educational events
Fees and Payment
Fees Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center is funded, in part, by fees received from our clients. While we do have a standard fee for services, we also offer client assistance for those who lack insurance or the means to pay. As a non-profit organization, the Center depends upon contributions from businesses, denominations, faith communities, and individuals to underwrite the Center's Client Assistance Fund and to sustain this counseling and educational ministry.
Fees are established by the counselor and the client in the first session and are due at the time of service.
Insurance On the staff are counselors who are providers for Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Compsych, First Health, Holman Group, Kinnamon, Magellan, Mid-Atlantic, Mutual Prefer, Sentara/Optima, TRICARE, United Behavioral Health, Value Options, and/or Virginia HealthNet. In addition, some staff are in Ceridian and/or in other employee assistance plans (EAP's). Coverage is determined at the beginning of counseling.
This is a non-profit agency.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Special Groups: Faith-Based
Payment: Sliding Scale
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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.
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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.