NorthEast Washington Alliance Counseling Services is a diagnostic and treatment center providing mental healthcare and chemical dependency treatment services for children, adolescents, and adults. We Provide integrated behavioral healthcare (mental healthcare and chemical dependency) prevention and treatment services delivered by a caring, professional staff. Working in cooperation with clients, families, advocates, community representatives, and other agencies to provide behavioral healthcare leadership, consultation, and education. Obtaining resources for people with developmental disabilities and their families to allow full integration in school, the workplace, and leisure activities.
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Services Offered
Mental Health Services - Includes assessments; evaluations; individual, brief and structured group therapy; medication management; and psychological and psychiatric evaluations.
Crisis Services - Provides immediate care to those clients faced with an urgent need of a mental health nature. Services include brief crisis counseling, telephone crisis service, provision of basic needs (medication, shelter, food), and evaluation and screening for psychiatric hospitalizations. Services are available at all times throughout the county and serve persons of all ages. All services are provided under the direct supervision of fully qualified mental health professionals.
Community Support Program - Provides comprehensive case management services to severely mentally ill adults to ensure their continued stability, to enhance independent functioning in the community, and to encourage productive daily activity to allow for the least restrictive lifestyle possible while maintaining symptom-free stability.
Chemical Dependency - Provides alcohol & drug education, prevention, and treatment services to the residents of Stevens County 12 years of age and older. Individuals under the age of 12 are seen on a case-by-case basis. Services include assessments, educational groups, and individual-family counseling on topics related to chemical dependency. Three levels of care are offered to both adults and adolescents.
Intensive Outpatient Treatment - 12 weeks of group treatment sessions. Clients attend 3 group sessions per week lasting 2 hours per session.
Fees and Payment
If you are on Medicaid and have a Medical Identification Card (coupon), your services will be covered by Medicaid. For some, there will be a "spend down" requirement on your part before services are covered in full. If you are on Medicare, we will bill Medicare Part B for your services. Supplemental Insurance payments are also accepted. 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 such as Community Health Plan of WA, Foundation Health, MSC, and Washington State Basic Health. If you do not have insurance benefits, you will be asked to pay according to a fee schedule that is based on your income and family size which may include a minimum fee. No one will be denied services based on inability to pay.
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.