This staff member,responding to your needs and personal preferences, may continue to work with you, refer you to another staff member, or advise treatment at an outside clinic. All clinic staff members have professional degrees, multiple years of experience, and demonstrated expertise in the mental health disciplines of social work, clinical psychology, psychosocial nursing, or psychiatry. There are a few psychology and social work interns each academic year who are completing their training in counseling. They are carefully supervised by the clinic staff. Length of treatment is determined on a case by case basis.
Groups are generally time limited.
Your discussions with your therapist are treated confidentially by the clinic. Even the fact that you are receiving treatment here is confidential. We would release information without your written consent only as a safeguard against imminent danger to yourself and others, child abuse, or on a duly-issued subpoena, but these are rare, exceptional occasions. It is important for patients to know insurance companies, particularly managed care companies, often require a release of information before authorizing payment. Stopping the medication or changing the dosage requires a scheduled visit.