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Son has an appointment for another counseling center on Friday, 3/27
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<blockquote data-quote="Dollhouse" data-source="post: 256556"><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hello all! I hope everyone is well.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When the police came to have my son surrender his keys last Thursday (this was before last Saturday's police & crisis drama), my son had called (more against his wishes) a counseling center here in town. They told him they would call within a week or so. Well, the call happened to come when I was home for lunch on Thursday afternoon.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This is a place that has counseling, substance abuse and co-occuring disorders treatment. They don't take insurance, but since my son is currently not working; his fee for counseling would only be $5 (sliding scale). They do have medication management; but the only thing that worries me is that medications are prescribed by a Nurse Practitioner (if need be). Their clinicians are Masters-Level. I don't believe they have a psychiatrist. This place is literally 7mins from our home. So, my son will hopefully go to this appointment on Friday and I will accompany him. This past Monday, when we went to another counseling center for a screen -- he had signed a release to give me access to his treatment information. I believe he is willing to do this again, this coming Friday. We won't be going back to the center we went to on Monday. The screening was only 10mins long and they don't have a psychiatrist, nor do they give out medication. It's also 40mins away and it would be hard to monitor his comings and goings for treatment.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The screening this coming Friday is about 21/2 hrs long, which makes sense to me.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I had left the phone numbers (on Thursday) of another counseling center in town (covered by insurance) that DOES have a psychiatric, & medication-management, along with IOP treatment and Residential Treatment, but they ONLY do group counseling. They have no individual counseling. My son called, but when they said "group therapy" he did not make an appointment. Many counselors over the years stated to me that my son would benefit from individual counseling and that with group; he may be resistant to it. He is....</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I also gave him the number of the home improvement business that wants him to come in for a 2nd interview. He did call them as well. He told me he called -- they asked him to call back (they were in the middle of interivews) and he actually DID call back again later that day. I believe his interview is Monday. However, at this point -- I don't know if he is 'stable' enough to work. In the past, he's had work and just slept through and did not go. His sleep patterns have been somewhat normal over the past week -- getting up at 8am and going to bed by 11:30. On Wednesday evening, he fell asleep at 10:30 and was up at 8am on Thursday.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sorry for the long post -- I guess this place on Friday is a start (hopefully). They've been in town since the 70's. My only concern is in regard to the Nurse Practitioner; I've never heard of a NP administering medications in relation to psychiatric needs. We'll see what happens - he may not go, but also he knows that us asking him to leave is a strong possibility if he does not seek treatment.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks for listening and I hope everyone has a blessed day.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dollhouse, post: 256556"] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]Hello all! I hope everyone is well.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]When the police came to have my son surrender his keys last Thursday (this was before last Saturday's police & crisis drama), my son had called (more against his wishes) a counseling center here in town. They told him they would call within a week or so. Well, the call happened to come when I was home for lunch on Thursday afternoon.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]This is a place that has counseling, substance abuse and co-occuring disorders treatment. They don't take insurance, but since my son is currently not working; his fee for counseling would only be $5 (sliding scale). They do have medication management; but the only thing that worries me is that medications are prescribed by a Nurse Practitioner (if need be). Their clinicians are Masters-Level. I don't believe they have a psychiatrist. This place is literally 7mins from our home. So, my son will hopefully go to this appointment on Friday and I will accompany him. This past Monday, when we went to another counseling center for a screen -- he had signed a release to give me access to his treatment information. I believe he is willing to do this again, this coming Friday. We won't be going back to the center we went to on Monday. The screening was only 10mins long and they don't have a psychiatrist, nor do they give out medication. It's also 40mins away and it would be hard to monitor his comings and goings for treatment.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]The screening this coming Friday is about 21/2 hrs long, which makes sense to me.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]I had left the phone numbers (on Thursday) of another counseling center in town (covered by insurance) that DOES have a psychiatric, & medication-management, along with IOP treatment and Residential Treatment, but they ONLY do group counseling. They have no individual counseling. My son called, but when they said "group therapy" he did not make an appointment. Many counselors over the years stated to me that my son would benefit from individual counseling and that with group; he may be resistant to it. He is....[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]I also gave him the number of the home improvement business that wants him to come in for a 2nd interview. He did call them as well. He told me he called -- they asked him to call back (they were in the middle of interivews) and he actually DID call back again later that day. I believe his interview is Monday. However, at this point -- I don't know if he is 'stable' enough to work. In the past, he's had work and just slept through and did not go. His sleep patterns have been somewhat normal over the past week -- getting up at 8am and going to bed by 11:30. On Wednesday evening, he fell asleep at 10:30 and was up at 8am on Thursday.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]Sorry for the long post -- I guess this place on Friday is a start (hopefully). They've been in town since the 70's. My only concern is in regard to the Nurse Practitioner; I've never heard of a NP administering medications in relation to psychiatric needs. We'll see what happens - he may not go, but also he knows that us asking him to leave is a strong possibility if he does not seek treatment.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3]Thanks for listening and I hope everyone has a blessed day.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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