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AGENCY DESCRIPTION:
Counseling Associates of Port Orange, Inc. is a private practice that serves both Mental Health and Substance Abuse clients in comfortable and relaxed surroundings. The highly qualified professionals provide individual, couple, adolescent, family, and group therapy. The practice also has qualified counselors trained in marriage and family therapy. Special needs for assessment and treatment are addressed on an individual basis. One component of the office is an Outpatient Treatment Program for Substance Abuse. This component is designed to assist individuals and families who have been affected by substance abuse. Psychological, psychiatric, and medical consultations are available through referral. Referrals for specialized care, residential treatment, detoxification, etc., are made to appropriate agencies.
Dr. R. Clark Pennell and Dr. Patti K. Hall are licensed therapists with extensive experience in marriage and family therapy, substance abuse, mental health, and related fields. They are the owners of the practice, with Dr. Pennell serving as The President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Patti Hall is the Secretary/Treasurer and also the Program Director of the Substance Abuse Outpatient Treatment Component. They began work in this area in June of 1993, incorporating in January of 1994. The office also became licensed as an Outpatient Substance Abuse Program under the Department of Children and Families.
COMMITMENT:
The practice is committed to providing services in a cost effective manner, without reducing treatment in order to cut costs. The doctors, counselors, and other staff members have a commitment to honesty and integrity, as well as ethical practice.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
In our work with substance abusers, it became obvious that it is extremely important to provide holistic services, with an emphasis on appropriate screening, assessment, and evaluation. Services need to be individualized, with the program fitting the client's needs. For the most part, clients with substance problems derive the most benefit from a variety of treatments selected on a client by client basis. Clients need to be held accountable for their behaviors through random urinalysis and an accurate recordkeeping process on attendance, payments, homework assignments, etc.
It is vital to the provision of effective services that the referral source and the provider of Substance Abuse services have an ongoing, close communication on all levels. The working relationship between agencies is important on several levels. First, at a management level, it is important to have close communication to proactively address the needs of the referral source, the clients, and Counseling Associates. Communication on an ongoing basis will help prevent or remedy any problems effectively and in a timely manner. Denial, manipulation, and avoidance are to be expected of any substance abuser and the criminal justice offender is especially prone to use these techniques. This should be seen as symptomatic of the substance abuse problem and used as a treatment opportunity. It is our belief that by working together and communicating in an ongoing basis there can be an effective method to address problems that may arise. Identification of problem areas is the first step, frequent and routine meetings/telephone calls is the second, and arriving at a mutually agreeable resolution is the third. Monitoring will include field visits to each office, file reviews, group reviews, and monthly billing reviews. This monitoring will be done by Dr. Hall, Dr. Pennell and the Clinical Supervisor. Monitoring is also done by the Department of Corrections, The Department of Children and Families and various other institutes that found or validate quality services.
CONFIDENTIALITY:
Services are provided in the strictest of confidence.
Federal regulations prohibit the release of any information without the
client's specific written consent. Licensing agencies have access to client
records. Reports from agencies will not have individual client information
that identifies them.
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Counseling Associates has offices in:
Orange City, Fl.
Daytona Beach, Fl.
New Smyrna Beach, Fl.
Port Orange, Fl.
THIS WEBSITE LAST UPDATED September 17, 2007