Chronic Mental Illness (ACT)
Our Assertive Community Treatment program (ACT) provides residential care and treatment for individuals who are challenged by chronic mental illness. The ACT team members meet daily to review activities and adjust treatment plans to immediately respond to each client’s changing needs. This team of professionals, who traditionally operated in isolation from one another, can now assist a client in a much more efficient and immediate manner than they could before. They get to know each client’s life, their family, their plans and goals -- and they are available 24 hours a day, providing the intensive support that persons with severe mental illness need in order to thrive.
Coping Skills (DBT for Adults)
This twelve-session therapy group is based on the Dialectic Behavioral Therapy model, an approach demonstrated to be highly effective in solving difficult emotional and interpersonal problems. It is designed to treat adults with severe psychological dysfunction who are at risk for suicidal or self-injurious behavior and whose daily functioning is significantly impaired by the disorganization in their thinking, mood and behavior. Clients accepted into this group may have a diagnosis of major depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder panic or anxiety disorder, or a borderline personality disorder. They may also have related problems of domestic abuse, substance abuse or other high-risk behaviors that complicate their treatment. Therapy is usually completed in nine months to a year.
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