"Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge" -Audre Lorde
We provide individual, group, couples and family therapy. Our innovative and highly specialized Parent Shadowing Program assists parents and caregivers in their home with daily parenting conflicts and issues.
Treatment specialization includes:
- Depression and Anxiety
- Panic Attacks and Phobias
- Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy
- Relationship Problems
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
- Mother-Daughter Connection
- Separation/Divorce/Shared Parenting
- Parenting, Step-Parenting and Family Issues
- In-Home Parent Shadowing Program
- Adoption-Adoptive Families and Birth parent(s)-Foster Parents/Children
- Breast Feeding and Pregnancy Support
- Infertility
- Grief and Loss
- Body Images and Eating Disorders
- Biracial and Bicultural Issues
- Work and Career Issues
- Women's Empowerment
- Trauma and Victimization
- Stress Management
- Substance Abuse & Addiction
- DUI/DWI Issues and Legal Concerns
- Conflict Resolution
Distance Counseling
Distance Counseling is a result of the new technology advancements of email and telecommunication. Although we strongly believe face to face counseling in a private office is still considered the best practice, Distance Counseling can be an effective, alternative and sometimes necessary tool for some clients. Please email us at Info@fullcirclecounseling.net to schedule an appointment.
Women's Empowerment Groups
At Full Circle Counseling, we believe personal growth and healing comes easily to women who learn to rely on one another. Women mend more fully when they are in a supportive environment that focuses on their emotional, spiritual and physical needs. Our support groups are confidential, respectful and provide a healing place you can trust.
With a safe, comfortable and supportive atmosphere, clients achieve the personal growth they are striving for. We are not a high traffic counseling center and your privacy is taken seriously. All sessions are scheduled to ensure your privacy is protected.
Insurance
Full Circle Counseling is currently reviewing the decision to accept insurance.
Managed care plans involve direct clinical management by the plan’s “case managers”. If you access therapists through your managed care plan, your therapist likely will be required to disclose a significant amount of personal information related to your case. This information may be used by the managed care company to determine benefits, which are allocated at their own discretion. We feel strongly, this impacts your right to confidentiality, and it is possible that your information will be stored in a computer system, which could be accessed by any number of people.
Lack of confidentiality may adversely affect your minor children who are clients as well. Should they ever desire to apply for certain jobs or the military, the information in their insurance files could be accessed. It should be noted that thisis especially true with regard to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, which has been associated with lost employment and denial of admission to military service.
Due to the direct care management by managed care companies and their desire to keep costs at a minimum, getting therapy sessions authorized has become cumbersome and time consuming. Every plan has different requirements and standards for authorization. Usually they require a number of hours a week of paperwork and phone calls by the therapist in order to get authorizations. Some will even deny participants therapy while approving medications.
Most insurance plans and managed care organizations have lists of professionals who are “in the plan”. However, this necessitates your seeing professionals who are on the plan and who have availability to insured/managed care clients. They may have no particular expertise with the issues you present to treatment.
Most insurers do not cover marriage counseling or family counseling unless they are part of the treatment plan for a serious mental disorder or drug/alcohol problem. However, many times family involvement may be critical to the success of treatment. Billing a session as “individual” when it actually involved other family members is considered insurance fraud.
We hope this has explained some of the reasons for our policy of not accepting insurance directly at this time. We are happy to help you obtain reimbursement from your insurer by providing you with receipts or Health Insurance Claim Forms. We appreciate your understanding.
Full Circle Counseling
Please click on the link for an interesting article regarding insurance/therapy: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2708_132/ai_n6019807
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