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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
SEXUAL COUNSELING SERVICES Sexual Counseling Services (SCS) is a cognitive/behavioral treatment for clients who have been adjudicated of, or have admitted to having committed, a sexual offense. Click here for more information about Sexual Counseling Services.
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES Psychiatric services are available to all clients at the recommendation of the treatment team. These services may provide evaluations, assessments, diagnoses, consultations, medication monitoring, and/or treatment. Psychotropic medication intervention and management are available to those clients for whom they are indicated.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES Psychological services are available to all clients, and include evaluation, assessment, diagnoses, consultation, and/or treatment as determined necessary by the treatment team. Psychological evaluations may provide information regarding intellectual functioning, achievement levels, and personality traits or problem identification. Psychological consultation is available to the treatment team to assist in modifying treatment plans, anticipating future needs, maintaining gains, or preventing further deterioration.
INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND FAMILY THERAPY Harborcreek Youth Services’ treatment program integrates individual, group, and family therapy with recreation therapy, education, and vocational training to provide a total treatment milieu for our clients. In addition, highly specialized courses of treatment are provided for clients who are sex offenders or who have a history of drug and/or alcohol abuse. Clients participate in regularly scheduled individual and group therapy. The length and frequency of the groups varies according to need and curriculum. A master’s level clinician and treatment staff conduct all therapy sessions and treatment groups. Treatment staff work under the clinical direction of the therapists when providing counseling and other group services. Refer to the chart below for more information about the therapies we offer.
Our treatment philosophy strongly encourages family participation in the treatment process. We expect our clients’ parents to participate in planning, implementing, and evaluating our clients’ treatment. In addition, we facilitate regularly scheduled support groups for parents of clients. Regular family visitation time is on Sundays from 1 PM to 4 PM, or at other times by request. We offer no-cost, twice-monthly bus transportation from Allegheny County to Harborcreek Youth Services on Sundays so parents can visit their sons and participate in family therapy. In addition, we deliver family therapy in the family home whenever possible. (In-home therapy is not always possible, due to the constraints of distance or the inability of the client to safely participate in family therapy in his own home without jeopardizing the treatment process.) To view our Residential Treatment Program Description, click here. For more information about Parent Groups at Harborcreek Youth Services, click here. For more information about services to clients and families residing in or near Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, contact Frank Porter, Southwest Family and Court Liaison, at (412) 585-0352, or click here. For additional information about our treatment
program, contact John Knouse, Director
of Mental Health Services, at (814) 899-7664, Extension 334. |
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Clinical
services are a major part of each client’s treatment program. Upon admission,
each youth is assigned a master’s level clinician who serves as the leader of
his treatment team. Treatment therapists assess the youth’s treatment needs and
develop an Individual Treatment Plan (ITP). They monitor treatment progress and
coordinate treatment services through regular quarterly treatment reviews. Each
client participates in weekly individual therapy and group counseling five days
per week. Clinical staff provides case management and specialized individual
and/or group therapy when indicated by the treatment team.