Mental Health Treatment Options

Everyone experiences emotional difficulties at one time or another. It’s not unusual for a person to become depressed or anxious occasionally. But if such feelings persist and interfere with your daily living, it may be time to seek professional help. The caring mental health professionals at Firelands Counseling & Recovery Services can help people deal with their emotional problems and maintain control of their lives. We provide a complete range of outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents, adults and older adults.

Licensed professionals provide all counseling services. Evidence-based practices are used to provide quality care. Cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) and dialectical behavioral therapy are among the best practices used at Firelands.

We treat a variety of mental illnesses, including:

• Anxiety disorders -
  A mental health disorder characterized by feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.
• Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children/adolescents -
  A chronic condition including attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.
• Bipolar disorders -
  A disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs.
• Borderline personality disorder (BPD) -
  A mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships.
• Depression -
  A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
• Postpartum depression -
  Depression occurs after childbirth.
• Disruptive behavioral disorders in children/adolescents -
  Persistent symptoms of negativistic, defiant, disobedient and hostile behaviors.
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -
  Excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -
  A disorder characterized by failure to recover after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event.
• Schizophrenia -
  A disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel, and behave clearly.

Recovering from depression and other mental illnesses

All counseling services are provided by licensed professionals. Inpatient services are also available for adults.

We offer:

• Diagnostic assessment services
• The individual, group, and family counseling
• Partial hospitalization services (day treatment)
• Case management for people with a severe mental illness
• Medication therapy combined with therapy, case management and other needed services
• Psychiatric evaluation
• 24-hour hotline
• 24-hour crisis services
• Interpreter services for Spanish-speaking and other populations*
• Services for the hearing impaired*
• Mental health education – presentations and workshops available to the community on a variety of mental health issues
• Critical incident debriefing services to assist community agencies, organizations and other service providers in coping with a traumatic event
• Consultation services to area organizations
• Vocational rehabilitation services

*Firelands offers interpreter services through Stratus Video. Stratus provides instant, on-demand access to face-to-face interpreter services. The services are provided through video remote using a tablet.