New Horizons
Youth and Family Center
Diagnostic assessment: This is referred to as “the intake.” This is an individual session with a therapist to determine your current mental health and or alcohol and other drug needs and desires, and to come up with initial treatment recommendations. Because an accurate diagnosis is so important to the success of your treatment, every new client and every re-admitted client starts with a diagnostic assessment. After the assessment, the therapist may recommend other PACS services to you, or you may request other services yourself. The therapist may also suggest other services outside of PACS that you could benefit from. Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST):This may also be known as case management. We try to make a CPST Specialist available to those children and adults who have severe and chronic mental health disorders and/or alcohol and other drug disorders. The purpose of CPST is to assist in your recovery by helping you to learn daily living skills, to manage your illness, to seek assistance in other places, and to find employment or to initiate other meaningful life activities.
Counseling/Psychotherapy (C/P): This is sometimes called “therapy” or “counseling.” Individual therapy involves only the client and the therapist. In group therapy several clients participate in therapy at the same time. Clients are able to share experiences and learn that others feel the same way, and have some of the same experiences. Marital or couples therapy helps partners and spouses work together on relationships and mental health issues. Family therapy often involves several family members so that your family system can function better for each of the family members. Intensive home-based therapy is a specialized service for families who are experiencing multiple difficulties. This program seeks to provide a level of care that is sufficient to safely prevent any out of home placement of the child. In all forms of therapy for mental health and/or alcohol or drug issues, the therapist works with you to identify and then resolve issues that are leading to your current life difficulties.
Pharmacotherapy:This is psychiatric care. It starts with an evaluation by a psychiatrist, who is a medical doctor. Should the doctor recommend that you take a specific medication, and you decide to take that medication you will then be seen periodically by the doctor to help you manage the medication. An agency nurse or medical assistant will help you with medication management as well.
Psychological Evaluation:This is a specialized, one-time, extensive evaluation that you may request or we may recommend. It is performed by a licensed psychologist or a psychology assistant who is under the supervision of a psychologist.
Crisis Intervention:(this is often called “emergency services”). If you have a mental health or alcohol or other drug emergency, you should get help right away. A situation is considered an emergency when a person is at immediate risk of harm to self or someone else. This service is provided by affiliated staff that are located in the Fairfield Medical Center (FMC) emergency room. This service is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week to you and to any community member who is experiencing an immediate and serious mental health crisis. Persons in crisis may call the special emergency services number (614-687-8255). Due to funding reductions, this phone line is not currently available for general telephone support or counseling. Persons in crisis may also go directly to the FMC emergency room.
Early Mental Health Intervention: This service takes place in selected school districts, not in the agency. Generally a teacher or other school official refers specific children to our intervention specialists who are licensed counselors or social workers. We then seek parental permission to work with the child in the school setting. Children who are experiencing academic, behavioral, emotional or social difficulties in school are eligible for the service. Only those schools that contract with the agency have access to this service.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): This program is purchased by employers for their employees. This EAP provides confidential consultations and counseling for employees and their immediate family members who are experiencing life concerns that are affecting their health or well-being or job performance. Employees typically refer themselves to the program, and the employer may also refer individuals to the EAP. There is no cost to the employee. The Employee Assistance Program benefits employees by providing rapid and free access to mental health professionals, and it benefits employers by helping them retain a healthy and productive workforce.
Intensive Family-based Therapy Program: This program, also known as "Home-Based Therapy", targets families whose children are at risk of being removed from the home, families who are in the process of re-unification, or families that need a high intensity of mental health care in order to stabilize the situation at home. This program brings family therapy to your home two to four times per week, and has help and support available to you 24 hours per day. The program can last for up to six months. In this program, families and the therapist work together as a team to explore and develop treatment plans and strategies. With family permission, the therapist also works closely with all other systems that your family may be involved with such as school, Juvenile Court or Children's Services.