Behavioral Counseling

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Our providers engage you in an active therapeutic process that will help you achieve your full potential.

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Avance Care Behavioral Counseling

We offer Behavioral Counseling services for all patients of all ages at Avance Care. All services are designed to assist people in making the changes they want in their lives.

Our providers engage you in an active therapeutic process that will help you grow in self-awareness, make healthy choices, and achieve appropriate balance in your life. Avance Care therapists use a strengths-based approach that helps you achieve your full potential and greatest degree of life satisfaction.

We coordinate with your medical treatment team to help you draw on your capabilities and overcome the limitations imposed by illness and injury. We work with you to change negative behavioral patterns that perpetuate unhealthy habits, revise perspectives interfering with meaningful relationships and attend to any mental or emotional concern your may have.

What We Offer:

Routine screenings for mental health conditions
Comprehensive clinical assessment
Brief or longer-term psychotherapy
Care coordination with Avance Psychiatry

Behavioral Counseling Therapy FAQs

Therapy is a method for identifying, understanding, and changing things in our lives that keep us from learning and growing. By talking about your concerns with a mental health professional, you may discover new ways to understand your difficulties, develop new skills to help you cope with life's demands, improve your relationships with the people around you and learn to feel and function better. More importantly, you may learn about yourself as a person, find ways to better meet your own emotional needs, set and achieve personal goals and live a more satisfying life.
A therapist provides support and direction to help you discover the solutions that will work best for you and serves as a person who will listen and provide assistance in developing healthier perspectives on currently challenging circumstances. Our therapists will share new ways of coping with stress, expressing your emotions, and managing relationships.
The first step is to request a referral during a medical appointment with your Avance Care provider or self-refer by calling (919) 237-1337. Before beginning therapy, our Behavioral Wellness Coordinator helps you understand your insurance coverage.
At your first appointment your therapist will spend time getting to know you. They will start to discuss what changes you would like to make in your life. They will start to guide to a plan for how therapy can help you.
Just like anything else, you get from it what you put into it. How often we meet depends upon your presenting condition, as well as your preference and availability. Some patients like to meet weekly or every other week initially. The frequency of appointments will likely decrease as you begin to achieve your goals. Ongoing appointments will generally last about one hour. How long we work together will vary depending on your goals and progress. One thing to keep in mind is that therapy is a continuous process of self-reflection, changes in how you think, and changes in how you live your life. In order to help you reach your goals, you will have to apply and practice principles discussed in sessions. This work will help you reach your goals.
Information that you discuss is confidential and will not be revealed to anyone outside our practice without your written permission (or your parents’ permission if you are under 18 years old).

Disclosure, however, is required by law in some exceptional cases:

if there is a reasonable suspicion of child abuse or elder adult physical abuse; if there is a reasonable suspicion that you are likely to harm yourself or someone else unless protective measures are taken;
under a court order. Please know documentation of counseling sessions will be maintained as a part of your electronic medical record at Avance Care.
Behavioral Wellness services are covered by most major insurance carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, Medcost, Cigna, Aetna and others. Authorization may be required before your insurance carrier will cover psychotherapy fees. Our Wellness Coordinator will assist you in contacting your insurance to confirm your coverage prior to your first visit. As a courtesy, our billing service will assist you in filing claims. We do offer a self-pay schedule for those electing to utilize it.
Please ask your medical provider to submit a referral for Behavioral Counseling Services. Someone from our team will then contact you to discuss your needs and schedule an initial appointment.