Comprehensive Assessment and Evaluation
A comprehensive intake assessment at Espenshade Counseling is the initial step in your therapeutic journey, designed to gather essential information and establish a strong foundation for your treatment. This thorough evaluation allows our compassionate clinicians to gain a holistic understanding of your unique background, current challenges, and therapeutic goals.
During this process we will explore various aspects of your life, including your personal history, family dynamics, medical and mental health history, current symptoms, strengths, and previous experiences with therapy. This may involve discussing your relationships, work or school life, social support systems, cultural background, and any significant life events that have impacted your well-being.
The purpose of this comprehensive assessment is to accurately identify your specific needs, determine the most appropriate therapeutic modalities and interventions, and collaborate with you to develop a personalized treatment plan. This detailed understanding enables us to tailor our approach to best support your psychological healing, foster resilience, and enhance your emotional well-being. It also provides an opportunity for you to ask questions, understand our approach, and ensure that Espenshade Counseling is the right fit for your needs.
Treatment Consultation Services
Identifying the appropriate treatment for a family member can be an overwhelming and daunting process requiring a lot of time and attention. We will will assist families with identifying the appropriate level of care and treatment setting for your loved one based on presenting problems, age, gender, treatment history, personal preferences, and any other relevant information. We are committed to promoting sustainable change and long term recovery from any and all behavioral health issues that may be interfering with one's life. Drawing upon our extensive network of outpatient, inpatient and residential providers that we works with to match individuals to the appropriate treatment at all levels of care. We will not refer to a provider or a facility without prior investigation of the facility which includes a reference check. We use our extensive clinical experience and knowledge of resources to guide the individual and family throughout the process while providing continuous support and oversight of the case.
Counseling Services
Individual Counseling
Our individual counseling services are tailored to support your unique journey toward psychological healing, resilience, and emotional well-being. Our compassionate and experienced clinicians utilize a diverse range of evidence-based and experiential therapeutic modalities to address your specific needs and concerns.We offer expertise in approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you identify and challenge unhelpful thought patterns, Motivational Interviewing to explore and resolve ambivalence, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for developing crucial skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Our services also include Solution Focused Therapy to help you identify and build upon your strengths, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Prolonged Exposure (PE) for processing traumatic experiences, Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) for managing anxiety and obsessive-compulsive patterns, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for fostering psychological flexibility, and Emotion Efficacy Therapy (EET) to enhance your ability to effectively manage emotions.Through personalized sessions, we work collaboratively with you to identify underlying issues, develop effective coping strategies, and cultivate lasting positive change. Our goal is to empower you with the tools and insights needed to navigate life's challenges with greater strength, clarity, and emotional efficacy.
DBT Skills Group
Our weekly DBT skills group provides a structured environment that promotes learning and practicing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills. Participants typically learn modules covering core mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. The group setting offers support and allows individuals to develop healthier coping mechanisms and improve their relationships
Family Counseling
Through personalized sessions, we explore the unique dynamics of each family, helping to rebuild trust that may have been eroded, heal past wounds that continue to impact present interactions, and collaboratively create a shared vision for a harmonious and thriving future. Our approach is not one-size-fits-all; instead, it is deeply tailored to address the specific challenges and aspirations of the families we serve.
Our team of compassionate and experienced therapists works collaboratively with families to identify their unique needs and concerns. This involves active listening, insightful questioning, and a commitment to understanding the perspectives of each individual within the family system. Based on this comprehensive understanding, we develop tailored strategies and interventions that promote profound growth, sustainable healing, and lasting positive change. We equip families with effective communication tools, conflict resolution techniques, and strategies for fostering empathy and mutual respect, empowering them to navigate future challenges with resilience and connection.
Family Intensives
In order to expedite the healing process, we offer family intensives which are a hybrid of didactic and experiential exercises intended to provide couples or families with foundational skills necessary to promote healing, or the opportunity to address complex issues requiring intensive clinical support beyond the confines of a traditional clinical setting. This service is individualized to family and duration will be determined after conducting a comprehensive assessment and obtaining collateral information from previous or existing treatment providers. An individual or team of clinicians will be assigned to work exclusively with the couple or family based on the presenting problems identified during our comprehensive assessment, which is conducted either over the phone or in person. Schedule, content, and clinical focus is highly customized to the needs and goals of the couple or family. The average duration is 2-4 days at a location of the couple or family's choice.
Coaching and Case Management Services
Maintaining recovery is a long-term process which requires tremendous commitment and on-going, non-clinical support. With that in mind, our practice offers individual and family coaching services to our clients. Independent studies of coaching and case management services have shown that clients & families experience enhanced engagement, superior access to support, longer utilization of treatment, fewer episodes of relapse, and increased likelihood of maintaining recovery. Coaches are accessible to individuals & families inside and outside of the formal office setting via phone, text, email, and face-to-face meetings. A sober or behavioral health coach collaborates with clinicians, medical professionals and school counselors, and treatment providers to ensure continuity of care and to promote the recovery process.
Clinical Transport Services
Care Managers are on call to provide sober transport to and from treatment facilities throughout the country in the event that someone is in need of safe, escorted transportation.
Intensive Case Management Services
We offer intensive case management services to help individuals and families navigate and coordinate all levels of care in order to improve treatment compliance and promote positive outcomes. These services include: treatment planning, clinical oversight of the case, care coordination, aftercare planning, developing a daily schedule, routine urine drug screens, mobile breathalyzer devices (www.soberlink.com), GPS monitoring, initiating referrals, family updates, scheduling appointments, arranging transportation, identifying and coordinating employment and academic opportunities, resume building, career coaching, and mock interviewing.