TYPES OF COUNSELING

MENTOR

COUNSELING

LIFE SKILLS

VOLUNTEER

TYPES OF COUNSELING

PROCEDURES AND AGREEMENT

INTERNSHIP/PRACTICUM

TRAINING SCHEDULE

SOTM provides low-fee counseling for individuals, couples, families and groups.

Individual Therapy - is one-to-one discussion for the purpose of providing support, assisting the client in coping with life stress and in learning to change their behavior and feelings.

Group Therapy - is based on the belief that individuals with similar difficulties can share concerns and be supportive of each other; this support often facilitates change.

Counseling Goals: The primary goals of the SOTM Counseling Program are:

To provide a support system to help clients overcome obstacles interfering with daily living

To assist clients in coping with crises or other immediate needs in their lives.

To assist clients in developing emotional autonomy and clarifying goals.

To provide a referral source to other community agencies when needed.

To consult with other mental health professionals concerning the emotional well being of clients.

To provide short-term counseling services to clients with emotional problems.

To assist clients in making adjustment to changes.

We also serve as a training center for interns who are working toward licenses in social work, MFT or just in need of more hands on training. Services are provided by interns and trained peer counselors.

An intake interview is required before assignment is made to a counselor.

SOTM is a 501(c) 3 organization and is supported by client fees, grants, funds raised by special events, and direct donations and bequests. For more information about supporting our efforts, please see the donation section on this site.

Pre-Appointment Forms

We would like for you to complete Pre-Appointment Forms before your actual appointment. This provides us with some background information about you that will allow us more time during our initial session to get to know you and how to best provide you with support.

There are several options about how to accomplish this:

You can come 20 minutes prior to your Intake Appointment to fill them out in the waiting room; or
You can pick them up at the SOTM, office in advance of your appointment during normal working hours and fill them out at your leisure; or
You can print and complete the necessary forms at home and bring them to your initial appointment.

The Pre-Appointment Forms include the following:

The Intake Form that collects demographic, identifying information, information on past history, and your current situation.
The Informed Consent Form for services which provides information about our counseling service. Please print out and sign a second copy for you to keep.
The Policy and Procedures Form We are required by law to give you this document and ask you to acknowledge receipt of the form.

24-hour cancellation of an appointment is desired.

SLIDING FEE SCALE

To keep our services and programs affordable, SOTM utilizes a sliding fee scale based on clients' family income and family size. SOTM charges a reasonable fee that the individual or family is able to pay. The fee is set up during the phone assessment. All fees are due prior to the start of each session unless other payment arrangements have been approved in advance. No one is turned away due to lack of funds. Our fee scale, which reflects our underlying approach to this organization, is designed to enable individuals at all income levels to afford counseling services.

AVERAGE FEES FOR SERVICE

Individual Counseling	Couples Counseling	Group Counseling
Intake No charge	Intake No charge	Intake No charge
Sessions 1-2 No charge	Sessions 1-2 No charge	Sessions as indicated
3-12 each session $15	3-12 each session $20 per couple	Group Screening No charge

Our policy is that no client will be denied services due to inability to pay.

REFERRALS: Therapists reserve the right to suggest to a client to an outside service if issues presented would require long-term counseling and therapy interventions, if the need is outside the scope of SOTM’s professional expertise or personal competency; or if there is a break in the protocol or trust between a counselor and client.