In-Home Evaluations and Consultations
What Is It?
This service provides the convenience and effectiveness of family counseling right in your own home. Your counselor is a state licensed psychotherapist with years of experience working with families, individuals, and difficult youth.
In-Home Assessment and Family Counseling focuses on helping you get more of what you want in your family interactions; your family and the counselor work together to define and achieve your goals.
Counseling sessions are individually tailored to fit your family needs; scheduled as frequently as needed, with sessions declining in intensity with positive change. This approach is designed to create positive change quickly, providing “tools” to apply changes across new situations and family transitions.
If the need arises, your In-Home counselor will work with you in coordinating services with schools and other community agencies, programs, and health providers. If/When this service is necessary to facilitate, the counselor will provide consultation via phone conference or meet with the respective parties at the school or other locations.
(If for any reason you prefer an office setting or other location for part or all of services, it will be held at The Circle of Life Counseling Center.)
Why “In-Home” Assessment and Family Counseling?
In-home assessment and family counseling can provide advantages, increasing the
opportunities for positive change to occur. These advantages include:
- Family counseling in your own home gives you a comfortable, familiar, and confidential place, which often helps make the process more effective for your family, and provides opportunity for the counselor to get a true picture of family interactions.
- Your family can try out changes in the place you interact the most. This often makes it easier for your family to apply new behaviors in real life situations.
- Flexible scheduling: Evening appointments are available to accommodate your busy schedule.
- In-Home Counseling is convenient for you: no travel time to and from a clinic, and less problems coordinating everyone’s schedules (evening and Saturday hours available, too).
Who Can Benefit?
Your Family is Likely to Benefit from In-Home Assessment and Family counseling if
any of the following apply:
- Your child/adolescent is struggling with emotional and/or behavioral problems.
- You are frustrated with parenting a difficult child (one who often argues, often refuses to comply, often gets angry or spiteful, threatens, or is destructive).
- Your child/adolescent is diagnosed ADD/ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Depressive or Dysthymic Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, etc., and your family is struggling to maintain effective interactions.
- Your family has experienced unusual stress and one or more of you are having difficulties due to it.
- There’s a lot of unproductive arguing and tension among family members.
- Your child/adolescent is having difficulties now and has a history of emotional/behavioral medication, past mental health hospitalizations, or traditional counseling has not been helpful.
- Counseling is recommended but you (or a family member) are physically disabled or for other reasons have difficulty getting to an office setting for counseling.
How Does It Work?
The 1st visit is 2 to 4 hours, and is spent observing the family dynamics and talking with you and your family, gathering information about your concerns and areas of difficulty. At the 2nd visit, usually within 48 hours, we will discuss the results of the assessment and possible treatment goals to address the areas of concern. We will help you formulate goals and make a ‘plan of action’ implementing both short and long term goals.
Counseling sessions will be scheduled to meet your needs. At the end of the month we will review the goals and discuss the progress. Contact and consultation outside of the scheduled counseling session will be available during the month to support the ‘plan of action’ and encouragement to achieve the goals, if necessary.
How Much Does It Cost?
In-Home Intake/Assessment (two plans):
BASIC PLAN
$565/Family (3-6 members) In-Home Family Dynamic Evaluation & Treatment Plan (Includes:
- Consultation with Treatment Team (in office) with one or two primary family members (60-90 min)
- In-Home Observation / Evaluation by Treatment Team (2-4hrs);
- Treatment Plan (4-6 week plan, 6-8 week plan, 8-12 week plan);* *Your plan could be shorter or longer depending on the severity and/or complications of your unique situation*
- Waived fee of $165 for 1st Family Session of Treatment Plan after Treatment Plan is initiated.
$685/Family (7-10 members) In-Home Family Dynamic Evaluation & Treatment Plan (Includes:
- Consultation with Treatment Team (in office) with one or two primary family members (60-90 min)
- In-Home Observation / Evaluation by Treatment Team (2-4hrs);
- Treatment Plan (4-6 week plan, 6-8 week plan, 8-12 week plan);* *Your plan could be shorter or longer depending on the severity and/or complications of your unique situation*
- Waived fee of $185 for 1st Family Session of Treatment Plan after Treatment Plan is initiated.
INTENSE PLAN
$1465/Family (3-6 members) In-Home Family Dynamic Evaluation & Treatment Plan Includes:
- Consultation with Treatment Team (in office) with one or two primary family members (60-90 min)
- In-Home Observation / Evaluation by Treatment Team (2-4hrs);
- Treatment Plan (4-6 week plan, 6-8 week plan, 8-12 week plan)* *Your plan could be shorter or longer depending on the severity and/or complications of your unique situation*
- Waived fee of $165 for 1st Family Session of Treatment Plan after Treatment Plan is initiated;
- 4-weeks of 2x a week In-Home Family Counseling. ($1320 value)
- Payment arrangements can be made: (Three payments of $421.66)
$1585/Family (7-10 members) In-Home Family Dynamic Evaluation & Treatment Plan Includes:
- Consultation with Treatment Team (in office) with one or two primary family members (60-90 min)
- In-Home Observation / Evaluation by Treatment Team (2-4hrs);
- Treatment Plan (4-6 week plan, 6-8 week plan, 8-12 week plan)* *Your plan could be shorter or longer depending on the severity and/or complications of your unique situation*
- Waived fee of $185 for 1st Family Session of Treatment Plan Support and Guidance after Treatment Plan is initiated;
- 4-weeks of 2x a week In-Home Family Counseling. ($1480.00 Value)
- Payment arrangements can be made: (Three payments of $495.00)
For more information about Circle of Life’s In-Home Assessment/Evaluation and Family Counseling Plan or to schedule your In-Home Assessment/Evaluation, call us at 801.879.1327 or send a confidential email to: