Adult Outpatient Services

Outpatient psychiatric and counseling services are provided to individuals experiencing mental illness, alcoholism and drug abuse. Counseling and therapy help to develop the client's capacity to resolve and cope with emotional and behavioral problems, to prevent deterioration of the client's mental health, and to enhance the client's ability to function in the community. Individual, family, and group methods are provided by an interdisciplinary team of mental health professionals. The Center currently offers services for individuals, families and groups.

SWCC operates the following programs as part of its outpatient component: counseling services for probation, parole, and Detention Center clients; in-home services for seriously emotionally disturbed children; parent and community education; and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs).

Nursing and Medical Services

Psychiatric and nursing services are provided for children, adolescents and adults. The medical and nursing staff consists of psychiatrists, registered nurses, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, and a psychiatric case manager. The services provided in this program include psychiatric diagnostic evaluations, medication management, referrals and liaison to health care providers as well as linkage to other resources. The quality of care to consumers is enhanced by providing prompt access to the medical and nursing staff, crisis stabilization and continuity of care in a multidisciplinary team setting.

Comprehensive Community Support Services

The Center's CCSS program serves individuals with chronic mental illness or who are homeless and have a mental illness. This program is essential to the provision of meaningful community based services to individuals who are coming out of the state hospital or another inpatient service, or who are at high risk for inpatient services. Community support specialists conduct outreach, client assessment, service planning, advocacy, and networking, and provide a long-term, consistent helping relationship. The core of the program is its commitment to client-driven services provided through a collaborative, continuous-care team process.

Assertive Community Treatment

The ACT program is designed to work with those individuals that need more intense services to prevent deterioration of mental health and/or substance abuse issues and to increase consumer's ability to function in various aspects of their lives. This program has a small consumer to staff ratio, as well as a variety of staff expertise to assist in these endeavors. 

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program

This program is designed to educate clients in the skills necessary to become responsible, contributing members of our community. PSR is a service that works with adults diagnosed with severely disabling mental illnesses. Also known as the Downtown Friendship House, this program is structured as an integrated clubhouse and is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The different skill areas taught at PSR depend on the needs of our consumers. Basic living skills, psychosocial skills and therapeutic socialization are some of the classes that are provided.

Transitional Living Program

TheTransitional Living Center (TLC) is a 24-hour residential treatment program designed to teach clients the skills necessary to live in the community in an independent or supported setting. Behavioral and therapeutic interventions focus on individual, client-centered treatment plans that support positive change and decreased psychiatric hospitalization. This is a voluntary, approximately 120-day program, which serves adults over 18 years of age with a severe mental disorders. TLC also offers life skills training, resident empowerment groups, employment and educational support, recreation and a safe environment for which to reside.

Child and Adolescent Services