Our Therapy

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People who struggle with psychiatric disorders may feel as though there’s no hope. They may have also tried to get psychiatric disorders treatment in the past, only to find previous approaches ineffective. At Nurturing Arms Counseling Services, our licensed and compassionate professionals are ready to lend a helping hand.

When patients begin therapy at our Houston psychiatry clinic, they undergo an extensive psychiatric evaluation to determine the severity of their condition. During this process, our professionals gather information through a multidisciplinary assessment. The goal is to not only come up with a diagnosis but to also use the information to devise an individualized therapy plan. We work closely with patients to ensure the plan will address their specific needs, including medication-assisted therapy if needed.

Of course, no two patients who seek our help will have the same needs or suffer from the same exact condition. In most cases, however, medication alone won’t lead to improved mental health. Therefore, the Nurturing Arms Counseling Services psychiatric disorders treatment professionals employ numerous beneficial psychotherapy approaches that provide a solid foundation for growth.

Psychosocial rehabilitative services are social, behavioral, and cognitive interventions provided by members of an individual's therapeutic team that build on strengths and focus on restoring the individual's ability to develop and maintain social relationships, occupational or educational achievement, and other independent living skills that are affected by or the result of a serious mental illness in adults. Psychosocial rehabilitative services may also address the impact of co-occurring disorders upon the individual's ability to reduce symptomology and increase daily functioning. Psychosocial rehabilitative services that include but are not limited to, the following component services:

•  Independent living services.
•  Coordination services.
•  Employment related services.
•  Housing related services.
•  Medication related services.
•  Crisis related services.

Skills Training and Development services provides opportunities for the individual to acquire and improve skills needed to function as appropriately and independently as possible in the community and facilitates the individual's community integration and increases his or her community tenure. Skills training and development services consist of teaching an individual the following skills: 

 Skills for managing daily responsibilities (e.g., personal hygiene, medication management, managing bills, attending school, homework and performing chores). 

•  Communication Skills (e.g., effective communication and recognizing or change problematic communication styles).
•  Pro-Social Skills (e.g., replacing problematic behaviors with behaviors that are socially and culturally appropriate or developing interpersonal relationship skills necessary to function effectively with family, peers, teachers, or other people in the community).
•  Problem-Solving Skills.
•  Assertiveness Skills (e.g., resisting peer pressure, replacing aggressive behaviors with assertive behaviors, and expressing one's own opinion in a manner that is socially appropriate).

 
Case Management is a service provided on an ongoing basis that includes individual assessment, service plan development, arranging for necessary services, follow-up, and ongoing monitoring of client’s status and the services delivered. Through the provision of case management, clients access the services needed through a network of social service providers in the community. Case management provides a mechanism for managing a service delivery system that is fragmented and complicated. 

 No matter the psychiatric disorder, our experienced psychiatrists, therapists, and counselors, as well as other medical professionals, treat people of all ages with the care and compassion they deserve. Houston and Dallas psychiatric disorders treatment offers individualized therapy for a variety of conditions, including: 

• ADHD
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
• Stress
• Anger
• Relationship or Marriage Challenges
• Addiction
• Abuse
• Family Issues

Medication training and support services consist of education and guidance regarding medications and their possible side effects. Medication Training Support assists an individual in:

•  Understanding the nature of an adult's serious mental illness or a child or adolescent's   SED.
•  Understanding the concepts of recovery and resilience within the context of the serious mental illness.
•  Understanding the role of the individual's prescribed medications in reducing symptoms and increasing or maintaining the individual's functioning.
•  Identifying and managing the individual's symptoms and potential side effects of the individual's medication.
•  Learning the contraindications of the individual's medication.
•  Understanding the overdose precautions of the individual's medication.
•  Learning self-administration of the individual's medication.

With a NACS substance use disorder psychiatrist, therapy takes on many forms. Every individual patient can expect a personalized approach to his or her recovery. That means a comprehensive and holistic approach to wellness as well as a variety of therapies. 

 Substance abuse disorder therapy is about far more than ending substance abuse. It’s about finding true wellness and mental health. At NASC patients can work toward freedom and fulfillment in all areas of life. 

Crisis intervention services are interventions provided in response to a crisis in order to reduce or manage symptoms of serious mental illness or SED and to prevent admission of an individual to a more restrictive environment. Crisis intervention services consist of the following interventions:

•  An assessment of dangerousness of the individual to self or others.
•  The coordination of emergency care services in accordance with §412.314 of this title (relating to Access to Mental Health Community Services).
•  Behavior skills training to assist the individual in reducing distress and managing symptoms.
•  Problem-solving.
•  Reality orientation to help the individual identify and manage his or symptoms of serious mental illness or SED.
•  Providing instruction, structure, and emotional support to the individual in adapting to and coping with immediate stressors.