Family
Life Services
Our Community
Service
is available to anyone seeking help with personal issues:
Individuals, Couples, Families, and Groups
Marriage and Relationships
Child and Adolescent Issues
Depression and Anger
Spiritual Issues
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DR. MARK
PELLETIER ~o0o~
LEE ANNE EKSTROM
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The Family Life Center is a non-profit
organization serving the Vancouver/ Portland area. We are committed to
the personal growth and wholeness of people and families and seek to use our
unique strategies to help our clients attain these goals.
Our office is located at 6712 NE 162nd
Street, Vancouver, WA 98686.
Call 360-600-8916 for an
appointment.
Services |
Confidentiality |Rights|
Fees |
Hours
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SERVICES
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Seeking the services of a family life specialist is not an act to be entered into lightly,
as the material that is dealt with is usually very delicate and uncomfortable.
Our relationship specialists are dedicated to helping the client work through problems as
directly and sensitively as possible. Successful growth also
requires that the client be dedicated to openness and honesty. Hiding
or denying only delays the resolution of the problem and prolongs the
emotional pain, sometimes even increasing it. Our specialists to be
both kind and effective to promote genuine emotional, relational and
spiritual healing. During the course of your relationship with us questions may arise about
Family Life Services and our work. Feel free to discuss your
questions with us.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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Our are held in strict confidence. It is the client who determines
whether information may be released. No records are copied or released
without your written permission. Exceptions to this rule are:
- State law mandates
that there is no confidentiality where child abuse or abuse of a
developmentally disabled adult has occurred within the last seven years.
- The specialist may also
be required to breach confidentiality in life threatening situations
where the client poses a clear and present danger to self and others or
is unable to provide minimum life-sustaining self-care. Here we would take necessary steps to secure the safety of the client
or others.
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RIGHTS OF CLIENTS
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It is appropriate for clients to raise questions about the specialist, the
strategic approach, and progress. As informed consumers it is the
client's responsibility to choose the situation which
best suits their needs. Clients have the right to request a change in
counseling approach, referral to another specialist or termination at any
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FEES [Top]
Fees are established during the initial session and may be adjusted according
to the client's ability to pay. Family Life Services holds its fees
below the prevailing community rate in an effort to extend services to more
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HOURS [Top]
The office is open by appointment only. Days and hours for counseling
sessions are determined by the individual specialist. No walk-in hours
are avaiable. Making an appointment is a contract between the
specialist and the client that both will be present at the appointed
time. We are aware that genuine emergencies do arise which preclude the
keeping of an appointment. If you must cancel please give 24 hours
notice. Voice mail is available 24 hours a day. Insufficient
notice may result in a charge of one-half the session fee as the time is
committed and others may not be scheduled at the last moment. |
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