Family
Life Counseling
Our Community Counseling
Service
available to anyone seeking help with personal issues.
Services to: Individuals, Couples, Families, and Groups
Marriage and Relationship Counseling
Child and Adolescent Counseling
Depression and Anger
Spiritual Issues
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DR. MARK
PELLETIER ~o0o~
LEE ANNE EKSTROM
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The Family Life Counseling 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 the
counseling process 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.
Therapy |
Confidentiality |
Disclosure
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Fees |
Hours
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THERAPY
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Seeking the services of a counselor is not an act to be entered into lightly,
as the material that is dealt with is usually very delicate and uncomfortable.
A counselor is dedicated to helping the client work through problems as
directly and sensitively as possible. Successful counseling 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. A counselor seeks 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 Counseling and our work. Feel free to discuss your
questions with your counselor. Washington state law requires us to share some
basic information with you.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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Counseling sessions are held in strict confidence. It is the client,
not the therapist, who determines whether information may be released.
No records are copied or released without your written permission.
Reports to physicians and insurance companies will not divulge personal
material that has been given in confidence.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 counselor 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 the
counselor would take necessary steps to secure the safety of the client
or others.
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DISCLOSURE [Top]
"Counselors practicing counseling for a fee must be registered or
certified with the Department of Health for the protection of public health
and safety. Registration of an individual with the department does not
include a recognition of any practice standards, nor necessarily implies the
effectiveness of any treatment." Clergy are not required to be
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RIGHTS OF CLIENTS
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It is appropriate for clients to raise questions about the counselor, the
therapeutic approach, and progress. As informed consumers it is the
client's responsibility to choose the counselor and counseling modality which
best suits their needs. Clients have the right to request a change in
counseling approach, referral to another counselor 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 Counseling holds its fees
below the prevailing community rate in an effort to extend counseling
services to more individuals. Your sessions may be all or partially
covered by mental health provisions in your health insurance policy.
Family Life Counseling will make every effort to satisfy policy requirements
for eligibility for coverage however the responsibility is yours to settle your
FLC office account as this agreement is with you and not your insurance
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HOURS [Top]
The office is open by appointment only. Days and hours for counseling
sessions are determined by the individual counselor. No walk-in hours
are available. Making an appointment is a contract between the
counselor 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. |
