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UPPER BAY
COUNSELING &
SUPPORT SERVICES, INC

Helping Individuals ~ Strengthening Families ~ Uniting Communities

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Adult Services

On this page:
Getting Started  /  therapy  /  Counseling  /  Medication  /  Psychological Testing  /  Treatment for Co-Occurring  /  Adult Psychiatric Rehab  /  Adult Residential Program  /  Adult Recovery Outpatient Services   /  Supported Employment Program   /  Health Home Services   /  Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) /

Getting Started

When you first come for treatment, you will go through an “Intake and Assessment.” This consists of a series of routine questions about your current concerns and functioning, as well as making a diagnostic impression and taking time with you to develop your treatment goals.

Your assessment will be completed by a licensed, experienced mental health professional. If you need a court-ordered evaluation, these are also available.

To schedule an appointment, click here for contact information.

Adult Recovery Services

All adult recovery services continue to be provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.  All staff are using a combination of telehealth and face to face visits to provide services.  All face to face visits are provided following current CDC guidelines.

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)-Cecil County

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a form of community-based mental health care for individuals experiencing serious mental illness that interferes with their ability to live in the community, attend appointments with professionals in clinics and hospitals, and manage mental health symptoms.  ACT is designed to deliver mental health services that are person-centered and individualized to address each person’s needs.  The mission of ACT is to help people become more independent and integrate into the community as they experience recovery.

For additional information, including eligibility requirements, please see Assertive Community Treatment FAQ’s

For a list of Priority Population Diagnosis’, please click here. 

For referral to the ACT program, please use this referral form.

 

Adult Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP)-Cecil and Harford Counties

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP) services are designed to use a strengths based perspective to recognize and build on an individual’s inherent strengths.  Our PRPs use a combination of group and individual services to help an individual cope with severe and persistent mental illness, while building on existing community supports and helping them to access appropriate community resources.

For additional information, including eligibility requirements, please see our PRP FAQ’s.

For a list of Priority Population Diagnosis’, please click here.

For referral to the PRP program, please use this referral form. 

 

Sunrise Residential Rehabilitation Program (RRP)-Cecil County

Residential Rehabilitation Program (RRP) provides housing and supportive services to single individuals. The goal of residential rehabilitation is to provide services that will support an individual to transition to independent housing of their choice. Residential Rehabilitation Programs provide 24/7 staff support around areas of personal needs such as medication monitoring, independent living skills, symptom management, stress management, relapse prevention planning with linkages to employment, education and/or vocational services, crisis prevention and other services that will help with the individual’s recovery.

For additional information, including eligibility requirements, please see our RRP FAQ’s.

For a list of Priority Population Diagnosis’, please click here.

For referral to the RRP program, please use this referral form. 

 

Supported Employment Program (SEP)-Cecil County

Supported Employment Programs (SEP) specialize in employment placement and will help identify desired employment, provide employment training, and assist in maintaining independent employment to individuals whose employment opportunities have been limited or interrupted due to mental illness.

For additional information, including eligibility requirements, please see our SEP FAQ’s. 

For a list of Priority Population Diagnosis’, please click here.

For referral to the SEP program, please use this referral form. 

 

Ways to Wellness Health Home Program –Cecil and Harford Counties-Adult and Child Services

Health Homes assist participants of all ages in improving overall wellness through a whole-person approach to addressing their behavioral, somatic, and social needs.  This is accomplished through connecting participants and caregivers to the myriad of supports and services available to them, offering health promotion activities, monitoring both somatic and behavioral health needs, and assisting with transitional care. The Health Home becomes the locus of care, building participants’ self-management capacity while reducing avoidable hospital usage and ultimately improving outcomes.

For additional information, including eligibility requirements, please see our Ways to Wellness FAQ’s. 

Counseling: Individual, Family & Group

Counseling assists you with understanding your problems, setting specific goals that can help you to resolve your problems, and then working toward those goals.

Individual counseling

Each client works in confidence with a therapist in an exclusive, one-to-one relationship. The therapist tailors your treatment to meet your specific needs and goals.

Family counseling

In family counseling sessions, the therapist assists you and your family members to manage issues which are creating stress in your relationships. These sessions may occur in many ways: with a child and parent, with only siblings, with both parents, with a parent and step-parent, or with all family members including blended family members.

Group counseling

In group counseling sessions, clients work together to learn more about the triggers to their problems, to discover possible solutions and to support each other in making changes. A therapist leads the group, encourages participation, and offers suggestions for success.

Home-Based Services

Staff members provide individual and family services in homes of individuals served. This service is currently limited to clients with Maryland Medical Assistance benefits. Prior to the start of and home-based treatment, the staff member will address the importance of safety issues and professional boundaries. See our blog post for more information about this program. (For this service, please contact Intake and Assessment and make your request for home-based services.)

Medication Evaluation & Management

At any time during treatment, you may be referred to one of our prescribers, either a psychiatrist or nurse practitioner, to determine if medication would be beneficial. A medication evaluation would then be provided. If medication is recommended for you, the psychiatrist or nurse practitioner will oversee your ongoing medication management.

Note: All clients who receive medication through Upper Bay Counseling will be assigned to a therapist/case manager to follow up on their treatment.

Psychological Testing

For Psychological Testing, one of Upper Bay’s Psychologists uses standardized instruments to assess the cognitive, emotional, and/or personality functioning of individuals. Psychological testing can confirm the presence of mental health symptoms, determine the presence of a mental health diagnosis, and offer treatment recommendations. Specific areas addressed include problems with attention, suitability for medical procedures such as bariatric surgery, spinal cord nerve stimulators, and hepatitis C treatment, as well as substantiating a need for accommodations for college students.

Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders

“Co-Occurring Disorders” is a term used to identify the presence of both a mental health and a substance use disorder. Replacing the prior term “dual diagnosis,” co-occurring disorders was a term developed to better indicate that mental health and substance use disorders co-exist simultaneously and are interactive.

There are a significant number of people who are faced with the challenges of living with co-occurring disorders. Among people who have a mental health disorder, fifty percent also have a substance use disorder, and of those with a substance use disorder, over sixty five percent also experience a mental health disorder.

Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders

Previously, individuals with co-occurring disorders have had to seek treatment for each disorder at different agencies. One agency to assist with mental health issues, and a different agency for help with substance use issues. With this approach, each disorder was treated separately, by different providers.

In recent years evidence-based practice has demonstrated that those with co-occurring disorders experience an increase in success when mental health and substance use treatment is integrated, with both issues treated at the same time by the same provider. The integrated treatment model offers an individual with co-occurring disorders an opportunity to address both issues at once and eliminates the need to have two separate agencies or counselors.

Upper Bay Counseling & Support Services, Inc. has recognized the treatment challenges that individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders have faced when seeking help and has responded by developing and providing integrated treatment options for those with co-occurring disorders.

The integrated treatment services at Upper Bay Counseling:

  • Delivers treatment for both mental health and substance use disorders simultaneously, at one location.
  • Focuses on the specialized, individualized needs of the co-occurring individual from assessment to treatment completion.
  • Offers individual, couples, family, group therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation program (PRP) services focused on serving those with co-occurring disorders.
  • Offers medication evaluation and medication management based on the needs of the co-occurring individual.
  • Provides staff trained and credentialed to treat both disorders, eliminating the need to attend separate treatment programs or have two different counselors.
  • Promotes a treatment relationship that demonstrates respect, dignity, compassion, and sensitivity for each treatment participant.
  • Is client centered, strengths based, and voluntary.

Upper Bay Counseling & Support Services, Inc. has recognized the treatment challenges that individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders have faced when seeking help and has responded by developing and providing integrated treatment options for those with co-occurring disorders.

Gambling Services

Program Description:
Upper Bay Counseling & Support Services, Inc. offers no cost treatment for anyone concerned about their own gambling, or the gambling of a loved one or friend.  Services include individual therapy with a skilled clinician. Co-occurring treatment for additional mental health disorders, connection to resources to support you or your loved one and psycho-education on the effects of gambling on the gambler or loved one.

Population Served:
This service is available to adults.

Settings:
No cost gambling services are located in Cecil County & Harford County.

Days and Hours of Service:
Gambling services are offered by appointment during normal business hours.

Frequency of Services:
The frequency of services are determined by each consumer’s individual needs.

For More Information, Click Here.