A Helping Hand of Wilmington

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Care setting

• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Treatment Approaches

• Activity therapy
• Anger management
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Trauma-related counseling

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for tobacco use

Testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening

Pharmacotherapies

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adult men
• Adult women
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Members of military families
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Seniors or older adults
• Veterans
• Young adults

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Insurance carriers

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• TRICARE

• Cash or self-payment
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Other State funds
• Private health insurance
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Counseling focus

• The practice describes work on emotional coping, communication, problem-solving and patterns of using substances or behaviors to manage difficult feelings.

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Recovery Support Services

• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Individual counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Illness management and recovery
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Suicide prevention services

Facility operation

• Private for-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Mental health clinic or mental health center
• State Substance use treatment agency
• State department of health
• State mental health department

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

At a glance

• In-person and virtual counseling
• Individualized therapy goals
• Online contact form for intake

Contact

Therapy methods

• Its published information identifies cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapy among clinicians’ approaches. The method used should be discussed with the treating therapist.

Session format

• Individual sessions generally last 45–50 minutes, although shorter appointments may be available. The practice offers office-based and virtual sessions, with frequency and duration discussed individually.

Couples and referrals

• Couples counseling addresses communication, trust and relationship conflict. The practice describes referral and collaboration with other professionals when additional expertise is needed.

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

First appointment

• After a contact form is submitted, Jim Hembree contacts the prospective client to arrange intake and answer questions. The therapist then helps develop a customized plan.