Urgent Mental Health Care Services

Single session therapy is a form of brief therapy that focuses on current, minor crises and provides brief intervention, education, and resource referral as appropriate. This has become a common form of therapy in medical hospitals in various states, including hospitals here in Lubbock, for in-patient care or some specialty out-patient clinics. I primarily do these services the majority of my time at a hospital here in Lubbock, and have trained in this form of service delivery for going on four years.

This service is a way to support those who may only occasionally need services and are not in with a therapist currently, those with therapists with highly limited availability for exception sessions, or those who are struggling to find long-term treatment options. This service can also serve as a "triage" to see if you need to contact your therapist for a session or resume services if you're struggling to decide.

Am I a good fit for YOUR single session therapy services?

At this time, I have limited availability and am NOT AVAILABLE 24/7, so what I am appropriate for at this time is:

• Minor stressors: Feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, facing an inner conflict, struggling to find long-term therapy resources, seeking brief screening for mental illnesses to make decisions for on further assessment needs, etc.

• Moderate stressors: Feeling more depressed/anxious than usual and needing a little support, struggling to reduce social media use, processing local, state, and national news, experiencing a natural disaster, experiencing a car accident, etc.

• Major stressors: Having thoughts, but no plan or intent, to hurt yourself, kill yourself, or harm someone else

If you're a therapist, my services may also be an option for some of your clients if you're on vacation or out sick and need a backup to route your clients to. My current availability is listed below.

Is there anything I'll need to do before session?

Yes! You will need to fill out consent forms and the pre-session assessment. This assessment saves time in the actual session and helps me focus on what is most important to you for this one session. This includes current potential risk, current medications and professionals involved in your care, and your goals for this session. If you utilize the single session services multiple times over the course of the year, you will complete the pre-session assessment beforehand every time, but will only fill out consent forms once per year.

Can I fill out consent forms ahead of time so that I have less to do if I need your services?