Community Clinical Settings List
The following are a list of community clinical settings where Troy University students have interned in the past.
SpectraCare
SpectraCare Health Systems is a regional, community-based system that provides mental
health, substance abuse, and intellectual disability services in Southeast Alabama
in Barbour, Dale, Geneva, Henry and Houston Counties.
Pathway Inc.
Is a residential adolescent treatment facility. A licensed clinical psychologist supervises
a comprehensive clinical assessment and renders diagnoses. The evaluations are the
fundamental basis for developing individualized treatment plans for each client. Clinical
Director actively supervises the provision of group, individualized, and family therapies
by certified, masters level therapists. Weekly treatment team meetings are designed
to ensure participation, coordination, continuity and quality of care. This process
engages staff members, families and clients in identifying specific needs and establishing
goals leading to positive family outcomes. Pathway is renowned for its rich and colorful
history of vocational development. Pathway is licensed by the Alabama State Department
of Education to provide both regular and special education classes.
Youth Villages
Youth Villages delivers a variety of services to emotionally and behaviorally troubled
children and their families with the goal of restoring a supportive family system
around each child. Programs include intensive in-home services for infants to 18-years-old,
transitional living services for former foster children, residential treatment campuses,
and intensive residential treatment centers. Other programs include specialized crisis
services, foster care, adoption, and mentoring. Youth Villages serves more than 20,000
children and families each year from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C.
Laurel Oaks Behavioral Health Center
Laurel Oaks is a 100+ bed psychiatric hospital and residential treatment center for
children and adolescents ages 4 to 18, who have severe psychiatric disorders, developmental
delays, substance abuse problems, high risk behaviors, or who are victims of abuse
and/or neglect. The site houses a school, cafeteria, and recreational areas. Treatment
services include medication management, individual, group and family therapies, group
psycho-education (with focus on development of social, communication, and daily living
skills, problem solving and anger management/ coping skills), and family support and
education.
Living Waters
Living Waters, located in Headland, Alabama, offers Christian counseling services
in the following areas: marriage and family, individual, adolescent, Employee Assistance
Programs, mental health, substance abuse, and art therapy. They also provide a number
on non-clinical services including support groups, mentoring programs, pastor and
minister care, lay counseling, community benevolence, and sexual addiction counseling.
Living Waters also serves as the Henry County Family Services Center, a referral resource
for social service needs.
Behavioral Medicine Unit
The Behavioral Medicine Unit at Southeast Alabama Medical Center is a medically supervised
and licensed facility offering individual program plans for adults 19 years and older.
The mission of the Behavioral Health team is to provide adult crisis intervention,
stabilization, and treatment. The team consists of board-certified psychiatrists,
certified psychiatric nurses, a mental health clinical specialist, licensed professional
counselors, occupational therapists, and mental health associates who implement treatment
plans and monitor patient progress toward individual treatment goals.
AltaCare
1-334-794-4582
AltaCare provides outpatient psychiatric programs for adults, adolescents, and children
dealing with depression, acute stress and anxiety, loss or grief issues, and other
psychiatric or behavioral problems. AltaCare also provides chemical dependency services
to treat substance abuse issues based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
and Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
The Exchange Center for Child Abuse Prevention
The Exchange Center specializes in caring for victims of abuse and their families.
Each year, they care for over 600 people of all ages and genders through free counseling,
support groups, parenting classes, in-home support for families at high risk for abuse,
and public trainings that include abuse identification and reporting.
Child & Family Services of Dothan
Child & Family Services offers individual therapy, educational consultation, tutoring,
learning and study skills training, Employee Assistance services, marital and family
counseling, and group therapy. They also offer psychological assessments and specialized
interventions for children on the autism spectrum through the LEAP program. The Learning
Center provides after-school tutoring in all subject areas, home school support, test
proctoring, course credits, and a variety of summer programs.
Southeast Psychiatric Services (SPS)
Southeast Psychiatric Services has 6 psychiatrists on staff, including general, geriatric,
and a board certified child & adolescent psychiatrist. SPS provides both inpatient
and outpatient treatment for all ages. SPS also offers virtual reality therapy for
the treatment of phobias, as well as light and sound therapy for the treatment of
depression, chronic fatigue, and stress.
Chemical Addictions Recovery Effort (CARE)
CARE is a non-profit agency that provides prevention, intervention, treatment, and
recovery services for individuals and their families who are dealing with addiction.
CARE services are available in 6 Florida counties: Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson
and Washington. Services include outpatient counseling for adolescents and adults,
a 15-bed detox unit, and a 24-hour residential facility for women in recovery. Through
its ALPHA program, CARE seeks to prevent drug use among high-risk youth in grades
4-6 by offering individual and group counseling sessions. CARE also offers educational
programs aimed at prevention, drug-free workplace seminars, Drug Alcohol Traffic Education
for new drivers, and Employee Assistance Programs.
Easterling Correctional
Easterling Correctional Facility, located near Clio, Alabama, houses 652 medium custody
inmates in a 30-acre campus-style complex. Easterling has a dorm dedicated to drug
treatment for inmates who have a history of substance abuse. A staff of drug counselors
manages approximately 170 inmates involved in the program, including aftercare.
Smith Counseling
1-229-524-5590
Smith Counseling offers individual and family counseling in Donaldsonville, Georgia.
Army Substance Abuse Program
Located at the Lyster Army Health Clinic, the Army Substance Abuse Program provides
preventive training and outpatient treatment for alcohol and drug rehabilitation.
Certified addiction counselors provide assessments, individual and group counseling,
and relapse prevention with the goal of strengthening the overall fitness and productivity
of the Army’s workforce and enhancing the combat readiness of its soldiers.
Wiregrass Hope Group
Wiregrass Hope Group is faith-based nonprofit organization with a trusted community
presence for over 30 years. Our staff and volunteers are committed to a Biblical approach
as they help others in their time of need. Our services include the pregnancy center's
nine-session educational program and ultrasounds, fatherhood program, group Bible
studies, Christian counseling, and our character education program to the schools.
Internships with Wiregrass Hope Group are a volunteer opportunity. We have a limited
number of slots. If you desire to help others through a Biblical approach to counseling,
we have a steady base of clients and trained counseling staff with both LPC and ALC
credentials who will help you with your internship needs. We also may have opportunities
working with our pregnancy center clients or students in the middle and high schools.
Potential applicants should be near the end of their academic program and seeking
hours for their internship courses. For more information contact Jeremiah Dalton at
334-793-5433 or counseling@wiregrasshope.com.