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Premier Behavioral Health Services
Treatment Center
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Fees
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Insurance
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- Medicare
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Qualifications
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Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Coping Skills
- Personality Disorders
- Mood Disorders
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Dementia
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Medication Management
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Testing and Evaluation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Veterans
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Participants
Communities
Age
Participants
Communities
Programs and Services
Out / Inpatient
- Intensive Outpatient Program
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Groups
Adult DBT IOP
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IOP provides group therapy in a safe, supportive, and validating environment. With treatment, patients develop core skills to cope with life's challenges and effectively manage mental health problems. This program is designed for patients with the following diagnoses: * Anxiety * Depression * Eating Disorders * Bipolar Disorders * Self-harm behaviors, suicidal thoughts, or attempts. Our IOPs are designed to help you master the skills needed to overcome life's challenges. The program consists of 24 sessions over 8 weeks with rolling entry at any time. Group meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We offer two times to fit all schedules
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Group Meets
Location
Premier Behavioral Health Services
8701 Mentor Avenue
Mentor, OH 44060
Adult Dual Diagnosis IOP
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The Adult Dual Diagnosis Intensive Outpatient Program is designed for the treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems. Core skills include: * Relapse Prevention Strategies * Avoiding and eliminating cues ; Adaptive Denial Building a Life Worth Living Observing Urges * Alternate Rebellion * Mindfulness *Attention and Concentration * Distress Tolerance * Emotion Regulation and Crisis Management * Interpersonal Effectiveness *Relationships and Communication * Self-Management Skills
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Types of Therapy
Age
Group Meets
Location
Premier Behavioral Health Services
8701 Mentor Avenue
Mentor, OH 44060
Adult MBSR IOP
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The Adult Mindfully-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) DBT IOP program is based upon the principals of Dialectal Behavioral Therapy with an emphasis on the practice on mindfulness and meditation to train the mind to develop effective ways of dealing with: *Life's stressful situations *Chronic illness *Chronic pain *Mental and physical health problems *Other challenges that require the application of acceptance and change strategies. MBSR has been proven to effectively decrease chronic pain and the need for copious amounts of medication. This program consists of 24 sessions over 8 weeks with rolling entry at any time.
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Group Meets
Location
Premier Behavioral Health Services
8701 Mentor Avenue
Mentor, OH 44060
Location
Primary Location
Premier Behavioral Health Services
8701 Mentor Avenue
Mentor, OH 44060
(440) 703-6685Email us
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