Outpatient Services

T he Agape Outpatient Program is a community based

 mental health center which offers an umbrella of services

 in a variety of settings. Agape offers both mental health

and substance abuse treatment at our outpatient offices, located in both North and South Miami-Dade County. Further, specialized services are offered in clients' homes, at school, and at various specialized sites (as detailed below under programs).

Our counselors reflect a diverse range of cultural, age, and gender demographics, skills, and backgrounds. They are professional, compassionate, and highly qualified. They receive ongoing training, case collaboration, and contribute to a team-oriented environment.

Clients are referred through the courts, schools, The Department of Children and Families, TASC, The Advocate Program, The Department of Corrections, a variety of community partners, by families or friends, or self referred. Some clients are court ordered to complete treatment, while others are voluntary participants. All clients are treated with respect and dignity.

Daytime and evening appointments are offered in an effort to accommodate our clients. To make an appointment or ask questions, please call (305) 235-2616.

Programs in operation include:

The Adult Substance Abuse Program provides substance abuse treatment to both men and women through our outpatient offices in both North and South Miami-Dade County. This program helps individuals to disconnect form the cycle of substance abuse and begin a predictive lifestyle. Agape assists the individual in working through the various stages of recovery to become the best that they can be with motivation, determination, and positive living.

There are five levels of treatment within this program:

1. Substance Abuse Education - Participants are required to fulfill 8-12 educational group sessions (depending on client need), held one time per week.
2. Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment - This is a 16-week program which consists of outpatient substance abuse counseling one time per week and individual counseling 10-16 sessions over the duration of the program (determined according to client's need).
3. Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment - This is also a sixteen-week program in which clients receive outpatient substance abuse counseling and individual therapy. Participants on this level must attend groups two times per week (32 total) and 10-16 individual sessions (determined by therapist according to need).
4. Aftercare - This is a group which meets weekly and is focused on preventing relapse while providing support to clients who have graduated from levels II or III. Clients will attend 8-12 sessions before completion.

Services are funded through contracts with the Department of Corrections, Medicaid Insurance, and a sliding fee scale.

Outpatient Therapy provides mental health treatment to children and adults of both genders through our outpatient offices in both North and South Miami-Dade County. This program helps individuals to identify and manage problems or symptoms that they are facing in their lives. Some problems which are addressed include: depression, anxiety, anger management, coping with loss, marital or relationship difficulties, abuse and neglect, trauma, or emotional/behavioral problems with children. Services are individualized according to each client but include individual and/or family therapies. Counselors are assigned according to specialization and client comfort. Services are funded through Medicaid Insurance, a sliding fee scale, and grant funded programs.

Intensive Therapeutic On-Site Services are offered to children and adolescents within their homes or schools. Treatment includes individual and family therapies, behavior modification, and individualized treatment planning. Clients referred to this program must meet criteria for services and have Medicaid Insurance. These children will receive assessment, individualized treatment planning, and individual or family therapy a minimum of one time per week and up to five times per week, depending on client need. Agape operates a program in partnership with Holy Rosary Catholic Schools (in Perrine) which places a full time therapist on-site at the school to work with special education students who qualify. As families are willing, these students also receive services at home. Intensive therapeutic on-site services are not limited to Holy Rosary students and their families but are offered to any Medicaid enrolled child who qualifies and requires services. Agape offers 24 hour crisis intervention and on call availability as a support to children and families in treatment.
 

The Agape Community Based Counselor Program has a full time counselor and support staff placed full time at South Dade High School to work with at-risk adolescent girls. This is a grant-funded program by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Girls receive 12-16 weeks of individual, group, and family therapies, as well as case management, expressive arts intervention, field trips, health education, and incentives for success. Girls may be referred through any agency, school personnel, parent, or concerned party. They must meet risk factors pertaining to rebelliousness (i.e., defiance, disrespectful, breaking rules or the law), favorable attitudes towards negative behaviors (i.e., gang association/affiliation, identification with negative peers, thinks drug/alcohol use is cool), early and persistent problem behaviors (i.e., drug/alcohol/cigarette use, running away, can't control anger, fighting, isolation, unsafe sexual practices), or lack of commitment to school (i.e., dislikes school, suspensions, low grades, truancy, unmotivated).

For Further Information About Any of Our Services or Programs, Please Contact:
 
Tel. (305) 235-2616