Service Category Spotlight: Counseling and Therapy
This year, Clarvida introduced Service Category Leaders who are responsible for supporting, improving and growing service lines that will drive the most growth, revenue and impact for Clarvida. They will also identify and implement processes that help Clarvida deliver a best-in-class employee experience and best-in-class care for our clients.
Our Service Category Leaders have created an overview of our key services, and we are introducing each service to help people learn more about the incredible work at Clarvida. We are proud to spotlight Counseling and Therapy, written by the service lead, Cindy Greer, who is based in Arizona.
Cindy Greer
Counseling and Therapy Lead
Tell us about the service category:
Counseling typically involves working with a mental health counselor on a specific challenge for a limited amount of time. For example, counseling can help you if you’re having problems with your marriage. You may see a marriage counselor to help learn how to improve communication with your spouse.
Therapy typically can be more long-term and focuses on you as a person and how you see yourself, your thoughts, and your behaviors, as well as the underlying patterns of why you do the things you do. For example, if you were suffering from anxiety, you and your mental health therapist can explore how anxiety, our past history including trauma and how it impacts your everyday. Therapy is goal focused based off where the client is and their treatment goals.
What are the significant service lines?
Counseling and therapy can be provided to children, youth, and/or adults and includes individual group and family therapy. Services are provided in the home, community and/or office.
What is our annual impact?
In 2023, we served over 24,000 clients through more than 241,000 services.
Who do we hire?
Staff working as a counselor are typically a master’s level staff with a degree in counseling, psychology, substance use, marriage and family therapy or social worker. They typically work under the direct supervision of a licensed behavioral health therapist.
Staff providing therapy can be Master’s level without license (e.g. LAC, LASW); however typically are independent licensed staff. This would include Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In addition, many therapists are trained in evidence based best practice such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).