You have found a great place for help. We are
here WHEN YOU NEED someone to talk to, when it fits your need. We can start by
phone and in some cases we can do the entire process by phone. TALK TO A
COUNSELOR -- Free introductory session
Talking with a phone
counselor is not much different than what you could expect from an office
visit. The therapy we offer at Our Fathers place, by way of the telephone, can
be as effective, or even more effective, than the traditional in-office visits.
You may have anxieties or concerns about office visits and may not be as
willing to open up and truly express your feelings and thoughts because it
seems too overwhelming or intimidating to sit down, face-to-face with a
counselor. By using the telephone, you can discuss without the
self-consciousness you may experience sitting across from a mental health
professional.
Start
gradually with a free consultation.
We offer a free 10
minute screening to ensure that you would like to work with a phone counselor,
as it is important that you feel that there is a good match. Once you choose
you can begin therapy in a way that feels most comfortable to you.
It
all starts with learning about your needs.
Your therapist may
initially ask you questions about your concerns; explore how your issues are
impacting your life, and what are some of your goals. You can choose the pace
at which you want to go. This means you can slowly address your issues, or you
can choose to share your problems in your initial phone session.
You can expect your phone counselor to be a non-judgmental, supportive
individual. He or she may ask you questions about your thoughts and feelings,
and help guide you to exploring issues surrounding your concerns. The
counselors at Our Father’s Place are invested in helping you to achieve the
goals you would like. They can help provide knowledge and tools that enable you
to deal more effectively with your problems, and to be prepared for you face to
face visit if required.
Privacy
Policy:
Our Father’s
Place Inc. collects minimal personal information. We believe that the
best way to ensure your private information stays private is to not collect it.
However, we do require that you provide enough personal information to sign up
for the services offered.
Our
privacy policy will provide you with our information collection and usage
practices to ensure you understand and are comfortable with these practices.
This policy applies to all information collected or submitted on WWW.OURFATHERSPLACE.COM or through our call
centers.
The
Information We Collect from Users:
Required Information:
Only your user name is provided
to the therapist when you enter into a counseling session, no other personal
information will be provided.
All personal
information is otherwise private, and will not be made available to any other
user, or any other person or entity in general, without the consent of the
user. You may add or update any of your information at any time.
Optional
information:
During registration
and at other times we may ask you for additional information to help improve
our offerings and provide better services to our users. You are never required
to provide this information, but if you choose to provide any information our
processes are designed so that the information you provide can not be
associated to your account. Examples of optional information requests are: Date
of birth, Gender, marital status, and race.
After a counseling
session and at other times we may ask you for feedback about your session and
the counselors you have interacted with to help improve our offerings and
provide better services to our users. You are never required to provide any
information, but if you choose to provide any information our processes are
designed so that the information you provide can not be associated to your
account.
From time to time we
may ask you to complete surveys. Participation in these surveys are
voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this
information. Information requested may include contact information (such as
name), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Survey
information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site and our processes are designed so that the
information you provide can not be associated to your account.
If you are engaging
in online therapy with a therapist or counselor, he or she should make you
aware of other exceptions to confidentiality such as, but is not limited to,
suspected cases of child abuse, dependent adult abuse, elder abuse, and in
cases where the client is a danger to self or to others.
IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING OR CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE OR FEEL THAT YOU MAY BE A DANGER TO YOURSELF OR TO OTHERS, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY CALL 911, NOTIFY THE POLICE OR CONTACT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.