CARF Accredited

Hours of Operation:				Location:
Monday 9:00 to 7:00				4 North Avenue
Tuesday 9:00 to 9:00				Suite 306
Wednesday 9:00 to 9:00				Bel Air MD 21014
Thursday 9:00 to 7:00				(410) 420-7292
Friday 9:00 to 5:00				Fax: (410) 420-7276

 Saturday by appointment

Overview

Alliance, Inc. Outpatient Mental Health Clinic is located in Bel Air MD. The Alliance Clinic services children, adolescents, adults & senior citizens with emotional, mental and behavior disorders. With the belief that treatment must focus on an individual's abilities and personal resources, the Alliance Clinic helps individuals alleviate their distress and move toward their personal aspirations.

Clinic Services

Evaluations

• Psychological Evaluations: Help the individual decide on the nature and scope of emotional or behavioral difficulties they are experiencing. This process also identifies strengths and resources that the individual brings to their situations(s).
• Psychiatric Evaluations: Address biological processes which cause or contribute to emotional or behavioral problems

Psychiatric Interventions

• Medication Monitoring
• Medication Adjustments
• Medications plus short term therapy

Therapies

• Individual Therapy
• Family Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Couples Therapy

Kinds of Problems Addressed

• Dual Diagnosis
• Depression
• Anxiety/Stress/Panic
• Attention Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders
• Impulse Disorders
• Attachment Disorders

Populations Served: Children

• Adolescents
• Adults
• Senior Citizens

Treatment Coordination Collaboration with local providers and physicians is done as needed for the Consumer. Alliance also provides the following services locally.

• Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program
• Off-Site Rehabilitation Program
• Residential Rehabilitation Program
• Case Management Program
• Supported Employment Program
• Forensic Services
• Core Service Agencies

School-Based Mental Health Program Advantages

• Therapist is assigned to each school which helps therapist get to know school staff as well as students.
• Therapy is performed in the school with minor disruptions in child's learning and convenient in that parents are not required to find transportation to get to therapy
• Interventions from the therapist might involve teachers, administrative staff and even other students in groups.
• Therapist can monitor with personal observations student's progress or problems.
• Should a crisis occur the therapist is on site to handle it.
• Parents have the option of coming to the school for family therapy which should help with stigma and convenience.
• Many serious problems are dealt with in early stages before time makes the problem more difficult to resolve.