Family Centered Treatment
Preferred Choice Healthcare is excited to announce that we are offering Family Centered Treatment in Rutherford and Cleveland Counties!
The mission of Preferred Choice Healthcare (PCH) is to provide professional services to individuals suffering difficulties arising from mental health and substance related concerns in a holistic framework based upon the values of respect, integrity, and dignity. PCH strives to communicate these core values by demonstrating emapathetic, authentic, and genuine care in all of our efforts in meeting your unique needs,
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What is FCT?
Family Centered Treatment (FCT) was developed as a model of treatment for use in the provision of intensive in-home services. FCT origins derive
from practitioners' efforts to find simple, common sense solutions for families faced with forced removal of their children from the home or dissolution of the family due to external and internal stressors and circumstances. Out of a desire and mission to create opportunity for lasting change for families that were seemingly stuck in a downward spiral, grew a practice approach that is non-traditional, yet grounded in the use of treatment components that are sound and research-based. Eco-Structural Family Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and the Peers Helping Peers model provide the theoretical framework from which FCT has developed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Choose FCT?
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It is a researched, viable alternative to residential, hospitalization, and other community based programs.
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FCT believes sustainable change and lasting outcomes are achieved when people accept the value of the improvements
It gets to the function of the behaviors they have made in their lives. -
It gets to the function of behaviors rather than simply treating the symptoms.
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FCT is based on the belief that family members are independent parts of a larger system, each with their own view of the situation.
How does it Work?
Family Centered Treatment is a multifaceted, systemic model. FCT clinicians conduct an intensive Family Centered Evaluation during the first 30 days. During that time FCT clinicians also join with parents to support them in regaining authority in the home. It is in this profound therapeutic relationship that clinicians are given permission to restructure destructive family behaviors/patterns and assist the family in behaving in accordance to their identified family goals. These new family behaviors are practiced repeatedly, challenged, and woven into the family's way of relating to each other and to the outside world.
Finally, families are given the opportunity to give back to their community, thereby generalizing and strengthening their new skills and commitment to growth and stability.
Who Does FCT Serve?
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Child(ren) moving back to their home community from residential (within 30 days of transition)
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Families with multiple children in multiple placements are "repeat" families
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Families needing multiple services
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Families facing out-of-home placements
How Can I Make a Referral?
If you are interested in more information about Family Centered Treatment, or to make a referral, please contact Preferred Choice Healthcare's Clinical Director, Dr. Sarah J. Horne, at 828-287-7806(ext 1002) or at Sarah@pchnc.com.
The Four Phases of Family Centered Treatment
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Joining & Assessment
FCT clinicians respond quickly to referral, engaging families when they are more likely to be motivated to examine and change interactions. The focus is on building trust.
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Sustainability
Sustainable change in a family system occurs when the behavioral changes made during restructuring are valued and seen as necessary by the family.
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Practice Phase
Goals determined during the initial phase guide the family to negotiate tasks associated with daily living, eventually becoming regular rules of interacting. Practicing is the key to success.
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Evaluation
Family progression determines the timing of closure using a detailed process that evaluates changes made and the family's ability to use strategies independently.