MRB Counseling Services, A Bilingual (Spanish and English) treatment center committed to provide the appropriate level of care to everyone in need of mental health help.

The mission of MRB Counseling Services is to provide advocacy, education, information, treatment, and other assistance necessary to ensure that anyone who requires mental health care receives the right services or is oriented in the right path.

Depression, anger, violence, indifference, drug and alcohol abuse – these are just a few of the emotional obstacles that can negatively impact your relationships, your personal well-being and your overall quality of life. If you find yourself feeling sad, isolated or empty all the time, or if you find that your behavior is pushing away your friends and loved ones, then it might be time to seek for help.

Nobody can make the decision to enter therapy but you. When you do choose to seek the help of a professional, come to MRB Counseling Services; Our professionals understand the difficulties associated with the kinds of powerful emotions you’re experiencing, and are experts at helping people just like you find their way back to a place of stability.

Deciding that it is time for professional emotional counseling is one of the most difficult decisions that you can make. Choosing the right therapist once you have committed to counseling should be the easy part. At MRB Counseling Services, we want to make sure that it is. Our comprehensive counseling services are second to none, and everything that we offer is based around the simple premise that your comfort and happiness are our top priorities. Our compassionate therapists are devoted to this ideal, and we work tirelessly to uphold it.

MRB Counseling Services offers psychological, psychiatric and counseling services. All patients are welcome. We have full mental health care available as well as therapy and case management.

Family Therapy

• Are you having difficulty managing your children’s behavior?
• Do you have one or more children lashing out in anger or withdrawing?
• Are you remarried and experiencing step-parenting problems?

If you are seeing problematic behaviors in your children but are unsure why they are occurring, I can assist you in better understanding the behavior in a family context. I invite the whole family to participate in therapy so that we come together as a team to address the problems identified. Parenting skills and psychoeducation about age appropriate behaviors and risky behaviors are offered. Providing children and parents with a safe environment for open communication without judgment is the first and most powerful step in helping families make the improvements they desire.

Military Families

• Are you having difficulty adjusting to the military lifestyle or a recent deployment?
• Do you feel you have lost your partner to PTSD?
• Did innocent online communication turn into an affair and you’re not sure how your marriage can survive?

With my personal experience and specialized training, I am knowledgeable about the many rewards and challenges of the military lifestyle.  Whether your family is struggling with a recent deployment or your partner has had an affair, I will help you and your family work together to meet your specific goals.

Individual Therapy/Counseling

What is Individual Therapy?
Individual therapy (sometimes called “psychotherapy” or “counseling”) is a process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained therapist—in a safe, caring, and confidential environment—to explore their feelings, beliefs, or behaviors, work through challenging or influential memories, identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change, better understand themselves and others, set personal goals, and work toward desired change.
People seek therapy for a wide variety of reasons, from coping with major life challenges or childhood trauma, to dealing with depression or anxiety, to simply desiring personal growth and greater self-knowledge. A client and therapist may work together for as few as five or six sessions or as long as several years, depending on the client’s unique needs and personal goals for therapy.

Your first step is to call us to schedule your initial appointment.  You will be asked to provide some initial information over the telephone to help us evaluate if MRBCS is your best treatment option.  You may then be scheduled for an initial one and half hour evaluation session which provides an opportunity for you to build rapport with the therapist and provide him/her with some background about yourself and the reasons you are seeking counseling.  In addition, the intake therapist will be able to answer your questions regarding services, fees, confidentiality and what to expect in therapy.

We are interested in developing a collaborative relationship with you in which we try to decide together what kind of treatment would be best for you. However, not everyone will be referred for continuing therapy at the clinic. We make decisions on what we believe will be best for the client.

At the end of that first session, if we decide that it is in your best interest to move forward working with the assigned therapist, you will decide on a mutually-agreeable time slot for your therapy sessions (typically, the client and therapist will meet once a week, and each session will last approximately one hour). At your second appointment, you will begin working with your therapist to set goals for your therapy experience and then begin working together toward achieving them.

Our Personalized counseling services are offered by highly skilled and licensed mental health professionals.

Our counseling staff is skilled in the individual treatment of the following conditions and concerns:

• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Relationships
• Trauma
• Eating Disorders
• Grief Counseling
• Parenting Support
• Assertiveness Skills
• Increasing Self Esteem
• Chronic Pain and or Illness
• OCD
• Anger and Emotional
• Regulation
• Young Adult Issues of Transitions
• LGBT Related Issues
• Cultural Adjustments

Applied Techniques:

At MRBCS the counselors of SEQUENCE are trained in a number of theoretical perspectives, many of which inform the ways they view a given situation or a set of symptoms. Your counselor will be happy to discuss these perspectives with you. At SEQUENCE, the most commonly applied techniques include:

Psychodynamic – This technique involves connecting past relationships and life events with similar, reoccurring issues in the present. By tracing the roots of certain roles, responses and behaviors – a deeper level of self-awareness leading to healthier, happier behaviors will emerge.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) – Patterns of thoughts become routine and may lead to unproductive and even destructive behaviors and feelings. The connection between your thoughts and your behaviors is analyzed, and new methods for thinking about your circumstances are outlined and practiced. This method of therapy is strongly augmented with the practice of mindfulness techniques designed to develop strategies for self-calming and management of personal emotions – all of which clear the way for more productive coping strategies.

Strength Based – Individuals seeking counseling are often focused only on what has been going wrong. Through the strengths based techniques, the focus is shifted to what’s going right, what strengths and abilities each individual (couple or family) possesses that they can build upon to develop their own unique and successful coping strategies.

Psychological Assessment

Welcome to MRB Counseling Services, Inc. In the tradition of over 15 years of excellence, our Center offers comprehensive psychological and psycho-educational testing to suit the needs of children, adolescents, and adults.

What is a Psychological Assessment?

Like a medical examination in which a physician evaluates a patient’s physical well-being by speaking with the patient and/or administering formal tests, a psychological assessment is a process through which a psychology professional evaluates a client’s psychological, emotional, and behavioral well-being through open dialogue and formal testing. The assessment process may involve one or both of the following:

• A series of face-to-face interviews during which the psychology professional meets with the client (and sometimes his/her family members) to gain a rich understanding of the client’s emotions, behaviors, thoughts, coping strategies for dealing with life’s challenges, and personal strengths.
• One or more standardized tests (both verbal and written) that the psychology professionals can use to gain more objective and data-driven insights regarding a client’s overall well-being.

With this information, the psychology professional can provide an appropriate diagnosis (if one is warranted) and work with the client and his/her family to set goals and develop an appropriate plan for positive change.

How do I get started?

If a doctor, educator, or other professional has recommended that you have a psychological assessment (sometimes referred to as “psychological testing”), your first step is to call us to arrange a consultation. That initial consultation will last approximately two hours. You will meet with one of our clinical staff to discuss your background and the reasons you are seeking an assessment. At the end of the session, the clinician will provide a recommendation regarding next steps, and discuss payment options should you wish to proceed.

Psychological/Psychoeducational Report

Upon completion of testing, a complete psychological report is written where results of the evaluation are reported and explained. This in-depth report contains background information, test scores and interpretations, personality/behavioral functioning, and a summary with recommendations. This report is typically completed about two to four weeks following the final testing session.

Informing Conference
The final step in the evaluation process is the informing conference. The informing conference is held with the client, or client’s parents if the evaluation is for a child. During this conference, the evaluating clinician will discuss the results of the evaluation, answer questions, and provide appropriate recommendations and referrals.

Recommendations and Referrals
Based on the results of your evaluation, our staff will provide recommendations and treatment referrals as needed.

Aftercare Programs
We offer outpatient-continuing aftercare to clients who successfully completed their program and are still in need of continued supervision and support. Clients who participated in residential programs and those who relapsed are encouraged to participate in aftercare.

Alcohol & Drug Evaluation – State Approved

Mainly directed to individuals involved in DUI/DWI cases. A correctly approached psychosocial evaluation, and following treatment and education can make a difference on how the court is going to look at you, and most likely will determine the end result of your case.

Alcohol Education (12 Hours) – State Approved

Education groups designed to address the needs of individuals charged with DWI. Our group sessions are structured to provide meaningful and useful information on the effects of substance use and abuse in all aspects of their lives.

Alcohol & Drug Treatment (26 Weeks) – State Approved

This program helps to prevent drug and alcohol abuse and treat people who have encountered the devastation that drugs and alcohol abuse causes. We use specialized knowledge of the complexities of this problem to help individual and families back on the road to a healthy existence. Let people know and understand how the use or abuse of illicit drugs or alcohol could impact their lives in negative ways.

Substance Abuse Treatment Program
Professional Evaluation & Assessment of Substance Abuse & Substance Dependence.

• Level 0.5 – Early Intervention
• Level I – Outpatient Treatment
• Level II.I – Intensive Outpatient
• Individualized treatment plans by Licensed Professional Counselors

The ability for a person to control his/her temperament, particularly in stressful situations.

• Are you too temperamental, even explosive?
• People around you fear your rage episodes?
• Is this affecting your family and work life?

We can work with you and help you find the sources of, and control your anger.

Ordered by the courts, or at your attorney’s request, we go to your location if you cannot come to us. Have you been falsely accused? Let us help.

MVA Approved Classes (DIP – 3-Hr. Drug and Alcohol Education Class) offered in cassroom (call 301-527-0854 or 301-326-4356 or 240-566-5656 or online (click here to register)

DIP, ordered by MVA due to points accumulated on your driver’s license. 3-Hr. Drug and Alcohol Education Class, mandatory for new driver’s license applicants.

The design of MRB Counseling Services, Inc. program provides each participant with a well-planned comprehensive and structured program of individualized drug and alcohol treatment, support, and aftercare services. In order to give you more information about us, a list of questions and answers is presented here:

How can the program help you?
The program can help each person, through a minimum of one hour per week sessions, learn better ways to live drug and alcohol free, and have happy and prosperous lives. MRBCS believes that as the clients learn more about their body, feelings, reactions, and habitual ways of handling various situations, they will begin to see why they are having difficulties. These problems may include community, family, work, and/or the judicial system. MRBCS’s goal is to teach clients new ways of coping with these problems.

Some people consider a substance abuse program a school where they learn about themselves; other consider it a unique mirror they see their own personality more clearly and objectively.

How will help be given?
Help will be provided by a team of professionals who will be participating with the client and their family in many different ways and utilization of many different community agencies. These ways will be through providing various program services. As these services are provided there will also be one common purpose in mind: to help you understand yourself and strive to reach a goal of living drug-free.

What is MRB Counseling Services, Inc. program?
MRBCS is an AOD outpatient treatment and education program developed to provide drug treatment and support services to bilingual adults 18 years and older with problems of drug abuse and persons at-risk for chemical dependency.

When does the program operate?
The program operates Monday -Thursday: 9am- 7pm. Fridays: 9am -6pm. Saturdays: 8am – 4pm

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