Services

Zion Integrated Behavioral Health Services (SWIMHC) outpatient mental health programs focus is to assist persons with developing and maintaining coping skills that facilitate adjustment and integration within their living environments and community. Patients and family members are empowered to make decisions about their care with the expected outcome of an increased quality of life.  

Services are designed and implemented to: support the recovery, health, or well-being of the persons or families served; enhance the quality of life of the persons served; reduce symptoms or needs and build resilience; restore and/or improve functioning; support the integration of the persons served into the community.

A wide range of services are organized within a comprehensive outpatient therapeutic environment that includes screening and assessment, diagnostic determination, individual and family counseling, psychiatric consultations, medication management, crisis intervention, group counseling, patient advocacy, and referral to community resources.

Patients are assigned to licensed mental health therapist who assist in individual planning and care. Our approach to your care is collaborative. We work closely with you and your family to develop a treatment plan.

Our Goal: to get you or your loved one back on the path to mental well-being.

Emergency evaluations are available 24 hours a day by calling 712-243-2606 which will transfer you to a mental health therapist.

Services additionally include consultation with family and/or professional care providers.

To schedule an appointment, call our administrative office at 712-243-2606

Telehealth services are available: the telehealth process occurs via a Telehealth system (Video/Audio System in private rooms) set up to provide quicker access to needed appointments.

ZION Integrated Behavioral Health Services offers numerous methods of drug testing, such as the following:

Drug tests can be performed instantly on location site by a trained staff or forwarded to a certified laboratory.

The fee for testing depends on funding sources and the method of drug testing requested.

For additional information contact staff at the administrative office in Atlantic, Iowa at 712-243-5091.

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We understand an assessment may cause anxious feelings, however we would like to commend you on taking the first step! Nearly everyone is faced with challenges that seem overwhelming at some time in their lives and completing an assessment to address demonstrates great personal strength.

To aid in understanding the process, some common questions and hints are included below.

On average, an assessment appointment will last between 1-2 hours. An assessment consists of completion of necessary paperwork as well as discussion regarding events and background information leading to completion of your assessment. The counselor will ask you some questions to better understand your concerns and discuss with you available options.

As with all services conducted with ZION Integrated Behavioral Health Services, the information you share is confidential and is not released unless you sign a release of information permitting disclosure or if law requires disclosure.

If you are completing an assessment as recommended by an external source, such as DHS, probation officer, court system, etc, it is recommended to bring any paperwork you have received from them with you to your appointment. Some individuals find it helpful to write down a list of questions, concerns, notes and/or records to help remember and describe the situation.

The extended outpatient program is a nonresidential modality totaling fewer than nine (9) hours per week of therapeutic services incorporating individual, group, and/or family counseling, drug testing, and ongoing bio-psychosocial assessment of behavioral health needs; substance use, mental health, biomedical needs and problematic gambling. It is designed for individuals needing core service elements include, but not limited to, the dynamics and ramification of substance use, the addiction process, personal risk factors, medical, behavioral, legal and societal aspects of behavioral health concerns, responsible decision making, refusal skills, relapse prevention, development of healthy coping skills, provide insight and stabilization of problematic co-occurring needs.

The Continuing Care treatment component is designed to provide a support mechanism with individuals who have completed a treatment regime and have been exposed to relapse prevention strategies, allowing implementation of developed skills while maintaining ongoing support. Programming may consist of individual, group, and/or family counseling services, minimum of one (1) hour per month. Primary focus is for clinicians to monitor biological, physiological, psychological, emotional, life circumstance, societal or peer pressures, facilitate recovery plans, aid engagement with community support networks, and assist the individual in monitoring motivational strategies in sustaining recovery for further stability in an individual’s life.

Zion Integrated Behavioral Health Services partners with a psychiatrist who specializes in diagnosing and treatment a variety of psychological matters in individuals ranging from child through adult ages.
These disorders include emotional, behavioral, and/or thinking process, feeling and/or behavioral problems that affect these age groups and their families.
Our clinic excels in the management of a wide range of diagnoses, including anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, psychosis, personality disorders, grief and bereavement, and trauma.
Services provided both onsite and telehealth. The telehealth process occurs via a Telehealth system (Video/Audio System in private rooms) set up to provide quicker access to needed appointments.

For more information or to make an appointment contact Zion’s administration office at 712-243-2606.

Our organization provides individuals with certified mental health professional in providing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). EMDR is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences.

Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. It is widely assumed that severe emotional pain requires a long time to heal.  EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma.  When you cut your hand, your body works to close the wound.  If a foreign object or repeated injury irritates the wound, it festers and causes pain.  Once the block is removed, healing resumes.

EMDR therapy demonstrates that a similar sequence of events occurs with mental processes.  The brain’s information processing system naturally moves toward mental health.  If the system is blocked or imbalanced by the impact of a disturbing event, the emotional wound festers and can cause intense suffering.  Once the block is removed, healing resumes.  Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in EMDR therapy training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes.

Staff are here to help you recover-contact us at 712-243-2606 to schedule an appointment.

A Peer Recovery Coach (PRC) brings valuable lived experience with addiction and recovery, has completed specialized training and receives supervision, to effectively provide non-clinical recovery support to individuals in or seeking recovery.

What Does A Peer Recovery Coach Do??

For additional information on Zion’s Peer Recovery Coach contact staff at 712-243-5091.

The intensive outpatient program is a programmatic therapeutic milieu consisting of regularly scheduled sessions for a minimum of nine (9) hours a week along with random drug testing in a structured program, which provides patients with the opportunity to remain in their own environment and/or retain their employment. The structured program objectives are to include but not limited to addressing substance use, physical health, mental well being, motivation, relapse potential/continued usage and building a positive support living environment. It is designed for individuals needing multidimensional services that cannot be met at an extended outpatient level of care and who do not need primary medical and nursing services at a partial hospitalization, or medically monitored intensive inpatient level of care. The patients need for mental health services are addressed through treatment planning as well as consultation or referral arrangement.

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Male Residential Services (3.3/3.5): The residential modality is to assist individuals and families in a safe, therapeutic living environment in which to learn more about their behavioral health related concerns, strategies for relapse prevention; interpersonal, social, and life skills necessary to form productive personal relationships, career/work/educational opportunities, and exposure to community based support systems.

The goals are for the individual to establish long-term recovery beyond discharge from services through development and utilization of a comprehensive aftercare plan which can incorporate the emotional, physical, environmental, spiritual and financial wellbeing of the individual.

Individuals engaged in the residential program modality have individualized treatment plans and/or case management plans that assist individuals in maintaining sobriety and developing self-supportive, independent lives, conducted within a minimum of 50 hours therapeutic individual/group/family counseling.

Our residential treatment program, located in Clarinda, Iowa, is designed to promote abstinence from substance use and look at positive productive changes in the patient’s lifestyle, attitudes and values.

The duration of participation at this level depends on the patient’s progress, but is generally a minimum of 28-45 days in this highly structured 24/7 environment.

Counseling is performed individually and in small groups. Special attention is given to developing a relapse prevention strategy and aftercare plan individually tailored for each person’s unique personality and circumstances.

Halfway Housing (3.1): The program’s objective/goal is to provide individuals with further counseling and clinical monitoring to support successful integration into family, employment, sober peer network, and other community resources. Individuals continue to develop skills to assist in daily living accountability and personal responsibility through a minimum of five (5) hours of therapeutic individual, group and/or family counseling while remaining in a safe and structured living environment.

The halfway housing program serves a minimum of 11 clients per year. The length of stay varies depending on personal needs, goals and objectives; however, has a minimum commitment of three (3) months to a maximum of six (6) months.

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Our goal is to help provide individuals of all ages, families, and community groups make healthy choices, which will reduce the likelihood of problems associated with alcohol, tobacco, other drug use and destructive decisions. Prevention can only be accomplished through continuous and dedicated programs directed at all age levels. By working together, we strengthen our community and our commitment for a bright future.

Communities know that a positive attitude advocating the need for alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention is the key ingredient for success. ZION Integrated Behavioral Health Services is actively involved in workplace consultation, and coalition building. Our focus is on presenting current, factual information, which empowers communities to strengthen environments that allow people to achieve their potential and contribute positively to society.

Schools look to us to provide positive, research-based presentations, programs, and training on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse prevention. Students from pre-school through high school participate in age-appropriate, fun, and non-threatening programs that reinforce the benefits of making healthy choices. They need to be taught the skills to create healthy relationships and how to take an active part in their community. They need a clear set of norms about non-use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Our Restorative Parenting Class will offer any mother, father or parental figure guidance and tools to gain or maintain stability in their relationship(s) with their child(ren). This course will offer an inside look into parental lifestyles, where members will work as a group to identify any past or current behaviors, experiences, or obstacles which have interfered in their parenting responsibilities.

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Safe Harbor is a 24-hour safe place providing crisis stabilization and case management for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis but don’t meet the criteria for hospitalization. Safe Harbor crisis stabilization is a key component in the statewide development of a comprehensive adult mental health system and meeting the need for core services which are needed implemented statewide. Local implementation in southwest Iowa and Dallas County, Iowa is led by Heart of Iowa Community Services Mental Health Region.

The purpose of the Safe Harbor Center is to reduce the number of people who, during a mental health crisis, are voluntarily hospitalized or inappropriately incarcerated.

Safe Harbor Crisis Stabilization Center is in place with the intent to provide a more effective approach to mental health crisis treatment and to reduce health care costs.

Individuals typically stay at Safe Harbor Crisis Center less than one week. During that time, they are connected to a network of appropriate community resources to assist in their recovery.

The purpose of the transitional living program is to provide short term housing for an individual coming out of placement or hospitalization who needs to redevelop skills to be successful in the community.

Individuals who are living with mental health or disabilities will be paired with a variety of service providers to assist them to reach their highest levels of independence.

The Mobile Crisis Response Team provides emergency crisis assessment and intervention services to Iowa residents in conjunction with law enforcement. The mobile crisis team can be contacted through 911 or local law enforcement dispatch offices.

MCRT, in conjunction with law enforcement agencies, provides short term crisis assessment and intervention to individuals or all ages who are experiencing a mental health crisis regardless of insurance status.

Harbor Point is a 24-hour safe place providing crisis stabilization and case management for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis but don’t meet the criteria for hospitalization. Harbor Point crisis stabilization is a key component in the statewide development of a comprehensive adult mental health system and meeting the need for core services which are needed implemented statewide. Local implementation is Southwest Iowa is led by Southwest Iowa MHDS Region.

The purpose of the Harbor Point Center is to reduce the number of people who, during a mental health crisis, are voluntarily hospitalized or inappropriately incarcerated.

Harbor Point Crisis Stabilization Center is in place with the intent to provide a more effective approach to mental health crisis treatment and to reduce health care costs.

Individuals typically stay at Harbor Point Crisis Center less than one week. During that time, they are connected to a network of appropriate community resources to assist in their recovery.

The purpose of the transitional living program is to provide short term housing for an individual coming out of placement or hospitalization who needs to redevelop skills to be successful in the community.

Individuals who are living with mental health or disabilities will be paired with a variety of service providers to assist them to reach their highest levels of independence.