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Behavioral Health
Specialists, Inc.
900 West Norfolk Ave
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402) 370-3140
Fax (402) 370-3373
Outpatient services include individual, couples, group and family therapy along with substance abuse evaluations, pre-admission screenings, consultations and education services. Our psychologists are highly skilled in administration and interpretation of a variety of psychological batteries, including personality assessment, intellectual and academic achievement assessments and developmental screenings. Treatment strategies employed are tailored to the individual needs of the person(s) presenting for service.
Psychiatric services are provided at BHS through contracted psychiatrists. These services include psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management for clients with major mental illness as well as other behavioral or emotional problems.
The Community Support Program (CSP) is designed to provide/develop the necessary services and support which enable the individual to live successfully in the community. This is accomplished through providing consumer advocacy, providing skills training, and assisting the consumer in securing housing, transportation, employment, access to medical/dental/mental health care, and other related needs.
Project Connect is a multi-faceted program designed to connect substance abusing youth and their families to any needed services, training and support. This program is designed to help them improve their lives and to be successful in meeting the requirements ordered through the court system.
Intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment focuses on aiding individuals to develop knowledge and skills for making lifestyle changes necessary to maintain a life free from substance abuse. TEAM is an eight to twelve week program that meets each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 6:00-9:00 p.m. There is both an adult and adolescent track of care available.
Youth and Family Services provide quality treatment and support services to the youth and families it serves. Services include Therapeutic Foster Care, Respite Care, Emergency Foster Care, Home Studies, and Family Support Services.
Sunrise Place is a sixteen-bed Treatment Group Home serving chemically dependent adolescent males. Individual, group, and family therapy are provided in conjunction with chemical dependence education and independent living skills training to support the adolescent male in his desire to live a sober and drug-free life.
Seekers of Serenity Place serves adults, age 19 and older, whose substance abuse/addiction disorder requires clinically managed social detoxification services and/or residential treatment. Admission to detox services is available 24-hours per day, 7 days a week (based on bed availability).
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP Works) is purchased by Employers to reduce the impact of personal problems in the work place. Counseling, addiction services, and management consultations are some of the services offered through EAP Works. Employers may purchase fee-for-service or contracted services.
BHS offers individual and group counseling programs for the survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault within the context of domestic violence. The survivor's children are also provided support and education to rebound from their experience with domestic violence. BHS also offers a Batterers Intervention Program. This program offers psycho-education to individuals adjudicated for acts of domestic violence which may include physical, emotional or sexual abuse against a partner.
BHS has satellite clinics located in Wayne and Columbus, NE., providing outpatient services including individual, couples, and family therapy along with substance abuse evaluations and screenings.
Behavioral Health Specialists, Inc., is partially funded by the State of Nebraska, Department of Health and Human Services and Region IV Mental Health and Substance Abuse District. Project LIFE is supported by Grant No. 2003-WR-BX-0011 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view on this website are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.