Clinical Counseling Services Overview

Clinical Counseling Services

• Stressors: Life challenges like family hardships, marital problems, financial difficulties, frequent moves, health issues, and environmental factors can cause stress.
• Initial Support: Individuals might initially discuss problems with family, friends, or colleagues, but sometimes professional help is needed.
• Confidential Counseling: Fleet and Family Support Centers (FFSC) provide confidential counseling by licensed clinicians to active-duty personnel and their families.
• Accessibility: No referral from a command, Tri-Care, or primary care physician is required to access counseling services. Call the local FFSC for an appointment.
• FFSC Services: Provide short-term clinical counseling for individuals, groups, and families; crisis intervention; group counseling/educational groups; and referrals to other military and civilian resources.

FFSC's Approach to Support

• Short-Term Focus: Clinical counseling offers short-term support to help individuals identify the core issues and develop coping strategies.
• Problem-Solving: Helps develop plans to address existing problems and situations.
• Resource Referral: Provides contact information for additional community resources and services.
• Qualified Counselors: FFSC counselors possess master's or doctorate degrees in relevant fields, such as counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, or psychology, and are experienced to provide effective support.

Virtual Clinical Counseling

• Accessibility: Available via phone calls and video conferencing from the comfort of home, without a need for a physical visit.
• Focus: A non-medical, short-term, solution-focused service for addressing military-related challenges like separation, relationship issues, grief, deployments, and more.
• Contact Information: 1-855-205-6749 or online interest form.

This quiz explores the various clinical counseling services provided by Fleet and Family Support Centers (FFSC). It covers stressors affecting individuals, the importance of initial support, and the accessibility of confidential counseling for active-duty personnel and their families. Understand the short-term focus and resources available through FFSC.