New Client Request for Therapy Evaluation/Treatment
This section reviews therapy (non-medication) evaluation and treatment at our clinic. If you are interested in therapy or therapy + medication services with us, please read each section below and then complete the New Client Request form (in the "Request" tab). If you are ONLY interested in psychiatry (medication) services, please scroll down to the next section of this webpage (the New Client Request for Psychiatry Services section), and complete the New Client Request Psychiatry (Medication) Evaluation Form. ***Please note that we are unable to provide immediate/crisis appointments for new clients. If you are in crisis, please call 911 or go to the the University of Michigan Psychiatric Emergency Room or your local Emergency Room.
New Client Request for Therapy (Non-Medication) Evaluation and Treatment: Overview
Due to very high demand for our specialized, evidence-based therapy services, we have a waiting list for (1) therapy evaluations and (2) CBT/ERP treatment of anxiety and OCD spectrum disorders. To make our therapy services as accessible as possible, and to reduce unnecessary wait time, we've developed the following process for new clients:
PART ONE: SCREENING PROCESS
1. Submit New Client Request Form. We ask that each new or returning therapy client (or their guardian) completes our New Client Request form (found on the "Request" tab of this page).
2. Phone Screen. Our Office Manager will confirm receipt of your New Client Therapy Request form within 2 business days. After confirming receipt, she will then review your New Client Request submission and will be in touch within 7 business days to conduct a brief phone screen.
3. Screening Measures. Following completion of the phone screen, you will be sent screening measures (referred to as "Screens" at our clinic) to complete. These "Screens" help us to make an initial decision as to whether our clinic or an outside provider in the community will best meet your needs. After these screening measures are completed and returned to us (by email, fax, or dropped off at the clinic), they will be reviewed by our clinicians at our weekly Thursday team meeting. There is no cost to you for completing the screening or having it reviewed by our clinicians.
4. Screening Decision. Our Office Manager will then be back in touch regarding our Clinical Team's decision regarding the best fit for your needs: (a) Being added to our Evaluation Wait List for an evaluation, or (b) being referred to outside providers in the community.
NOTE: The time between Steps 1 to 4 is typically three weeks.
PART TWO: EVALUATION
Evaluation Wait List. If the screening process indicates that our clinic may be a potential match for your needs, you will be added to our Evaluation Waiting List.
If the evaluation determines that therapy at our clinic will be helpful for you, you will be added to our Treatment Waiting List. We strive to make the wait between evaluation and treatment as short as possible, but your flexibility with appointment times will play the biggest part in determining the waiting time between evaluation and treatment. Please remember that we may determine at the evaluation that our clinic is not the best match for your therapy needs. We provide very specialized therapy, and not all presenting problems require - or benefit from - the therapy that we provide. In these cases, we provide recommendations for community providers who can deliver the evidence-based therapy that will best meet your needs.
Our foremost goal throughout this process is to ensure clients are matched to the evidence-based treatment they need.
Due to very high demand for our specialized, evidence-based therapy services, we have a waiting list for (1) therapy evaluations and (2) CBT/ERP treatment of anxiety and OCD spectrum disorders. To make our therapy services as accessible as possible, and to reduce unnecessary wait time, we've developed the following process for new clients:
PART ONE: SCREENING PROCESS
1. Submit New Client Request Form. We ask that each new or returning therapy client (or their guardian) completes our New Client Request form (found on the "Request" tab of this page).
2. Phone Screen. Our Office Manager will confirm receipt of your New Client Therapy Request form within 2 business days. After confirming receipt, she will then review your New Client Request submission and will be in touch within 7 business days to conduct a brief phone screen.
3. Screening Measures. Following completion of the phone screen, you will be sent screening measures (referred to as "Screens" at our clinic) to complete. These "Screens" help us to make an initial decision as to whether our clinic or an outside provider in the community will best meet your needs. After these screening measures are completed and returned to us (by email, fax, or dropped off at the clinic), they will be reviewed by our clinicians at our weekly Thursday team meeting. There is no cost to you for completing the screening or having it reviewed by our clinicians.
4. Screening Decision. Our Office Manager will then be back in touch regarding our Clinical Team's decision regarding the best fit for your needs: (a) Being added to our Evaluation Wait List for an evaluation, or (b) being referred to outside providers in the community.
NOTE: The time between Steps 1 to 4 is typically three weeks.
PART TWO: EVALUATION
Evaluation Wait List. If the screening process indicates that our clinic may be a potential match for your needs, you will be added to our Evaluation Waiting List.
- Evaluation Purpose. The evaluation is a comprehensive 1 hour meeting, billed to insurance (if your plan is accepted by our providers) or paid out of pocket. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide a comprehensive assessment of your presenting problems and determine if treatment at our clinic will be helpful to you. We will provide recommendations for treatment of your presenting problems. At times we may decide we are not the best match for your needs, in which case we will recommend specific types of evidence-based treatment in the community. Please note that no treatment is provided at the evaluation session.
- Wait time for evaluation. The wait time for an evaluation will vary depending on your schedule flexibility. * Please note that we only have daytime hours available for new clients. Any prime time spots (4pm or later or weekends) are given to current clients that are being seen during the day while they wait for a prime time spot to be available.
- Scheduling the evaluation. If you are on our Evaluation Waiting List, you wiill be contacted by our Office Manager when an appointment becomes available. When the evaluation appointment is scheduled, we require that a credit card be placed on file via our Evaluation Agreement and Credit Card Consent Form. Your card will only be charged if you do not cancel your evaluation appointment with adequate notice as outlined in the Evaluation Agreement. This procedure increases the number of clients who provide adequate notice for cancellations, and allows us to then fill that appointment time with another potential client.
If the evaluation determines that therapy at our clinic will be helpful for you, you will be added to our Treatment Waiting List. We strive to make the wait between evaluation and treatment as short as possible, but your flexibility with appointment times will play the biggest part in determining the waiting time between evaluation and treatment. Please remember that we may determine at the evaluation that our clinic is not the best match for your therapy needs. We provide very specialized therapy, and not all presenting problems require - or benefit from - the therapy that we provide. In these cases, we provide recommendations for community providers who can deliver the evidence-based therapy that will best meet your needs.
Our foremost goal throughout this process is to ensure clients are matched to the evidence-based treatment they need.
Upon review of your New Client Therapy Request submission (from this website) and/or your initial screening materials, at the initial evaluation appointment, or during treatment, our clinicians may decide that our clinic's therapy approach is not the best match for your concerns. If we decide that our clinic is not the best match for your therapy needs, we will attempt to provide referrals to other therapy providers in the community. Please be assured that our goal is to ensure you receive the best care possible (evidence-based when such approaches are available), and therefore we may determine that our specialized treatment approach is not adequate to address your treatment goals.
If you are referred to a therapy provider outside of our clinic, you are able to see the psychiatry (medication) providers at our clinic. We do not require that clients be in therapy at our clinic to see our psychiatrists.
If you are referred to a therapy provider outside of our clinic, you are able to see the psychiatry (medication) providers at our clinic. We do not require that clients be in therapy at our clinic to see our psychiatrists.
Please note that our psychiatry practitioners only provide medication evaluation and management services for adults and children with primary presenting Anxiety or Anxiety-Related Disorders, whether or not they are in concurrent therapy at our clinic. We do not require you to be in therapy at our clinic to see our psychiatrists. Our social workers and psychologists treat anxiety disorders using evidence-based treatment approaches (primarily cognitive behavioral therapy), and when our clients are also interested in a medication evaluation and management, we will refer them to one of our psychiatrists.
If you are a new client and would only like to see one of our psychiatrists (you do NOT want to be seen for therapy at our clinic), please ONLY complete the "New Client Request for Psychiatry" in the section BELOW this one. You do NOT need to complete the New Client Therapy Request in this section.
If you are a new client and would like to see both a therapist (for CBT/ERP) AND a psychiatrist (for medications) at our clinic, please complete the New Client Therapy Request Form in this section. In the "Additional Information" box on the Request Form, please type "Psychiatry" to indicate your interest in seeing a psychiatry (medication) provider. You may complete the form in the New Client Psychiatry section below if you like, but this is not necessary.
If you are a CURRENT therapy client and would like to see one of our psychiatrists, please contact our Office Manager or speak with your therapist.
If you are a new client and would only like to see one of our psychiatrists (you do NOT want to be seen for therapy at our clinic), please ONLY complete the "New Client Request for Psychiatry" in the section BELOW this one. You do NOT need to complete the New Client Therapy Request in this section.
If you are a new client and would like to see both a therapist (for CBT/ERP) AND a psychiatrist (for medications) at our clinic, please complete the New Client Therapy Request Form in this section. In the "Additional Information" box on the Request Form, please type "Psychiatry" to indicate your interest in seeing a psychiatry (medication) provider. You may complete the form in the New Client Psychiatry section below if you like, but this is not necessary.
If you are a CURRENT therapy client and would like to see one of our psychiatrists, please contact our Office Manager or speak with your therapist.
Please note that all of our therapy providers (psychologists/social workers) have trained extensively in the treatment of all disorders that are seen within our clinic. While each therapy provider has specific areas of interest, they do not limit themselves to working with those specific diagnoses. Each of our clinicians is an expert in the treatment of every diagnosis seen within our specialty clinic. Therefore, we do not accept direct referrals to specific therapists at our clinic. We do accept direct referrals to our psychiatrists (medication prescribers).
If you are only interested in seeing a particular therapy provider, please note this will significantly extend the amount of time you wait for an initial evaluation appointment. To help reduce confusion in our new client referral process, please do NOT contact the individual clinician you want to see, but instead complete the New Client Request form and inform our office manager (frontdesk@anxietyannarbor.com) that you wish to see a particular provider.
If you have general questions that are not answered on this page, please do not hesitate to contact us at frontdesk@anxietyannarbor.com
If you are only interested in seeing a particular therapy provider, please note this will significantly extend the amount of time you wait for an initial evaluation appointment. To help reduce confusion in our new client referral process, please do NOT contact the individual clinician you want to see, but instead complete the New Client Request form and inform our office manager (frontdesk@anxietyannarbor.com) that you wish to see a particular provider.
If you have general questions that are not answered on this page, please do not hesitate to contact us at frontdesk@anxietyannarbor.com
New Client Request Form for Therapy Evaluation/Treatment
If you are interested in scheduling an appointment as a new client (or as a client who was previously discharged but would like to return to treatment), please complete the form below. Please do NOT complete this form until you have read through all of the preceding sections on this page (Overview, Referrals, etc).
*Please note that if you have already have an appointment with a provider, you do not need to complete this form. This form is a request for an initial appointment only.
Blue Care Network (including M Premier) and BCBS: Please note our wait time to see an in-network provider is longer as not all our clinicians participate with BCN or BCBS. You do have the option to private pay and submit to your insurance for potential out of network reimbursement. Please contact your insurance regarding their reimbursement policies.
Please contact your insurance if you are not sure if your policy is BCBS or Blue Care Network.
In the Additional Information box below, please note the following:
(1) If the potential client is under the age of 18, (a) the name of the parent/legal guardian, and (b) the age of the child/teen
(2) If you would also like to see Psychiatry at our clinic (in addition to therapy), please type "Psychiatry." If you ONLY want to see Psychiatry at our clinic, please do not complete this form - scroll down and complete the New Client Request Psychiatry Form below.
(3) If neither of the above apply to you, please type NONE.
Please do NOT provide specific information about the reasons you are seeking evaluation/treatment. This information will be gathered during our screening process.
If you are interested in scheduling an appointment as a new client (or as a client who was previously discharged but would like to return to treatment), please complete the form below. Please do NOT complete this form until you have read through all of the preceding sections on this page (Overview, Referrals, etc).
*Please note that if you have already have an appointment with a provider, you do not need to complete this form. This form is a request for an initial appointment only.
Blue Care Network (including M Premier) and BCBS: Please note our wait time to see an in-network provider is longer as not all our clinicians participate with BCN or BCBS. You do have the option to private pay and submit to your insurance for potential out of network reimbursement. Please contact your insurance regarding their reimbursement policies.
Please contact your insurance if you are not sure if your policy is BCBS or Blue Care Network.
In the Additional Information box below, please note the following:
(1) If the potential client is under the age of 18, (a) the name of the parent/legal guardian, and (b) the age of the child/teen
(2) If you would also like to see Psychiatry at our clinic (in addition to therapy), please type "Psychiatry." If you ONLY want to see Psychiatry at our clinic, please do not complete this form - scroll down and complete the New Client Request Psychiatry Form below.
(3) If neither of the above apply to you, please type NONE.
Please do NOT provide specific information about the reasons you are seeking evaluation/treatment. This information will be gathered during our screening process.
New Client Request for Psychiatry (Medication) Evaluation/Treatment
If you are only interested in psychiatry (medication) services at our clinic, please read all information below and submit the form in the "Request" tab
New Client Request for Psychiatry (Medication) Evaluation/Treatment: Overview
Our Clinic's psychiatry (medication) evaluation and treatment services are available to you whether or not you are in therapy at our clinic. NOTE If you are currently in therapy at our clinic and want to see one of our psychiatrists, please contact our Office Manager (frontdesk@anxietyannarbor.com) or talk with your therapist. If you are on our wait list for therapy evaluation and treatment and want to see one of our psychiatrists, please contact our office manager.
If you are not on our therapy evaluation or treatment wait list and are not a current therapy client, the following process is used for new psychiatry clients:
1. New psychiatry client (or their guardian) completes our New Client Request Psychiatry form (found on the "Request" tab in this section).
2. Our Office Manager will confirm receipt of your New Client Psychiatry Request form within 2 business days. After confirming receipt, she will then review your New Client Request submission and will be in touch to schedule a brief phone screen.
3. Following completion of the phone screen, you will be provided a patient portal account in which you will complete various pre-appointment measures and questionnaires.
To help reduce confusion in our new client referral process, please do NOT contact the individual psychiatrist you want to see, but instead complete the New Client Psychiatry Request form and note on the form (in the Additional Information box) the name of the provider you would like to see.
Our Clinic's psychiatry (medication) evaluation and treatment services are available to you whether or not you are in therapy at our clinic. NOTE If you are currently in therapy at our clinic and want to see one of our psychiatrists, please contact our Office Manager (frontdesk@anxietyannarbor.com) or talk with your therapist. If you are on our wait list for therapy evaluation and treatment and want to see one of our psychiatrists, please contact our office manager.
If you are not on our therapy evaluation or treatment wait list and are not a current therapy client, the following process is used for new psychiatry clients:
1. New psychiatry client (or their guardian) completes our New Client Request Psychiatry form (found on the "Request" tab in this section).
2. Our Office Manager will confirm receipt of your New Client Psychiatry Request form within 2 business days. After confirming receipt, she will then review your New Client Request submission and will be in touch to schedule a brief phone screen.
3. Following completion of the phone screen, you will be provided a patient portal account in which you will complete various pre-appointment measures and questionnaires.
To help reduce confusion in our new client referral process, please do NOT contact the individual psychiatrist you want to see, but instead complete the New Client Psychiatry Request form and note on the form (in the Additional Information box) the name of the provider you would like to see.
Please note that we have a wait list for therapy evaluations and treatment, as described in the section above (new clients - therapy). Please note that initial evaluation appointments with psychiatry providers will be scheduled sooner than initial evaluation appointments with our therapists. Due to the high volume of therapy evaluation requests that we receive, we assign therapy evaluation appointments according to the order in which they were received, and not according to whether the client is seeing one of our psychiatrists.
New Client Request for Psychiatry (Medication) Evaluation
In the Additional Information box below, please note:
If the potential client is under the age of 18, (a) the name of the parent/legal guardian, and (b) the age of the child/teen. **Please note that our Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist does not participate with insurnace. Please contact your insurance about submitting receipts for a possible out of network reimbursement.
Patient Portal
Our clinic uses a patient portal system which allows for secure transmission of the information you complete for your Evaluation appointment. Once you have scheduled an evaluation appointment, our Office Manager will send you a link to create a password for your patient portal. Please complete this step within 48 hours as the new patient account window will expire at that time. After your account has been validated, you will have access to our new patient evaluation paperwork. Please complete all assigned measures before your evaluation appointment. Please be aware that the patient portal is a best-practice secure, encrypted medical records system. Electronic records are the current standard of care in all major medical clinics.
