Adult Rehabilitative
Mental Health Service

East African Healing Services conducts therapy and/or interventions for individuals who have been diagnosed with mental illness, drug addiction, brain injury or developmental disabilities.

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Healthier, Happier Lifestyles

While these conditions may limit quality of life at present, we hope to open doors for individuals so they may pursue healthier, happier and more fulfilling lifestyles.Our services are ideal for individuals aged 18 years old and older with mental and behavioral health issues.

Our Service

As an ARMHS provider, our services employ western mental health rehabilitation practices, with focus and attention to religious beliefs and culture. Clients are assisted to adapt and integrate by engaging with and utilizing community resources, finding employment, enhancing family relationships, accessing education and training, and maintaining overall health and wellness. Our services include:

Diagnosis Evaluations

Our counselors are able to conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations and recommend the appropriate therapies for the individual.

Comprehensive Clinical Assessment

Clinical/medical tests are carried out to ensure that the individual is free from any contagious diseases, substance abuse and other related conditions that may cause more harm to family members or to himself/herself.

Comprehensive Evaluation

We thoroughly evaluate the individual for mental health issues that may need clinical interventions like those involving medication therapy or structured counseling.

In Home/Community Based Services

This approach to therapy allows the individual to go home every end of the day after counseling or therapy and maintain some responsibilities like employment or family care. For some, this helps them to better see the impact of their recovery to the community where they belong.

Medication Management

With the help and coordination of a prescribing physician, East African Healing Services facilitates Medication Management to treat mental health and behavioral health issues. Medications administered in the treatment programs are closely monitored to prevent abuse of substance and make sure that mental disorders linked to drugs/alcohol addiction are addressed too.

Cultural Appropriate Support Services

We treat individuals who test positive with drug addiction or those diagnosed with mental health issues. Treatments are individualized and a plan of care is outlined for each client. The goal is to help the individual in pursuing continuous recovery even after they have been given clearance from the programs at East African Healing Services.

Interpersonal Communication Skills

For adults with developmental disabilities, East African Healing Services offers therapy-based programs with focus in community integration, supported living and supported employment.

Individual, Family, and Group Treatments

East African Healing Services has counselors who can facilitate private therapy services for individuals, families, couples and groups.

Evaluation of Capacity to Work

Individuals are regularly evaluated for their ability and/or capacity to maintain employment. This is part of the rehabilitation program that integrates the individual back to society.

Long Term Care and Placement Evaluations

In cases where the individual needs long-term care or institutional placement, East African Healing Services facilitates continuity of services and transition support from the individual’s home to the rehab facility.

Basic living and social skills—we instruct, assist and support clients in skill areas such as:

Interpersonal communications
Community resource utilization and integration
Crisis assistance
Transport and assistance with errands to meet needs (grocery shopping, doctors appointments, etc.)
Mental illness symptom management
Medication monitoring
Relapse prevention

Senior Care

Reducing isolation by accompany seniors to grocery stores, lakes, and parks
Assisting with nutrition management to reduce health issues like diabetes, heart attack, stroke, and high blood pressure
Accompaniment to SSI benefit enrollment appointments
Accompaniment to immigration appointments
Assistance with navigating housing support

Family Care

Household management including organization, cleaning, and safety
Employment navigation and support including financial literacy support

Service Categories Provided

East African Health Services (EAHS) will provide the four categories of services mandated by the Department of Human Services of ARMHS programs:

Mental Health Basic Living and Social Skills
Medication Education Services
Transition to Community Living Services
Community Intervention Services
Peer Support Counselor

Categories 1 and 2

Categories 1 and 2 may be provided by EAHS in either an individual or group setting, depending on circumstances and individual client characteristics and needs. Factors which may enter into deciding the most effective modality, include:

Whether the level of symptoms of the individual permit social and cultural interactions
If gender matching between clients) and the rehabilitation staff member favors group activity
If the level of trust the client has with program staff allows them to be comfortable in a group setting
Family support for group activity outside of the home

The eleven modules of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), a nationally used best practice, will be adapted to the treatment goals of individual clients and used as an evidence-based and proven tool to work on goals in categories 1 and 2 to increase understanding and skills of clients. A key part of IMR is to use Motivational Interviewing techniques so that interventions employed are appropriate to the Stage of Change of the client.

Category 3

Category 3 services by EAHS rehabilitation staff will be used to facilitate Transition to Community Living when either a current client or a new client has been admitted to a hospital, residential treatment program, board and lodging facility, or nursing home, and is returning to community living. Maintaining or developing contact with the client, assisting facility staff to understand the discharge needs of the client, and facilitating family involvement and support of the transition are important to client success in the transition.

Category 4

Category 4 services to make community interventions will be utilized to overcome critical barriers experienced by a client. These interventions may involve members of the immediate family who need better understanding of a mental health condition or skills to manage the illness of their family member. Contacts with the mosque may also be of great importance to a client to accept mental health treatment.

Scope of Services Provided

Medication monitoring and literacy
Utilization of community resources, including mental health, physical health, and dental services
Money management skills and maintaining financial assistance.
Transition to community integration from a residential facility or hospital setting
Household management skills, organization, cleaning and home safety.
Transportation skills, i.e. Use of buses and community orientation.
Interpersonal communication, social skills, self-advocacy, social and leisure functioning
Employment/vocational related skills
Culturally appropriate integrated mental health care support services
Healthy life style skills and practices

Location of Services

Our clients have access to the right care at the right time in the right location.

The client’s, relative’s or significant other’s home
The client’s work site
The community:
Drop-in center or recreation center
Social setting
Other places in the community
Referral Sources:
Country or contracted Case Managers
Medical Professionals
Social Service Support staff
Self referrals
Family members

Referrals to our agency come as self-referrals, and from county providers, interpreters, and current clients endorsing our services. Ninety percent of our clients are coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and others have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, and anxiety disorder.

East African Healing Services business hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, however we are available after hours for current active clients 24/7 by phone. All clients have a crisis plan in place that they may utilize to ensure safety after-hours. If you are client with us, please contact your worker if you need explanation of your crises plan. All clients are encouraged to call 911 for emergency purposes only.

Crisis Resources/Suicide:If you are in crisis, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room for assistance.

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