Grace Harbour, Inc.

About

Grace Harbour Behavioral Health is here to provide support and services to those affected by behavioral health concerns.

Description

Grace Harbour, Inc. exists to treat people with mental health and substance abuse
problems and the affected people in their lives and assist them in restoration as
productive functioning members of society. Admission for substance abuse problems are
within our scope of care is to American Society of Addictive Medicine (ASAM) levels
0.5, I, & II.1. Mental Health services provided are organized and structured nonresidential
services offered to persons of ages two and older, who meet the eligibility
requirements for mental health treatment. Substance abuse services provided are
organized and structured non-residential services offered to persons of ages eleven and
older, who meet the eligibility requirements for substance abuse treatment.
It is the philosophy of Grace Harbour, Inc. that Mental Illness and Chemical Dependency
is a primary, progressive, chronically debilitating disease, which left untreated, can be
fatal. Grace Harbour, Inc. believes that mental illness symptoms can be alleviated entirely
or to a degree that the individual can learn to cope effectively in his or her daily life. The
goals of any Grace Harbour, Inc. treatment program are to support the recovery, health,
or well-being of the client or family served, enhance the quality of life of the persons
served, reduce the symptoms or needs and build resilience, restore and/or improve
functioning, and support the integration of the client into the community.
Grace Harbour, Inc. believes that alcohol and drug problems usually begin innocently
with social and experimental use and progress to abusive use, and then to dependence
which is accelerated if certain genetic factors are present. As a primary bio-psycho-social
illness, chemical influences are present in the brain forever if a client has crossed over
into actual chemical dependence, and will not permit those individuals to successfully
process mood-altering chemicals in a controlled manner. Therefore total abstinence is
the only guaranteed method of arresting problems caused by these chemicals. Millions of
people in recovery who never thought this would be possible have “field-tested” this fact
and attest to its truth! Often, chemical dependency issues arise as a means of medicating
mental illness symptoms. Grace Harbour, Inc. believes that co-morbidity is extremely
high in substance abusing populations and effective treatment protocol requires
addressing both mental illness and chemical dependency together. The comprehensive
initial bio-psycho-social assessment is designed to screen out both chemical dependency
and mental health symptoms.

A variety of methods are utilized to achieve this goal on an individualized basis, taking
into consideration cultural factors and using group processing as a primary tool. Twelvestep
and other self-help groups are highly recommended as adjunct therapy, and are
matched to client’s specific needs while respecting individual spiritual/religious beliefs.
Though cessation of drinking/using can be immediate, the recovery process can last a
lifetime!
Grace Harbour, Inc. uses a holistic treatment approach to healing--body, mind, and spirit-
-all of which suffers damage during years of neglect and abuse. It is our goal to (1)
support the recovery of clients and their family members and reduce symptoms, (2)
enhance the quality of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of persons served, (3)
improve overall functioning of persons served, and (4) assist client re-entry into society
with the knowledge and tools necessary to avoid reinitiating of the disease, leading life in
a happy and fulfilling manner, without a debilitating degree of mental illness symptoms
and/or without the use of alcohol or drugs. Grace Harbour, Inc. believes on helping
families become a natural support system for the client via family therapy and training
while aiding the client in building support structures outside of the therapeutic
relationship.
Additionally, Grace Harbour, Inc. views addiction as a disease process. It is our goal to
provide education and resources within the community to assist others in avoiding
progression into dependency.

Mission

VISION
Transform behavioral healthcare for the benefit of the people and communities we serve.

MISSION
Advocate and deliver compassionate restorative services. Instill hope. Improve
constantly.

VALUES
Together we serve with integrity, respect, trust and openness.