Treatment and care for mental health-related issues are provided in a variety of settings. The environment, and level or type of care, will depend on multiple factors. With private practice belonging to the lowest level of care, you want to ensure that your clients’ mental health needs are taken care of by matching the nature and severity of their symptoms and prescribed treatment to the proper settings where they receive the most appropriate mental and health care services.

Now referring a client to a higher level of care should not be difficult when the correct processes are set. That’s why in today’s episode, you’ll be provided with high-level information on the 5 levels of care for you to implement into your private practice. You’ll also learn how to establish a thorough conversation with your clients when certain referrals are needed to be made. This episode is good for mental health providers but also potential clients that would like to seek treatment. 

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Podcast Goals:  
By understanding the 5 levels of care, you will be able to:

Increase caseload with your ideal clients

Set your clients up for success

Ensure that you provide a quality and effective treatment


 

Episode Timeline:
How was Doctor TK first introduced to the 5 levels of care? (01:39)

What are the 5 levels of care? (03:14)

How can understanding these levels improve your practice? (07:45)

A case study on the implementation of levels of care in her private practice and conversing effectively with either a potential client or current client (13:44)

How to have a smooth transition with a client who needs to go a higher level of care (22:27)

Episode recap (24:45)


 

Standout Quotes from Doctor TK:
"You want to make sure that when you communicate to this client about a potential need to up level their care, you want to express empathy and you also wanna validate their emotions. It is not fun to open up your Pandora's box to a therapist and then you have to switch to a different therapist." (18:52)

"Another thing to consider is that because maybe your availability does not match the need of this client at the time, you just wanna make sure— I cannot iterate this more— walk them through the process. Do not just simply say, because your symptoms are getting worse I have to refer you out. That sounds like abandonment. So you want to give them psycho education about why the referral should and/or in some cases, needs to be made." (21:56)


 
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