About
Us
Thanks for checking out our website. The complete name of our
facility is "The Marguerite Burke Ringer Mental Health
Center." We offer outpatient services only. Our
clients come to see us because they are not enjoying their lives
as they might. We commonly treat people for depression, anxiety,
stress related problems, family problems, attention deficit and
substance abuse. The first session with us is an evaluation and
assessment process that helps us make a plan for success. We offer
individual and family counseling. Although our primary services
are for adults, we are qualified and skilled at treating adolescents
and some children over the age of five.
We are licensed
by the state of NC to provide DWI assessments. We are one of the
few providers who are also credentialed to meet the strict new
Department of Transportation guidelines for substance
abuse assessment and treatment.We were also selected by the Guilford
County Court System to provide "The First
Offenders Program." We also offer outpatient detoxification
services for those client who may not afford inpatient or elect
to try and detoxify from alcohol or other drugs without a hospital
admission. Our substance abuse services are second to none and
we offer individual counseling or the more intensive outpatient
program depending on your level of need. We follow a twelve stepped
based philosophy and have four clinicians who are also recovering
themselves - for a combined forty years. We all enjoy our sober
life styles and hope to help others find recovery.
If
you or someone you know might benefit from some help, please .
. . give us a call today. We will schedule the initial appointment
within seventy-two hours (except weekends) and find a way that
we can help. We look forward to serving you.
What
to Expect
You will be welcome. You will be treated with respect. All information
will be held in the strictest of confidence. We will help you
for as long as you ask. We will not require you to do anything
that you are not ready or able to do. You will join us in a partnership
to work on those issues that are causing you distress.
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Our
Staff
Stephen
W. Ringer, LCSW, CSAC
Clinical Director and Primary Therapist
- Initial
assessments and assignment of appropriate therapist and level
of care
- Alcohol
and Substance Abuse Counseling
- Individual
and group counseling
- Counseling
for depression and anxiety
- Adolescent
Counseling for teenage behavior problems and teenage issues
- Couples
counseling
- DWI
and DMV assessments
- Certified
as a s D.O.T. substance abuse professional
- Depression
and Anxiety
Dr.
Carol Sena, Psychiatrist and Mickey D. Adams, P.A.
- Psychiatric assessemnt and treatment
- Medication management
- Outpatient detoxification protocals
- Child and adolescent medication management for ADD and ADHD
Rebecca
Austin, LPC, NCC
Primary Therapist
- Depression and Anxiety
- Individual and Couples Counseling
- Addiction Specialist-treating alcohol, drug, food, sex, gambling,
Internet, and nicotine addictions
- Adult and Children of Alcoholics Counseling
- Adult and Children of Dysfunctional Families
- Sexual Abuse
- Childhood Trauma
- Spiritually Based Counseling
Donald
Swayne, LCSW
Primary Therapist
- Adolescent treatment for teen issues
- Adult and adolescent substance abuse assessment and treatment
- Individual and group therapy
- DWI assessments
- Depression and other mood disorders such as anxiety and stress
related issues
Robin
E. Ringer, BA, CLSII
Primary Therapist
- Addiction Counseling-group and individual
- Christian Counseling
- Children and Adult Individual Counseling
- Depression and other mood disorders such as anxiety and stress
related issues
Melissa
Jennings, BA, CSII
Primary Therapist
- Child and adolescent counseling for behavior problems
- Adult counseling for emotional problems
- Multi-family group counseling in the "Intensive Outpatient
Program"
Elizabeth
A. Strader, BA, BS,
Office Manager
