About La Frontera EMPACT-SPC – Maricopa
La Frontera’s Empact Sucide Prevention Center or SPC is located in Maricopa, Arizona. They serve Maricopa and Pinal counties with suicide prevention and providing behavioral health care to children, adults and families. There’s a track for adults with substance abuse and dealing with past traumas.
They offer language assistance for non-English speakers that’s free for all members. They serve everyone regardless of whether you can pay or not. They have a sliding fee scale depending on the size of your family and income.
They operate on the value system of wanting to provide unique solutions to difficult problems and strive to strengthen and build the community and for a stronger Arizona. They’re built on seven core values of Compassion, Excellence in Service, Integrity, Optimal Care, Creativity, Positive Workplace and Fiscal Management.
La Frontera has an adult behavioral health treatment program where clinicians provide counseling, administer medication and help with case management for individuals, couples, families and groups struggling with substance abuse or mental health problems.
They have both a general outpatient (OP) and intensive outpatient program (IOP), depending on your situation. You can be involved in substance disorder groups or ongoing recovery support groups. They also focus on helping with depression and anxiety or those dealing with grief, loss and extreme stress.
There’s an Adult Trauma Program that can either be individual or group therapy based. They use dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
The Child and Family Program focuses on promoting positive behavior patterns, personal and family relations, and the overall well-being of families through counseling, psychiatry, peer support and behavior management. This can be done in your home, office or within the community.
You can use their 24 hour crisis hotlines if you’re having a crisis or are victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse. Their hotline service is for anyone regardless of where they live. They have a mobile crisis service unit for face to face help within Arizona. They can provide referrals elsewhere if needed, and an option for post crisis help.
