ADULT CLINICAL SERVICES provides substance abuse services, mental health services and services for those with both substance abuse and mental health issues, focusing on persons 18 and older and living in Rockbridge or Bath County, Lexington or Buena Vista. The ACS clinical staff is made up of professionals with masters’ degrees and licensed in their respective disciplines by the state of Virginia (LCPs, LCSWs and LPCs). Clinicians provide assessment and diagnoses as well as treatment and counseling and psychotherapy. Referrals are made within ACS, such as to the psychiatrist, when indicated, and referrals also are made to non-RACS professionals when necessary. Referrals are made to ACS by many sources such as families, doctors, courts, RASAP and others by calling ACCESS at 463-3141, or by calling the Bath co. office in Bacova at 839-3162. Most insurances are accepted.

ADULT CLINICAL SERVICES PROGRAMS

SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES include assessments, individual or group therapy and the 22 week out-patient treatment program. There are specialized programs for women, for the dually diagnosed and for family members. Drug-screening, breathalyzer testing and auricular acupuncture are available. Referrals and admission to in-patient detoxification and/or rehabilitation facilities is provided when indicated. Aftercare is provided, including for those who might initiate their own in-patient treatment.

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES is for persons experiencing mood problems such as Depression or Anxiety, for relationship problems, or other problems of daily living beyond self-management. Mental Health services also are for persons with serious mental illness such as Schizophrenia and Bi-polar illness. Treatment is research-based and consistent with best practice models for the presenting problem or diagnosis. Individual, couples, family and group therapies are available. When appropriate, referrals are made to other RACS services such as psychiatry or case management or to other community service agencies.

ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS:

ANGER MANAGEMENT is an open-ended 10 week, once a week evening program designed to help those with anger problems. It does not cure or eliminate anger: it helps participants own and recognize their anger, develop techniques and strategies for coping with it, and helps to reduce and control the severity and consequences of the anger.

GRIEF PROGRAM is a closed ended 6 week or longer group treatment program for those who have experienced a significant loss in their lives and who need help in working through the grief. This program is not designed to speed up a process that takes time for everyone. It is aimed at those who are having an especially difficult time coping with the loss, who may have been traumatized by the loss, or for those who are not satisfied with their attempts at acceptance and/or resolution. Most participants are referred by their therapist to do some work with the help of a group that simply can’t be done one to one.

ADULT CLINICAL SERVICES develops and provides other specialized programs as indicated. ACS has run a Skills Program for those having trouble coping with relationships and managing their emotions. ACS has had Co-Dependent Therapy Groups as well as Substance Use Disorder Family Programs. ACS provides clinicians for the RACS Speakers Bureau.

KEITH LISENBEE, LCSW, Clinical Services Program Manager

Keith is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and graduated with a master’s degree in social work.from Virginia Commonwealth University.  Keith has eleven years of clinical experience in the areas of children’s mental health, adolescent substance abuse, adult mental health, adult substance abuse, forensics, mental health and the law, corrections, and marriage and family.    Keith also has extensive management experience in child and family services, adult mental health and substance abuse services, corrections, and forensics.  He has been at RACS since 2004.

TERRY OJURE, LPC, LSATP

Terry is double licensed as a Professional Counselor and as a Substance Abuse Treatment Practioner. He has a masters degree and a post-masters’ certificate in counseling from The University of Connecticut. He has been employed with RACS since 1988 after working in a variety of positions in the human services field. Terry is a dedicated Counselor and a “generalist” who is skilled and capable in providing counseling and treatment to clients with a wide range of presenting problems. He has been facilitating numerous and varied substance abuse groups as well as providing mental health services and emergency services. Terry is especially interested in working with people with Depression and Anxiety and in counseling couples and in using psychodrama and experiential strategies and techniques with individuals and in groups. He also provides clinical supervision to RACS employees pursuing licensure as professional counselors.

JOHN LANCASTER, LPC, LSATP

John is licensed as a Professional Counselor and as a Substance Abuse Treatment Practioner. John holds a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been employed by RACS since 1991. John has had a long and passionate commitment to the treatment and recovery of those suffering from substance use disorders. He also has expanded his interests and skills to provide emergency services and mental health services. He uses an ever-growing variety of therapeutic techniques and interventions to assess, motivate, and treat RACS clients. John also is an avid researcher and program development specialist who has contributed the major portions of RACS lesson plans for substance abuse programs and who wrote and implemented the RACS Anger Management Program. Most recently, John developed and started the first Grief Group that RACS has done.

TERRI BSULLAK, LCSW

Terri has an MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University and was licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in 2002. Terri has done work in substance abuse, mental health, and emergency services since coming to work at RACS in 1999. She specializes in doing whatever the program needs her to do. She has facilitated all of the groups in the substance abuse treatment program. She wrote and implemented the original women’s program, and she has trained her successors who have run that program. Terri has provided individual therapy services in Bath and in Rockbridge. Terri’s strength is in diagnosing disorders and developing the right treatment plan and the right therapy for the client to improve. She is especially interested in working clients with short-term and chronic medical conditions.

DONNA MAUCK, LCSW, Emergency Services Manager

ANNE REMINGTON, MA-Ed.S

Call ACCESS at 463-3141

BUSINESS HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday
EVENING PROGRAMS Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday