Services
Meet Your Team
Your Therapist
Your therapist specializes in helping young people build the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to achieve their goals. With an approach that is tailored to your needs and strengths, your therapist works collaboratively with you to develop a plan for your recovery. For some people, talk therapy is an important part of this plan. Your therapist offers a listening ear, a welcoming space, and an opportunity to share your story in a way that is right for you.
Your Case Manager
Your case manager connects young people and their families to practical support, such as financial assistance, housing, transportation, childcare, medical and dental care, and other community resources.
Your Prescriber
Your prescriber, who may be a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner, is an expert in evidence-based approaches to medications for young adults. Balancing attention to medication effectiveness, concerns about side effects, and respect for your preferences and feelings about medication, your prescriber will discuss options with you and help you make informed decisions about medication use.
Your Family Support Specialist
Your family support specialist provides clear and constructive information to families on how to provide support to loved ones – and how to take care of themselves as well. When one member of a family is struggling, all family members are affected. Family support and education recognizes and values the important role families play in a young person’s recovery journey.
Your Nurse
Your nurse focuses on your overall health and wellness. Understanding the importance of nutrition and exercise, your nurse works with you on your goals in these areas and may coordinate lab work, routine and preventive medical care, and referrals to specialists as needed.
Your Education / Employment Specialist
Your education/employment specialist helps young people identify and pursue their goals for school and work. Whether you are returning to school or work after an absence; looking for, finding, or starting a new job or educational program; or making a career change, your education/employment specialist will be with you every step of the way.
Your Peer Support Specialist
Your peer support specialist has experienced mental health challenges similar to yours and can share their unique perspective with you. Building a relationship based on mutual respect, trust, and authenticity, you and your peer support specialist walk alongside one another as you make meaning of your experience and make decisions for a bright future.
Eligibility Criteria
Participants must be:
Between the ages of 16-30
Residing in an area served by a Georgia LIGHT team
Experiencing symptoms such as unusual thoughts or behaviors, seeing or hearing things that others don’t, and withdrawing from friends, family, and interests
Symptoms must have lasted at least one week but less than two years.
Payment
Funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) allows our Georgia LIGHT teams to accept anyone who meets eligibility criteria, regardless of insurance coverage or lack of insurance. Our teams will work with you to apply for health insurance when needed, may bill your insurance company for services when allowable, and will provide all services regardless of your ability to pay.