Solutions Behavioral Healthcare has only been in Detroit Lakes for roughly eight years. “We started out in a little one-room office on Willow,” said Marty Waller, who is the program director in Detroit Lakes. But in those eight years, things have grown significantly. The business, which has branched out of its Moorhead site into six other locations, is designed to help meet the unique needs of individuals struggling with a large array of mental health issues. Approximately six years ago, Solutions moved over to its current building at 1104 W River Rd where it occupied one corner of the building. A year or two after that, it took over the entire east side of the building. Today, it is celebrating its recent expansion that is tripling its space, taking over the entire building that Hospice once occupied.
Now 20 employees strong, Solutions in Detroit Lakes is now able to add onto its growing list of programs for its growing list of clients. With a completely renovated space, Solutions built a pre-kindergarten classroom for some of its tiniest clients. “We’ve partnered with the Head Start so that we can work with kids that have a diagnosis of some kind, helping them with social skills, school readiness, appropriate behavior - things like that, so that they’re ready for kindergarten when the time comes,” said Waller, who says in conjunction with that program, the parents of those children will also be bussed in once a week to attend classes designed to help cement their child’s newly learned skills. “And then a practitioner will go into the home and continue practicing those skills as well, so it’s a complete approach,” said Waller, who says without the new expansion, this wouldn’t have been possible. Recent growth is allowing Solutions to implement other programs as well, including something called “The Incredible Years.” “These are parent groups that are newer to Detroit Lakes,” said Licensed Psychologist for Solutions, Tessie Blake, who says these programs are run on evidence-based practices. “So they have been tested all over in different groups around the state, the country and the world and found it consistently gets results,” said Blake, who says Solutions is now running one of those groups just for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, as well as academic readiness, learning disabilities or simply have social or behavioral issues. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1148528","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"350","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"750"}}]] “Or sometimes it can be for the parents themselves, who may need some additional support,” said Blake. New referrals are filtering into Solutions every day, according to Waller, who says they can come from the schools, the county, doctors, or other parents in the community. Mental health issues are vast, and while some people can benefit greatly from Solution’s group therapies, many others are being helped through very intense, comprehensive individual therapy, like what is called “Arms,” where psychologists help clients with their needs in the office and “Arms” workers then go into the client’s homes or work to help them to apply their new skills in their daily lives. Another newer program Solutions in Detroit Lakes is now running is a social skills group for middle school-aged students. “To teach the boys in that age-range those basic social skills,” said Blake, “…how to have a conversation, basic problem-solving skills, anger management.” Blake says they’re always looking for ways to expand their new services, whether in the newly-expanded facility, or in partnership with other organizations to do more field work. Although mental health still comes with some stigmas, Waller says he sees barriers slowly being broken down. As more education circulates and people find out more about the realities of therapy, Waller says more people seem to be willing to go out and get help. “It’s not a Bob Newhart situation; therapy isn’t laying on the couch and being hypnotized,” said Waller. “It’s a very comfortable experience, and it’s to help you grow, and you’re not necessarily confronted on everything. And while some people end up being longer-term clients, Waller says some end up only needing a couple of sessions to learn the skills they need to enhance their lives. “We don’t want to stay with a client forever,” said Waller. “Our goal is to always work ourselves right out of a job.” Tweets by @DLNewspapersSolutions Behavioral Healthcare has only been in Detroit Lakes for roughly eight years. “We started out in a little one-room office on Willow,” said Marty Waller, who is the program director in Detroit Lakes. But in those eight years, things have grown significantly. The business, which has branched out of its Moorhead site into six other locations, is designed to help meet the unique needs of individuals struggling with a large array of mental health issues. Approximately six years ago, Solutions moved over to its current building at 1104 W River Rd where it occupied one corner of the building. A year or two after that, it took over the entire east side of the building. Today, it is celebrating its recent expansion that is tripling its space, taking over the entire building that Hospice once occupied. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1148525","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"350","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"750"}}]] Now 20 employees strong, Solutions in Detroit Lakes is now able to add onto its growing list of programs for its growing list of clients. With a completely renovated space, Solutions built a pre-kindergarten classroom for some of its tiniest clients. “We’ve partnered with the Head Start so that we can work with kids that have a diagnosis of some kind, helping them with social skills, school readiness, appropriate behavior - things like that, so that they’re ready for kindergarten when the time comes,” said Waller, who says in conjunction with that program, the parents of those children will also be bussed in once a week to attend classes designed to help cement their child’s newly learned skills. “And then a practitioner will go into the home and continue practicing those skills as well, so it’s a complete approach,” said Waller, who says without the new expansion, this wouldn’t have been possible. Recent growth is allowing Solutions to implement other programs as well, including something called “The Incredible Years.” “These are parent groups that are newer to Detroit Lakes,” said Licensed Psychologist for Solutions, Tessie Blake, who says these programs are run on evidence-based practices. “So they have been tested all over in different groups around the state, the country and the world and found it consistently gets results,” said Blake, who says Solutions is now running one of those groups just for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, as well as academic readiness, learning disabilities or simply have social or behavioral issues.
“Or sometimes it can be for the parents themselves, who may need some additional support,” said Blake. New referrals are filtering into Solutions every day, according to Waller, who says they can come from the schools, the county, doctors, or other parents in the community. Mental health issues are vast, and while some people can benefit greatly from Solution’s group therapies, many others are being helped through very intense, comprehensive individual therapy, like what is called “Arms,” where psychologists help clients with their needs in the office and “Arms” workers then go into the client’s homes or work to help them to apply their new skills in their daily lives. Another newer program Solutions in Detroit Lakes is now running is a social skills group for middle school-aged students. “To teach the boys in that age-range those basic social skills,” said Blake, “…how to have a conversation, basic problem-solving skills, anger management.” Blake says they’re always looking for ways to expand their new services, whether in the newly-expanded facility, or in partnership with other organizations to do more field work. Although mental health still comes with some stigmas, Waller says he sees barriers slowly being broken down. As more education circulates and people find out more about the realities of therapy, Waller says more people seem to be willing to go out and get help. “It’s not a Bob Newhart situation; therapy isn’t laying on the couch and being hypnotized,” said Waller. “It’s a very comfortable experience, and it’s to help you grow, and you’re not necessarily confronted on everything. And while some people end up being longer-term clients, Waller says some end up only needing a couple of sessions to learn the skills they need to enhance their lives. “We don’t want to stay with a client forever,” said Waller. “Our goal is to always work ourselves right out of a job.” Tweets by @DLNewspapersSolutions Behavioral Healthcare has only been in Detroit Lakes for roughly eight years.“We started out in a little one-room office on Willow,” said Marty Waller, who is the program director in Detroit Lakes. But in those eight years, things have grown significantly.The business, which has branched out of its Moorhead site into six other locations, is designed to help meet the unique needs of individuals struggling with a large array of mental health issues.Approximately six years ago, Solutions moved over to its current building at 1104 W River Rd where it occupied one corner of the building.A year or two after that, it took over the entire east side of the building.Today, it is celebrating its recent expansion that is tripling its space, taking over the entire building that Hospice once occupied.
Now 20 employees strong, Solutions in Detroit Lakes is now able to add onto its growing list of programs for its growing list of clients.With a completely renovated space, Solutions built a pre-kindergarten classroom for some of its tiniest clients.“We’ve partnered with the Head Start so that we can work with kids that have a diagnosis of some kind, helping them with social skills, school readiness, appropriate behavior - things like that, so that they’re ready for kindergarten when the time comes,” said Waller, who says in conjunction with that program, the parents of those children will also be bussed in once a week to attend classes designed to help cement their child’s newly learned skills.“And then a practitioner will go into the home and continue practicing those skills as well, so it’s a complete approach,” said Waller, who says without the new expansion, this wouldn’t have been possible.Recent growth is allowing Solutions to implement other programs as well, including something called “The Incredible Years.”“These are parent groups that are newer to Detroit Lakes,” said Licensed Psychologist for Solutions, Tessie Blake, who says these programs are run on evidence-based practices.“So they have been tested all over in different groups around the state, the country and the world and found it consistently gets results,” said Blake, who says Solutions is now running one of those groups just for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, as well as academic readiness, learning disabilities or simply have social or behavioral issues.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1148528","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"350","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"750"}}]]“Or sometimes it can be for the parents themselves, who may need some additional support,” said Blake.New referrals are filtering into Solutions every day, according to Waller, who says they can come from the schools, the county, doctors, or other parents in the community.Mental health issues are vast, and while some people can benefit greatly from Solution’s group therapies, many others are being helped through very intense, comprehensive individual therapy, like what is called “Arms,” where psychologists help clients with their needs in the office and “Arms” workers then go into the client’s homes or work to help them to apply their new skills in their daily lives.Another newer program Solutions in Detroit Lakes is now running is a social skills group for middle school-aged students.“To teach the boys in that age-range those basic social skills,” said Blake, “…how to have a conversation, basic problem-solving skills, anger management.”Blake says they’re always looking for ways to expand their new services, whether in the newly-expanded facility, or in partnership with other organizations to do more field work.Although mental health still comes with some stigmas, Waller says he sees barriers slowly being broken down.As more education circulates and people find out more about the realities of therapy, Waller says more people seem to be willing to go out and get help.“It’s not a Bob Newhart situation; therapy isn’t laying on the couch and being hypnotized,” said Waller. “It’s a very comfortable experience, and it’s to help you grow, and you’re not necessarily confronted on everything.And while some people end up being longer-term clients, Waller says some end up only needing a couple of sessions to learn the skills they need to enhance their lives.“We don’t want to stay with a client forever,” said Waller. “Our goal is to always work ourselves right out of a job.”Tweets by @DLNewspapersSolutions Behavioral Healthcare has only been in Detroit Lakes for roughly eight years.“We started out in a little one-room office on Willow,” said Marty Waller, who is the program director in Detroit Lakes. But in those eight years, things have grown significantly.The business, which has branched out of its Moorhead site into six other locations, is designed to help meet the unique needs of individuals struggling with a large array of mental health issues.Approximately six years ago, Solutions moved over to its current building at 1104 W River Rd where it occupied one corner of the building.A year or two after that, it took over the entire east side of the building.Today, it is celebrating its recent expansion that is tripling its space, taking over the entire building that Hospice once occupied.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1148525","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"350","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"750"}}]]Now 20 employees strong, Solutions in Detroit Lakes is now able to add onto its growing list of programs for its growing list of clients.With a completely renovated space, Solutions built a pre-kindergarten classroom for some of its tiniest clients.“We’ve partnered with the Head Start so that we can work with kids that have a diagnosis of some kind, helping them with social skills, school readiness, appropriate behavior - things like that, so that they’re ready for kindergarten when the time comes,” said Waller, who says in conjunction with that program, the parents of those children will also be bussed in once a week to attend classes designed to help cement their child’s newly learned skills.“And then a practitioner will go into the home and continue practicing those skills as well, so it’s a complete approach,” said Waller, who says without the new expansion, this wouldn’t have been possible.Recent growth is allowing Solutions to implement other programs as well, including something called “The Incredible Years.”“These are parent groups that are newer to Detroit Lakes,” said Licensed Psychologist for Solutions, Tessie Blake, who says these programs are run on evidence-based practices.“So they have been tested all over in different groups around the state, the country and the world and found it consistently gets results,” said Blake, who says Solutions is now running one of those groups just for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, as well as academic readiness, learning disabilities or simply have social or behavioral issues.
“Or sometimes it can be for the parents themselves, who may need some additional support,” said Blake.New referrals are filtering into Solutions every day, according to Waller, who says they can come from the schools, the county, doctors, or other parents in the community.Mental health issues are vast, and while some people can benefit greatly from Solution’s group therapies, many others are being helped through very intense, comprehensive individual therapy, like what is called “Arms,” where psychologists help clients with their needs in the office and “Arms” workers then go into the client’s homes or work to help them to apply their new skills in their daily lives.Another newer program Solutions in Detroit Lakes is now running is a social skills group for middle school-aged students.“To teach the boys in that age-range those basic social skills,” said Blake, “…how to have a conversation, basic problem-solving skills, anger management.”Blake says they’re always looking for ways to expand their new services, whether in the newly-expanded facility, or in partnership with other organizations to do more field work.Although mental health still comes with some stigmas, Waller says he sees barriers slowly being broken down.As more education circulates and people find out more about the realities of therapy, Waller says more people seem to be willing to go out and get help.“It’s not a Bob Newhart situation; therapy isn’t laying on the couch and being hypnotized,” said Waller. “It’s a very comfortable experience, and it’s to help you grow, and you’re not necessarily confronted on everything.And while some people end up being longer-term clients, Waller says some end up only needing a couple of sessions to learn the skills they need to enhance their lives.“We don’t want to stay with a client forever,” said Waller. “Our goal is to always work ourselves right out of a job.”Tweets by @DLNewspapers
