COUNSELING SERVICES
We work with individuals and groups of all ages and we customize each approach to your individual needs. We believe our counseling services will enhance your well-being and help you live a better life.
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU
We are committed to providing the highest quality care in a fun, safe, and professional environment. It is important to us that you are afforded respect, thoughtfulness, privacy and consideration from all of our staff and clinical members. Our licensed therapist is ready to help you.
MEET LORI
Lori Nelson-Salsbury, MS, ATR-BC, LMHC has been a clinical member of Counseling for Growth & Change, LC, since 2000. Lori is a Registered and Board Credentialed Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
She specializes in working with teens (ages 12 and older) and adults and her areas of specialty include the following:
- Abusive reactive behavior in children
- Sexual, physical & emotional abuse
- Depression and mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- ADHD
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Divorce & adjustment issues
- Anger management
- Anxiety, panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders
Frequently Asked Questions
Counseling is a process that can help you identify more effective strategies both to cope with difficult situations and to achieve your goals. We provide individual, family, and couple counseling services to meet your personal needs.
Yes! Wellmark, United Healthcare Plans, Optum, UMR, Aetna, Wellpoint, Midland’s Choice as well as some EAPs are accepted.
It will be important for you to take time to contact the plan administrator of your insurance carrier, to review your insurance coverage benefits. Call the 800 number on the back of your insurance card to identify the mental health benefits and limitations available to your specific policy.
As a starting point, these are some of the important questions to consider asking your insurance carrier:
- What is the extent of my mental health coverage?
- Do I need to get pre-authorization for mental health treatment?
- What is the co-pay due at the time of each appointment?
We are dedicated to providing you with the best possible care and we will gladly provide assistance with questions you may have related to your insurance in order to help you receive your maximum allowable benefits.
Please keep in mind, however, that your insurance is a contract between you, your employer and the insurance company. Not all services are a covered benefit in all contracts. While the filing of insurance claims is a courtesy that we extend to our patients, all charges are your responsibility from the date the services are rendered.
Yes! Please contact Lori directly to see which counseling services are available via telehealth.
To set up an appointment, call our Boone office at 515-243-1020
During that call, you can anticipate our administrative staff to:
For your convenience, patient paperwork is available online. Click on the links below to print and complete the forms prior to your first appointment.
Plan to arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time. Don’t forget to bring complete the forms prior to your first appointment.
Adult Registration Packet
Child Registration Packet
Telehealth Release Forms
Check in with the front desk. Our administrative staff will make a photocopy of your insurance card and review your information.
A reminder that payment will be due at time of service. We accept cash, check, or credit card as forms of payment for services and insurance co-pays.
BOONE OFFICE
915 8th Street, Suite 109, Boone, IA 50036
Phone: 515.243.1020
Email: lnsalsbury@cgccounseling.com
Our office is open 9 am to 5 pm, Monday – Friday.
915 8th St, Suite 109, Boone, IA
515.243.1020
lnsalsbury@cgccounseling.com
Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5 PM