Specialization Of Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center
Psychiatrist
About Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center
Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center (CRTC) is a 16-Bed Residential Treatment Facility serving children and adolescent patients located in Cape Girardeau, MO. The program is intended for youth 6-17 years of age. CRTC offers an intensive residential treatment environment and serves as an alternative to hospitalization. Services include psychiatry, individual and group therapy, recreational therapy, nursing and medical services, family therapy and family services. In cooperation with the Cape Girardeau Public Schools, on-site educational services are provided.
CRTC’s mission is to care for children and adolescents in a safe, nurturing environment with treatment that encourages the development of healthy relationship with others. It is a secure 24-hour setting designed to provide clinical services at the highest level of service intensity. Each child will have a comprehensive individualized care plan developed by the family, child, natural supports, other agencies, and community partners.
This service is available to any eligible child or adolescent from our five-county catchment area of Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, and Ste Genevieve counties. There are eligibility criteria for this service which would be determined upon evaluation for services.
Our Mission
Community Counseling Center’s mission is to provide comprehensive behavioral health and prevention services to every person in need in our five-county region.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a behavioral healthcare system that is capable of upholding, supporting, and maintaining recovery of our patients.
Our Values
SENSITIVITY
We appreciate and respect the diversity and cultural differences of our patients and take into account the many multidimensional aspects of their lives. We strive to provide services that reflect the context of patients’ health-related behaviors and needs, and to do so in a sensitive and caring manner.
EMPATHY
We strive to identify with our patients’ situations and to have a sense of their feelings and emotions related to their needs. Offering a high level of empathy enhances trust and the quality of care that our patients deserve.
RESOURCES
We believe that solicitation and prudent utilization of resources is essential to providing effectual behavioral healthcare to our patients. We continually seek appropriate resources to meet our patients’ needs.
VIRTUE
We assist patients in determining what is right or wrong for them; what works or does not work for them (Prudence). We uphold patients’ rights and advocate for them (Justice). We encourage patients to remain steadfast in their recovery (Fortitude). We help patients achieve a healthy balance between legitimate needs versus inordinate wants (Temperance).
INTEGRITY
We strongly uphold moral and ethical principles in our daily practice and in delivery of services. Our patients entrust their wellness to our professional care and expect to be treated, and to receive treatment, in a manner that honors professional codes and standards.
CARING, CONCERN, AND COMPASSION
We embrace and uphold these attributes throughout our practice of service as our patients’ well being is foremost in the minds and hearts of everyone associated with Community Counseling Center. Our Governing Board members, our Foundation Board members, our Executive Director, and all of our staff are selected because they believe in and promote our mission and values.
ENVIRONMENT
We value our patients’ well being and strive to provide a professional and friendly atmosphere in which they feel welcome and trusting; an environment conducive to the sensitive nature of their needs and to the settings in which our professionals provide treatment to meet those needs.
