Family Therapy Clinic
About Us
East Carolina University Family Therapy Clinic provides high quality individual, couple and family therapy to the greater Pitt County community, while also providing faculty-supervised training to Family Therapy students in their last year of their master’s program and PhD Medical Family Therapy students. By offering direct services to the public, the Clinic bridges the gap between theory and practice and provides a unique service to the Greenville community and surrounding areas.
The clinic is located at 612 East Tenth Street and is open Monday through Friday from 8am – 8pm.
Setting Up Therapy
We are currently seeing clients in-person and online through a secure videoconference platform.
The first step is to contact our clinic for a 2-hour consultation appointment. See more information about the consultation below.
If you are interested in receiving therapy or are referring someone else to therapy click here: Online Paperwork Link Coming Soon.
Or call the ECU Family Therapy Clinic at (252) 737-1415. Although we stay open year-round, our operations team fluctuates with the school year. While we really try to have someone at the phone M-F 8a-8p, our operations staff may be low at that time and not able to pick up your call. If that is the case, please leave a voicemail and we will return your call within 1 business day.
The 2-hour Intake Consultation
The intake consultation is a $20 flat fee for everyone and is a time where you can determine if we are a good fit for you or your family. It is a time where we gather information about what brings you to therapy, what you need and some questions about your personal or family history. It is also a time where you can ask questions about the therapy process at the ECU Family Therapy Clinic.
As a training clinic we make sure that that the level of experience of the clinicians matches what a family or client needs. The Clinic Director review all intakes and if the level of experience doesn’t match or if more specific or different services are needed we will provide referrals.
About Therapy – How we are different
Training Clinic
In the university setting, clients are able to have the benefit of seeing a student who is highly supervised by a faculty member who is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, a designation that takes years to achieve, and is one of the highest levels of supervision training available in mental health. In addition, faculty are not only staying current with the most recent research available in their areas of expertise, but they are also writing numerous publications annually based off their research and collaborations with students. We like to stay current and give you and your family our absolute best!
In addition, you may choose to be seen on “Team.” This is only an opt-in experience (not required), but you will then have the benefit of the input of the supervising faculty member and other Team members in real time. While there are some initial nerves that come along with this, clients have reported overall that this has been a very beneficial (and even fun!) experience for them.
Incorporating Support System
We are relational people here at the ECU Family Therapy Clinic who believe that those that those that we are in relationship with make a huge difference in our health, wellbeing, and happiness. Your therapist may talk with you about bringing in a family member, partner, child, friend or other important person in your life as a consultant, or, potentially an ongoing part of therapy. You will be a part of that choice every step of the way.
Concerned family members, and/or community professionals (e.g., physicians, school administrators, teachers, counselors, ministers and others) are invited to participate in the therapy process upon receiving the client’s consent. We cannot make any appointments for clients without the client’s direct consent.
We work off an integrated health care model and are home to the nationally award-winning Medical Family Therapy PhD program and as such, we incorporate treatment with a client’s health-care providers, teachers, family and service providers. As a client, you can give consent for this to occur at any time.
Session Fees
For those with a household income of under $100,000 we offer a Standardized Income-based Fee structure that is less than our per session fee of $100. In the intake paperwork you will be asked to provide annual or monthly household income and proof of income (such as a paystub) which will determine your session fee. We understand that financial circumstances can change and you can update this information with your therapist at any time which will readjust your session fee. The session fee is based on household income and number of persons in the household. We also go off of gross income rather than net. Please click the link for the current Standardized Income-based Fee chart for 2021-2022.
Session fees are due prior to session and can be paid through our secure online payment portal: ECU Family Therapy Clinic UStore
We do not accept insurance because students are not yet licensed and therefore able to bill insurance. However, the payment portal will email you a receipt that can be used to send insurance companies. If you have an HSA (Health Savings Account) the payment portal for the clinic has been set up as a health care entity and so HSA cards are accepted and your session will show up as a health care expense.
We also do not provide any refunds for overpayment or for sessions missed. That payment will be applied to the next session.
Clinic Staff and Faculty Supervisors
