Ouachita Regional Counseling and MHC

They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Malvern is set up for.

No, and nothing else within 14 miles of Malvern offers one either, so that part will mean a longer drive or a referral.

It is on its own in this part of AR, which makes the waiting list question worth asking early.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Malvern.

Outpatient only, and nothing within 14 miles of Malvern has beds either, so a residential stay would mean traveling further than that.

The first conversation is mostly questions about what is being used, how much, and for how long. A call outside office hours often reaches an answering service rather than an intake worker, which is worth knowing before judging a program by it. Ask what the next step would be and who makes it happen.

The number quoted is almost always the first block, and the whole arc of treatment runs longer than that block. Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient sit between residential and standard outpatient care, at a few hours a day. Ask what the criteria for leaving are, because some programs have them written down.

Think documents and medication first, comforts second. Most residential programs search bags on arrival and hold anything they do not allow until you leave. Sort the keys, the mail and the animals before the day rather than on it.