BETHEL—The staff at Bethel Family Health Center welcomed Denise
Thorn, LCSW to the practice this winter. Denise will be one of
three clinical social workers at the practice to assist patients with
behavioral health needs across the life cycle. Denise obtained her Master of
Social Work degree at the University of New England in 2015 and undergraduate
degree in Wilderness Based Outdoor Recreation at Unity College in 1998.
She brings experience in Maine outpatient and inpatient mental health settings.
Her clinical areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, chronic mental
illness, domestic violence, geriatrics, mindfulness and co-occurring disorders.
Necie
recently shared, "Rural services are few and far between and accessing
services can be a challenge for many residents. I chose Bethel Family
Health Center, because I believe integrated services are crucial in decreasing
the barriers for treatment. After spending all my summers in Oxford
County, then moving here in my late teens, I am looking forward to returning to
providing services to the rural communities in our state."
Necie
will be joining clinical social workers Leslie Lufkin and Katie Sloma, who
offer mental health and substance use disorder services at the practice, as
well as physicians Catherine Chamberlin, Rich DeCarolis and Kevin Finley, nurse
practitioner Carly Hanson, and psychiatric nurse practitioner Joanne Nicastro.
The health center offers primary care with integrated behavioral health to
3,300 people in the Andover, Bethel, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Newton, Upton
and Woodstock region.
Bethel
Family Health Center is part of HealthReach Community Health Centers, a system
of eleven Federally Qualified Health Centers in Central and Western Maine.
Dedicated providers deliver high-quality medical and behavioral healthcare to
citizens in over 80 rural communities. To ensure access to everyone,
HealthReach accepts Medicare, MaineCare and major insurances. In addition, an
Affordable Care Program is available to uninsured and underinsured residents as
well as assistance with applications for programs that help with the cost of healthcare
and medications, including the Health Insurance Marketplace.
A
private non-profit with a 45-year history, HealthReach is funded by patient
fees, grants and by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling
$4,580,070 with 82.5 percent financed with non-governmental sources. The
contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official
views of, nor are an endorsement by, the HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
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