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General Psychotherapy and Assessment Clinic

General Psychotherapy and Assessment Clinic

Welcome to the UNCW General Psychotherapy and Assessment Clinic. We are a non-profit training clinic and treatment center that offers affordable and accessible mental health services.

We offer psychotherapy and psychological assessment services to adults in New Hanover County and the surrounding community. These services are discounted to increase accessibility for behavioral health services. 

Our Mission

In partnership with UNCW’s doctoral program in Clinical Psychology, our mission is to be a center of excellence in training psychologists and serving the community. Guided by our core values of compassion, respect, and integrity, we empower clients through accessible and individualized evidence-based care. Because we are part of a major research university, our faculty supervisors and student therapists employ the most helpful evidence-based treatment methods. We are fortunate to have experts in several specialty areas of practice. Our student therapists are closely supervised by licensed clinical psychologists in the delivery of these services.

Clinic Services

Individual Psychotherapy
Psychological Assessment

We offer outpatient psychotherapy for adults experiencing emotional problems or disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and a variety of other conditions) and/or individuals wishing to reduce their drinking and/or abstain from alcohol or other drugs. In addition, we also specialize in treating adults diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. 

Our clinicians primarily utilize Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, which is a strong, empirically supported treatment that targets a number of different presenting concerns. However, your treatment will be tailored to your unique needs. We will work with your physician or refer you to a medical provider if you are interested in an evaluation for medications as well as therapy.

We offer thorough diagnostic psychological evaluations for adults. For those individuals interested in receiving a psychological diagnostic assessment (i.e., would like to gain diagnostic clarity about whether they are experiencing clinically significant anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, etc.), we are currently offering this service for a flat fee of $200. These assessments include ~3-4 meetings with one of our doctoral student clinicians who will conduct a thorough intake and clinical interview with the client to understand their psychiatric history. The clinician will then take some time to summarize the information gathered in a diagnostic report that will also include clinical recommendations, which we will provide to the client to use at their discretion. For individuals seeking ADHD assessment, we have a more involved assessment process which includes cognitive and academic testing as well. We are currently offering this service for a flat fee of $400. 

Our Commitment to Diversity

The UNCW GPAC embraces the concept of human diversity and the goal of providing sensitive and competent care to all. We maintain a commitment to treat all patients/clients as valued and respected individuals across all differences. The UNCW Community recognizes that global diversity is increasing in our everyday lives and asks all of us to challenge ourselves to develop qualities of adaptability, flexibility, and versatility so that we may all learn to work effectively with those different from ourselves.

Our clinic is further committed to the concept of cultural humility in training and in providing services. We embrace an inclusive definition of diversity, including age, culture, developmental and acquired disabilities, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic differences. Further, we wish to learn from others while facilitating healing in our lives, and in the lives of those we serve and train.

Affordable Fees

We are a non-profit training clinic, which allows us to provide affordable psychological services. Therapy session fees are determined with your clinician at the beginning of treatment using an income-based sliding scale (range: $10-$40 per session). Fees for assessment services are currently reduced to a flat rate of $100 for psychodiagnostic assessment and $200 for ADHD assessment. You will receive a Good Faith Estimate stating these costs at the beginning of treatment/assessment. Due to our status as a non-profit training clinic, we are not able to accept insurance and fees must be paid by the client.

Clinical Emergencies

The GPAC does not provide emergency services and does not have 24-hour office/phone coverage. If you are in need of emergency services, you have several options: 

  1. UNCW students, faculty, and staff can contact the UNCW Police Department by dialing 911 from a campus phone, or 910.962.2222 (for non-emergencies) from any phone.
  2. Community members and non-UNCW-affiliated clients should dial 911 to reach their local police department.
  3. If you are having a mental health or substance use-related emergency, please contact the Mobile Crisis Team 24/7 at 1.866.437.1827. This is a free service that comes to you, conducts an assessment of your risk, and makes recommendations.
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Contact Information

Phone: (910) 962-7525
Fax: (910) 962-3642

gpac@uncw.edu

UNCW Teaching Lab Building
5015 Price Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403

Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Reduced hours in the summer term. 
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