We currently have limited sessions available for counseling appointments. Click here to fill out our interest form.

Community Counseling Program

Need to talk? Our counseling team is now accepting new clients, with no waitlist.

Cumberland Youth & Family Services offers low-cost community counseling sessions for children, teens, and adults, made possible by generous grants from local partners.

Counseling services at Cumberland are available to eligible Denton County residents who are uninsured or underinsured and lack the necessary coverage for counseling. In-person and Telehealth video conference options are available. Our counselors are ready to provide support for children, teens, college-age young adults, and adults.

Take the first step towards meeting your goals, finding solutions, and a healthier you by scheduling your first session. We are currently accepting new clients; however, after-school sessions are limited.

Open to Denton County Residents and Referral Partners.

Link to Interest Form

FAQ

Request Appointment

1. Fill out the intake form linked here or call 940-382-5112
2. Our counseling team will get in touch with you to schedule an appointment and complete your counseling intake.
3. When you arrive for your intake appointment you will meet with the counselor and together determine how future sessions will fit best in your schedule.
Complete the information form to get started. The only requirement is that you are a resident of Denton County and you are either uninsured or underinsured, lacking the coverage you need for counseling.
The intake appointment is free and after that your appointments will be $5 per session.
Our goal is ensure counseling is accessible and affordable for all Denton County residents. If you cannot afford the $5 appointment rate our counseling staff will work with you to come up with a pricing plan that works with your budget.
Your counseling session will be held at the Cumberland Youth and Family services office. Our offices are located at 10130Greenlee Street in Denton Texas here is a link to our location on google maps here.
Please ring the “Ring” doorbell to the right of the front door and the receptionist will buzz you in. Please let our receptionist know your name and who you are here to see. The receptionist will make sure that the counseling staff knows you are here.
Yes. Low-cost counseling services at Cumberland are open to any Denton County resident via both in person and online through video conference options.
Please bring proof of City of Denton/Denton County residency. This can be a piece of mail with your name and address, drivers license with City of Denton or Denton County address or similar.
To reschedule your appointment you can contact our team at 940-382-5112 or reach out to your counselor directly.
This can be a piece of mail with your name and address, drivers license with a Denton County address or similar.
We accept Superior Star HealthWellcare by AllwellAmbetter. The community counseling program is built for underinsured and uninsured clients and payment options are based on a sliding scale. Sliding scale charges are based on individual income and can be very affordable.

We Serve

Our counseling staff serves children, teens, college-age young adults, and adults.
The only requirement is that you are a resident of Denton County, and you are either uninsured or lacking the coverage you need for counseling.

Specialities

Anxiety
Depression
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Life Transitions
Parenting
Stress
Trauma

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Services

Family Counseling
Individual Counseling
Play Therapy
Couples Counseling
Telehealth Counseling

About the Community Counseling Program

Access to low-cost counseling services, especially for the underinsured and uninsured, is important to us. We are a historically trusted resource for counseling services in Denton County and the North Texas region. This program allows us to leverage that history to offer counseling services to kids and adults in Denton County. We offer a space that is friendly and welcoming, and our therapists provide play therapy for children under ten, talk therapy for kids over ten, and adults.

We also offer the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment to community-based foster families, upon request. The CANS assessment is a comprehensive, trauma-informed behavioral health evaluation and communication tool. It is designed to help youth, caregivers, and service professionals collaborate and utilize a person’s strengths to drive service planning, placement, and treatment decisions.

The Community Counseling Program services for Denton Residents are funded through a grant from the City of Denton. Denton County residents are served through a generous grant from the Flow Health Care Foundation.

Meet Our Counseling Team

Elliott Ghaly LPC

Counselor
Elliott is a Licensed Professional Counselor. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Management from the University of North Texas and a Master of Arts in Licensed Professional Counseling from Dallas Baptist University. He works with individuals, families, and communities in areas of: Trauma & PTSD, anxiety/depression, anger management, grief and loss, men’s issues, relational boundary issues, children and adolescents, play therapy, teens, adults, geriatric, underinsured, and uninsured client populations.

Elliott’s approach to counseling is to empathetically walk with and honor clients through their difficulties and hardships. He focuses on helping clients develop healthy coping skills, gain effective emotional regulation skills, and develop a healthy outlook on life. He partners with clients to create uniquely specific goals to restore, mend, and heal what is broken. Elliot enjoys the process of walking with clients through their counseling journey to seek healing in broken places and provide hope. Elliot also utilizes play in therapy as appropriate with children.

In his spare time, Elliott enjoys exercising, camping with his wife, mountain biking, rock climbing, reading Stephen King novels, wood carving, and gardening. Overall, he tries to enjoy life by actively staying present in the moment.

Intake Criteria

The Cumberland Youth & Family Services Community Counseling Program accepts counseling clients insured by Medicare, under-insured, or those who are uninsured in Denton County.

Click here to fill out the request form