Foundations Counseling Center
8973 Broadway, Merrillville, IN 46410
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Foundations Counseling Center is a dedicated mental health facility in Merrillville, Indiana, committed to guiding individuals, couples, families, and communities on transformative journeys toward greater fulfillment, healing, and well-being.
With a compassionate, client-centered approach, the center offers a wide range of specialized services including individual counseling for anxiety, depression, trauma, and stress; couples and family counseling to improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen bonds; grief counseling to navigate the complex emotions of loss; addictions treatment using evidence-based techniques for long-term recovery and relapse prevention; military and veteran services addressing PTSD, reintegration, and deployment stress; and personalized medication management through comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and collaborative care.
Led by experienced professionals such as Dr.
Michael J. Lane, DNP, PMHNP-BC, a U.S.
Army veteran focused on multidisciplinary, patient-centered treatment, and a team of licensed therapists with expertise in various mental health conditions, Foundations Counseling Center fosters resilience, growth, and holistic healing in a safe, non-judgmental environment, serving adolescents, adults, and families facing life's challenges.
What we treat
Treatment & Programs
Levels of Care
Foundations Counseling Center provides comprehensive outpatient care designed to integrate seamlessly into daily life. Rather than residential stays, their multidisciplinary team focuses on community-based ambulatory services, allowing clients to receive psychiatric evaluations and consistent therapy while living at home.
Therapies
Treatment relies on evidence-based therapeutic methods like motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral therapy to foster emotional healing and build resilience. The practice also places a major emphasis on contextual health, frequently utilizing family therapy and specialized couples counseling to rebuild trust, improve empathy, and resolve deep-seated relationship roadblocks.
Addictions
The clinical team approaches addiction treatment through a holistic, non-judgmental lens, addressing both the physical and emotional facets of substance use disorders. Counselors focus on helping individuals break free from the cycle of dependency by utilizing cognitive-behavioral techniques aimed at long-term sobriety and relapse prevention.
Conditions
Psychiatric comprehensive assessments at this Merrillville facility allow the team to diagnose and manage a broad spectrum of complex mental health conditions. Clinicians actively treat serious diagnoses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and complex PTSD (C-PTSD), alongside prevalent struggles with depression, anxiety, and prolonged grief disorders.
Issues
Beyond clinical diagnoses, the staff excels at mediating profound life stressors, particularly complicated family dynamics and the turbulent transition from military to civilian roles. They also offer dedicated support for individuals navigating the heavy burden of grief, domestic violence recovery, and the unique challenges of structural co-parenting.
Programs
The Military and Veteran Services track is a defining pillar of the practice, developed to support active-duty personnel, first responders, and veterans facing deployment stress. Guided by an intake coordinator and medical director who are themselves military veterans, this program provides highly specific reintegration counseling rooted in lived experience.
On-site
Amenities
As a community-based outpatient clinic, the center provides a comfortable, private setting for therapy and psychiatric evaluations. Prospective clients are encouraged to contact the facility directly to learn more about the office environment and available appointment times.
Coverage
Payment
Financial accessibility is supported through an extensive network of accepted insurances, proudly accommodating TRICARE, Medicare, Medicaid, Anthem, and CareSource coverage. For out-of-network care, the clinic offers plainly transparent pricing tiers for intake and follow-up sessions, alongside customized financing options powered by Affirm.
Eligibility
Who We Serve
Foundations Counseling Center is deeply rooted in the local community, serving children as young as five, adolescents, and adults of all backgrounds. Their specialized staff infrastructure deliberately caters to veterans, offering targeted care to military personnel while simultaneously supporting diverse family units, struggling couples, and individuals seeking profound personal growth.
Additional Services
Medical Director Dr. Michael Lane spearheads personalized medication management, thoughtfully reviewing progress notes from licensed therapists before each appointment to ensure pharmacological and behavioral goals align. The practice also stands out for its specialized co-parenting relationship counseling, guiding divorced or separated parents toward child-centered conflict resolution.
About
Facility Info
Located in the city of Merrillville, Indiana, this practice operates as a community-based behavioral health organization. Their primary mission centers on improving local access to high-quality, multidisciplinary mental health treatment in a safe, outpatient clinical setting.
Credentials
Accreditations
While general facility-wide accreditations are not explicitly detailed, the practice is anchored by highly credentialed individual providers. Care is delivered by board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and a proudly designated Star Certified Veterans Specialist.
- 8973 Broadway, Merrillville, IN 46410
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