PCC Services

Any person may seek services at the PCC. PCC services are available for children, adolescents, University students, and adults. The PCC offers individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy, as well as psychological evaluation, consultation, and referral services.

Services at the PCC are provided primarily by doctoral students in clinical psychology. PCC clinicians and staff are committed to offering sensitive and inclusive services for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and heterosexual persons from a range of cultural backgrounds. All student clinicians are supervised by licensed psychologists who are part of the University of Nebraska Clinical Training Program faculty.

The PCC provides the following services for the people of Lincoln and surrounding communities:

We provide general outpatient services for a wide variety of problems experienced by children, adolescents, and adults, including:

Due to security and privacy reasons, we do not accept outside referrals from medical providers, mental healthcare professionals, lawyers, social service agencies, advocates, or any other third parties. 

The PCC only accepts self-referrals at this time; individuals seeking services must call in to request services. The only exception is if the person requiring services is represented by a parent or legal guardian.

We do not accept walk-in or day-of appointments. If you are seeking immediate services, please reach out to CenterPointe for resources in the community. 

If you are seeking immediate services as mandated by a third party, please be advised that we may not be able to accommodate these services due to deadlines that may need to be met that we cannot accommodate. 

For new individual/group/family therapy requests: The standard time between requesting services and the intake session is roughly 2-6 weeks. This is dependent upon our clinical availability. This is not a guaranteed timeframe, as we may be full for the semester.  

For evaluation/assessment requests: As of March of 2024, The PCC does not have availability at this time for services. The spring semester is full at this time, and summer evaluations are not being conducted. Please call back in the fall for available services, but please note at this time that we cannot guarantee availability.

Your first few sessions at the PCC will involve an assessment of your strengths and needs. During this time the PCC will provide you with information about treatment approaches and help you decide if the PCC is an appropriate place for you to receive services. Generally, therapy can have benefits and risks. Since therapy often involves discussing unpleasant aspects of your life, you may experience uncomfortable feelings like sadness, guilt, anger, frustration, and loneliness. However, therapy has also been shown to have benefits for people who participate. Many times therapy leads to better relationships, solutions to specific problems, and reductions in feelings of distress. Each of us is different, and so no one can say exactly what your experience of therapy will be like, but it is important to discuss the risks and benefits you can expect with your therapist.

As a patient at the PCC , you will be expected to play an active role in your treatment, including working with your therapist to outline treatment goals and completing questionnaires throughout treatment to assess progress. Many times, you will also be asked to complete homework assignments between sessions. If at any point you are unhappy about the progress, process, or outcome of the treatment, you should discuss this with your therapist so that you can work together to resolve any difficulties that have arisen and to arrive at a treatment plan that meets your needs.

Please note: The $40 deposit fee is required at the end of the second session. The remaining balance can be paid in increments, but must be paid in full before the feedback session and before results can be released.

At your intake session, you may request a Fee Reduction Application form. This form may potentially reduce the overall cost of your services based on your household income against the Federal Poverty Guidelines. 

Please note: your application is not guaranteed to reduce your cost.

Cancellations made without a 24-hour notice or no-shows may result in a charge for services that day. Please call the PCC front desk as soon as possible to cancel or reschedule services to avoid any charge for services. 

After four unpaid services, you may be subject to a suspension of services until payment is made towards the balance. If services are ended with a remaining balance on the account, the outstanding balance must be paid in full for consideration of any future services.

Our general clinic offers a broad array of services to the Nebraska community, including individual therapy, psychological assessments, and group/family therapy.

The Family Interaction Skills Clinic (FISC) offers mental health consultation, assessment, and treatment for children, adolescents, and their families through collaborative partnerships with community agencies. 

For Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Country, consultation services are provided for families enrolled in Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS) center-based and home-based programs. Research efforts primarily examine prevention of and risk factors for child maltreatment in EHS/HS families. 

At the Child Advocacy Center, Project SAFE delivers individual and group therapy to youth who have experienced sexual abuse and their non-offending family members. Clinical research efforts evaluate the Project SAFE intervention program and examine the factors that influence the heterogeneous symptom presentation of children and adolescents who experience sexual abuse.  Drs. David J. Hansen, Mary Fran Flood, and Corrie Davies provide supervision and leadership for FISC activities.

The Rainbow Clinic, currently directed by Dr. Debra Hope, is an outreach program for the LGBTQA+ community to provide individual, couples, and family therapy. It also contributes to knowledge about diversity issues in clinical psychology, with a particular focus on psychological needs of the LGBTQA+ community. The Rainbow Clinic has also partnered with OutLinc, Lincoln's GLBT Community Center, to help bring awareness of mental health services within the area and extend the outreach of the clinic's services. 

The Substance Abuse Clinic (SAC), directed by Dr. Dennis McChargue, treats a variety of individuals with primary substance use problems and coordinates the Alcohol Skills Training Program (ASTP), a cooperative service with the UNL Health Education Department designed to help UNL students examine problematic alcohol use following violation of the “dry campus” policy. The SAC provides individual therapy, which is tailored to the client's specific needs and focuses on both abstinence-based and harm reduction approaches and intensive outpatient therapy (IOT), which is reserved for individuals mandated to substance abuse treatment from the University and local agencies and is designed to motivate clients to change their use patterns, and address difficulties in quitting.

The Trauma Recovery Clinic (TRC), currently directed by Dr. Peter Meidlinger, provides psychological services for people who are experiencing traumatic stress or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following any type of traumatic event, including sexual assault, intimate partner violence, accidents, disasters, physical assault or other crimes, and violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or race. TRC clinicians use evidence based, cognitive behavioral treatment approaches. 

The Neuropsychological Assessment Clinic (NAC), directed by Dr. Kathy Chiou, offers neuropsychological evaluation services for individuals with neurological injuries or disorders (for example, traumatic brain injury, stroke, dementia, attention deficit disorder, and others). Evaluations assess multiple areas of cognitive (mental thinking) function and may help to provide diagnostic clarification, establish current status of cognitive functioning, and recommendations for further care.