Tri County Counseling & Life Skills

“No review was or will be conducted.”

“Board members are to disclose situations that they know, believe, or have reason to believe constitute a conflict of interest.”

“No documents available to the public”

“This return is being amended to reflect the closure of the organization on 12/31/2023.”

“Tri-county counseling & life skills center, inc. Is a 501c3 organization that provides outpatient mental health, substance abuse and life skills counseling for individual, families, couples, and adolescents, with a main office in north port, florida and satellite offices in osprey and port charlotte, florida. Services are provided in an individual, couples, family or group setting, depending on each client's particular needs. We are an authorized provider for dui schools that cover manatee, sarasota, de soto, charlotte and lee counties. We are an approved provider of the one-day substance abuse, theft prevention, anger management and behavior modification courses, as well as advanced theft prevention and advanced anger management courses. Tri-county counseling is approved to conduct the 29-week batterers' intervention program (bip), as well as an 8 -week and 16-week anger management course of instruction. The florida department of corrections office in osprey, florida has identified tri-county counseling as their treatment provider of choice for probationers needing substance abuse, mental health counseling, and life skills counseling. Tri-county counseling is contracted by the children's network of southwest florida and the sarasota county safe children coalition to provide outpatient individual, family, and couples counseling for persons with mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Our licensed staff members are contracted to provide on-site mental health, substance abuse, and life skills counseling to patients of neuro international (sarasota) who have traumatic brain injuries. Our staff includes licensed therapists who are certified by the florida department of corrections to treat adult male and female registered sex offenders, and by the florida department of juvenile justice to treat male and female sexual offenders. Our licensed therapists are trained to administer mental health and psychological testing, to analyze the tests, and report their findings to the courts.”

“The chief executive officer, chief operating officer, financial advisor, mental health counselors, addictions counselors and graduate school interns all contribute weekly volunteer hours, as well as pro bono services for indigent clients.”

“Tri-county counseling has provided other counseling services by the various agencies to clients, individuals and families for the past year.”