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Member Benefit Spotlight Stress is inevitable. How well we effectively or ineffectively deal with that stress is up to each of us individually. At Concern, we know that it does not matter if your stress is of a positive or negative nature, if not controlled effectively, it can take over your wellbeing. Thanks to the Wellness Committee, Concern is a new benefit offered for you as a member of the Memphis Bar Association.

Typical counseling in the Memphis area can cost an individual anywhere from $65-$200 per session for an hour. Concern is excited to be able to provide those same counseling services for you and your household for only $40 for the entire year. Since we operate from those minor dues, you will not see any mental health claims to your insurance. Because of this model, we are able to see individuals that live in your household even if they are not on your insurance plan.

Our comprehensive team of Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) are well versed is assisting with a varieties of stress ranging from relationships, anxiety, depression, and/or addiction. Our counselors work with each client, couple, and/or family unit to assisting in finding their strengths and areas of opportunity.

MBA members can participate in Concern EAP by paying $40 in addition to their MBA dues. This covers the MBA member as well as anyone living in his/her household for the entirety of 2020; the number of counseling sessions is unlimited. If you have not renewed your membership yet, you can opt into Concern EAP when you renew and pay the additional $40. If you have already renewed your membership, you can still “add on” this benefit by contacting the MBA at 901.527.3573 or info@memphisbar.org.

If elected into the benefit, to schedule with a counselor the member need only to call our office at 901-458-4000 to schedule at the office of their choosing. In our current phase of telehealth counseling, current clients can choose to have their HIPAA compliant visit from the location of their choice from their smartphone or computer. Since this benefit extends to anyone in your household, those individuals need only to do the same.

Melissa Wilkes Donahue is a Licensed Clinical Social Work who current serves in the role of Director at Concern EAP.