Outpatient therapy and clinical assessments for children, teens, adults, and families in Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington counties. MaineCare Section 65 services from a locally owned agency that has served this region since 2009.
Confidential. Local. Trauma-informed.
Whether you’re looking for someone to talk to or answers you can act on, you’ll find both here.
Sometimes life gets complicated and you need a confidential space to make sense of it. Sometimes you (or someone you love) need clinical answers to questions that have lingered too long. Section 65 is where both happen.
If you’re an adult working through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, or substance use — outpatient therapy gives you a licensed clinician who listens, helps you understand what’s going on, and partners with you to build practical strategies.
If you’re a parent of a child or teen who is struggling — with anxiety, big feelings, friendships, school stress, or whatever is weighing on them — individual therapy meets your child where they are, with approaches matched to their age, interests, and goals.
If you (or your child) need answers — about a diagnosis, about functional skills, about what is actually going on — comprehensive diagnostic and functional assessments give you a clear picture and practical recommendations.
This is the clinical care layer of MCCS — the conversation room, the assessment room, and the team behind both.
Four core Section 65 services for MaineCare members across the region.
Life gets complicated. Our therapy services offer a supportive space for adults to work through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or whatever feels heavy right now. You’ll partner with a licensed clinician who listens without judgment and helps you build practical strategies for moving forward. Sessions fit your schedule, with in-person and telehealth options available.
Individual therapy for children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 — a private, supportive space to work through anxiety, big feelings, friendships, school stress, or whatever’s weighing on them. Licensed clinicians use evidence-based approaches matched to your child’s age, interests, and goals. In-person or telehealth.
Understanding yourself or your child starts with the right information. Our comprehensive evaluations help determine whether specific challenges have a name — and more importantly, what to do next. Through clinical interviews, observation, and trusted assessment tools, we build a complete picture of strengths, challenges, and needs. You’ll leave with clear findings and practical recommendations.
How does someone handle daily routines, social situations, and communication? Our functional assessments measure adaptive skills across the areas that matter most — giving families, schools, and care teams a clearer picture of where someone shines and where extra support would help. Valuable for treatment planning, educational accommodations, and tracking growth over time.
Section 65 services are designed for MaineCare members of any age — children, teens, adults — whose mental health, emotional well-being, substance use, or developmental needs would benefit from a licensed clinician’s attention. You don’t need to be in crisis to start therapy, and you don’t need a referral to ask about an assessment.
If you’re unsure whether outpatient therapy, an assessment, or something else is the right fit, contact us. We will help you figure it out, and if we are not the right match, we will tell you who might be.
You, your provider, your case manager, or a family member contacts us by phone or email.
We confirm we have received your contact as soon as we can. During a brief intake call, we learn what brings you in (therapy, assessment, or both), gather basic information, and schedule your first appointment.
For therapy, this is a 50–60 minute clinical intake with your therapist — you talk about what brought you in, your history, and your goals. For assessments, this is the start of the assessment process itself.
For therapy: regular sessions with your clinician, in-person or via telehealth, with progress reviewed over time. For assessments: a written report with findings, diagnoses (when applicable), and practical recommendations you can act on.
The clinician you see is a licensed (or conditionally licensed) mental health professional, working under Maine state credentials. They are not working alone.
Behind every member’s care is Joanna Preble, LCSW, LADC, CCS, who serves as MC’s Clinical Director. Joanna sees outpatient therapy clients directly, supervises our clinical team, and provides free clinical supervision to our conditionally licensed clinicians. Joanna also coordinates with each member’s other providers — primary care, psychiatry, school teams, case managers — to keep care connected.
This model means:
We serve MaineCare members in Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington counties, with in-person services at our Lincoln office. Telehealth therapy and certain assessment components are available statewide for eligible members.
MC Community Services has been the established Section 28 behavioral health provider for the greater Lincoln area since 2009. Our outpatient therapy and clinical assessment practice — Section 65 — has grown under Clinical Director Joanna Preble, LCSW, LADC, CCS, to support children, teens, adults, and families across the region.
We are locally owned, locally operated, and based in Lincoln, Maine. Decisions about your care are made by people who live where you live.
Whether you’re exploring therapy for yourself, your child, your family, or someone you’re caring for — or you need answers from a clinical assessment — we’d like to hear from you. Many people find the hardest step is the first one.