Education &

Identification

The PAP will educate the stakeholders, healthcare and other professionals, the teaching institutions, hospital staffs, and the regulatory agencies about healthcare and other professional impairment.  These stakeholders will learn about the phenomenon, how to recognize it, and how to make an appropriate referral.  This education will occur through lectures and continuing  medical education presentations to allied health and other training institutions and practicing medical and other professionals in their various venues. 

Evaluation

  Each healthcare and other professional referred for an evaluation of an impairing condition will undergo a thorough and comprehensive interviewing process designed to elucidate the common impairing conditions that are causative.  In each case a complete drug, alcohol, prior treatment, legal, psychiatric medical, surgical, family, and psycho-social history will be obtained.  Diagnoses will be made according to defined diagnostic evidence—based criteria.  Treatment plans will be developed in accordance to evidenced—based protocols and procedures individualized according to each person’s need and severity of illness.  Once that the treatment plan is developed, it is shared with the program participant and the referral source before implementation.    

Hospital & Private

Monitoring Contracts

  The PAP will engage in contracts with hospitals to provide services mandated by the Joint Commission (JC) to have impairment committees to address the issues of physicians and other licensed independent practitioners (LIPs).  Many hospitals do not wish to engage in the necessary  burden of creating these mandated committees and they are permitted to use outside agencies to act as “hospital authorized parties”, as per the (JC) mandates.  These hospitals are charged an annual fee, based upon  number of persons per hospital  

Expert Counseling

Depression & Fear Counseling: 

Depression, fear, and anxiety are some of the most common and uncomfortable emotions that we can experience at some point in our lives. Through counseling and treatment, we are able to help you recover motivation, perspective, and joy that you once had in your life.

Group Counseling: 

Gain therapeutic counseling in a group setting.  Have an opportunity to  talk about what's important to each of you in a group atmosphere. In our group sessions, members listen to each other and openly express thoughts and feelings about the topic of discussion.

Relationship counseling: 

Beneficial to couples who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection, in all stages of their relationship. Therapy sessions are held with both couples and is a supportive place to discuss issues and solutions to better strengthen your relationship

You can book an appointment for counseling services

PAPNJ Counseling

Advocacy &

Participant Benefits

The PAP will provide advocacy for its participants from the initial referral throughout and beyond the completion of enrollment and treatment.  Some licensing boards allow for those participants enrolled in a professional assistance program to receive the help that they need anonymously.  In many cases, there is a regular anonymous reporting that occurs through the use of a coded case number.  The licensing board is comfortable with the monitoring and the reporting that the PAP   provides to adequately protect the public safety and  welfare.  In other situations, the boards, once they become aware of its licensee’s impairment is more willing to consider alternatives to license revocations and suspensions if the PAP can provide evidence of successful participation compliance with the PAP treatment plan.  Continued successful participation in the program is usually a prerequisite for continued licensure and for reinstatement of suspended and revoked licenses.  The PAP also provides advocacy for reinsurance needs, staff appointments, and new employment opportunities.  The program participants benefit in many cases by avoiding the loss of their licenses and thus avoid being reported to national data banks.  The program participants also enjoy the benefit of expert treatment planning and advocacy to assist their return to practice in an expeditious manner.   Clients enrolled in the ARP are permitted to answer "No" on license renewal applications to questions regarding impairment.

Treatment &

Monitoring

   The PAP, after developing the treatment plan, will refer the program participant to the appropriate level of care and skilled therapist to begin the execution of the treatment plan.  Upon completion of the initial (primary) treatment, the PAP will follow the participant and keep in close contact with selected consultants that are involved in the subsequent phases of the participants care.  The PAP “monitors” the participant’s recovery by reviewing regularly at face-to-face monthly visits, each element of the treatment plan to assist the recovery process.  Whenever indicated, the PAP will make adjustments in the treatment plan when necessitated by new developments or a relapse in the progression of recovery.  In some cases the treatment plan will include random testing to verify recovery and the effectiveness of the prescribed treatment plan.  Enrollment into the treatment program is usually for a minimum of five years.  The frequency of the follow up visits and the random monitoring become less and less as the program participant progresses in his or her recovery.