Tueller ACT (TACT)

What is TACT? Well, that's first start with ACT. ACT stands for Assertive Community Treatment. The "T" simply stands for Tueller so we can identify this service as part of our business.

Assertive Community Treatment was developed to meet the complex needs of individuals with serious mental illness who also experience continuous high service needs (e.g., repeated or long-term hospitalizations or crisis service use) and challenges with role functioning (e.g., maintaining housing or employment).

This outreach-oriented team here at Tueller Counseling provides a range of clinical treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, and case management services. It can also serve to divert escalation to higher levels of care (e.g., inpatient hospital, emergency department) or involvement within the justice system.

Services are typically delivered in person at a high intensity and frequency, while also delivered flexibly based on each individual’s needs and preferences. Most services are provided in individuals’ homes and communities, and in locations that maximize skills generalization.

The TACT Team

The TACT team is comprised of multidisciplinary roles here at Tueller Counseling. This ensures that we have someone is well-versed in any necessary practices or modalities. It also helps us to bring together different viewpoints and perspectives in one unified vision and goal.

To learn more about the team here, click on this link to take you to our team page.

Efficacy

As a very well-studied program and more than 50 published empirical studies and several reviews and meta-analyses, ACT is a well documented service. Across nearly all studies they have found positive outcomes related to improved community integration for people served by ACT teams.

You can read more about all of this on our About TACT page. You'll find a lot of valuable information that should answer or address many questions one might have.

Accountability

ACT is a team-based service program, and therefore intended to support all team members working together. There are often daily meetings to review where clients are at, discussions regarding service, and the addressing of emerging clinical needs.

In sum, TACT is an incredibly valuable service that is now offered here at Tueller Counseling and just another way that we're looking to provide the best options for our clients and community.