Recognition

Four County Counseling Center proudly announces the addition to our staff of Dr. Smitha Patibandla. With her strong and positive interaction, leadership and work ethic with clients and staff she has quickly and affectionately become known as Dr. Pati. She primarily works as the leader for the Inpatient Treatment Team and specializes in treating Adults in Crisis. Also, she is an expert in handling Detox and Addiction Issues.

Dr. Pati ranked first among 10,000 students in Pre -University Exams and was awarded the Best Outgoing Student of the year in Pre-University Exams. She did her Postgraduate education at Indiana University School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry. During four years of Psychiatric Residency Training she twice received Best Psychiatric Resident Award.

Dr. Pati comes to us from Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond Indiana. Here she was responsible for a 26 bed Geriatric Psychiatric Unit and a 10 bed Adult Psychiatric Unit. She took care of admissions, discharges, psychiatric consultations and out-patients on both units.

Four County Counseling Center is sure that everyone in our community will find the knowledge, caring and leadership needed on our In-Patient Unit in the very capable hands of Dr. Smitha Patibandla (Dr. Pati).

Mark Reef Recently Mark S. Reef completed Board Certified Examination in his specialty field to be a Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS). The role of the Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist is defined by graduation preparation in 5 domains: research, clinical leadership, education, consultation, and expert clinical practice. The scope of the PMHNS can include psychotherapy practice as well as a focus on staff development and the systems that support patient care.

The importance of such certification is that it protects the public by enabling anyone to identify competent people more readily. Simultaneously it aids the profession by encouraging and recognizing professional achievement. Certification also recognizes specialization and enhances professionalism, because certification of nursing practice signifies attainment of specific criteria and knowledge, skills, and abilities in a specific specialty field, certified nurses comprise a minority of professional nurse population.