PSYCHOASIS.COM
Welcome to our website, your "OASIS" for mental health and substance abuse services. As the name OASIS implies we want to provide our clients with "a welcome relief from life's difficulties."
At OASIS, you'll find a peaceful and quiet setting a place to come and be heard. You'll be provided with the opportunity to begin a healing journey to better management of feelings and behaviors, and a healthier level of functioning and satisfaction in your life. Our approach is gentle, nurturing, compassionate and results-oriented. We want to provide a useful, practical pathway toward accomplishing your behavioral health goals.
If you want to learn how any of this is possible, please read on. We believe it's hard enough to ask for help it shouldn't be hard to get it. So if you're hurting or just want to improve your life, we'd like the opportunity and privilege to help.
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Oasis Behavioral Health now has an opening for a Licensed Psychologist. The position involves providing therapy and psychological testing. Forensic interest/experience is a plus. Send resume to: William B. Webb, Ph.D. Director, Oasis Behavioral Health Services, P O Box 219, Barboursville, WV 25504, Phone 304-733-3331 or email bill.webb@psychoasis.com
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The “Adapted” Serenity Prayer
“God grant me the serenity to
accept the people I can not change,
the courage to change those people I can
and the wisdom to know,
that person is me.”
…Anonymous (2011)
CONTACT INFORMATION
William B. Webb, PhD , L.I.C.S.W.
689 Central Avenue
P.O. Box 219
Barboursville, WV 25504-0219
Phone: (304) 733-3331
OFFICE HOURS
Available therapy hours* are as follows:
Monday - 9:00am to 7:00pm
Tuesday - 9:00am to 7:00pm
Wednesday - 9:00am to 6:00pm
Thursday - 9:00am to 7:00pm
Friday - 9:00am to 4:00pm
*Each provider has the option to schedule special-care cases at their own discretion.
APPOINTMENT TRIAGE
We make every effort to see patients in a timely fashion according to need. The following policy has been established to effectively schedule appointments contingent upon the level of severity.
In the event of an emergency outside of our normal business hours, please seek help at your local mental health facility or emergency room.
* Emergent cases are seen the same business day
* Urgent cases are seen within 24 hours
* Routine cases are seen within 5 business days
OASIS Behavioral Health Services, LLC
The staff of OASIS Behavioral Health Services in Barboursville, WV celebrated its Fifteenth Anniversary on September 9, 2011.
In the summer of 1996, Bill Webb, Ph.D., the founder, owner and director of OASIS Behavioral Health Services was completing his 20th year of service in a Huntington, WV based private psychiatric practice. While his time there was enjoyable and productive, he wanted to pursue his dream of creating his own business built upon the best practices from his past experiences, read more...
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- Anonymous
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By: William B. Webb, LICSW, MAC
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- James Branch Cabell, 1929
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