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By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH
Kappahannork Vw» Staff I rilrr
Jim McGarvey, new director for the Rappahannock Mental Health Clinic, faces a challenging job in opening the county’s first full-time mental health facility.
However, his background and experience coupled with his attitude towards the community should smooth the path to aceptance in a rural area where many look with suspicion at anything connected to mental health.
McGarvey, with former Welfare Department Food Stamp Supervisor Becky Burke as office manager, will staff the clinic five days a week in remodeled quarters in the Clopton House. Renovation is expected to be completed by late August for the building that will be shared by the Clinic, the Health Department and Eileen Day’s real estate business.
While McGarvey and Burke will be the only personnel attached full-time, to the clinic here, a traveling core team of substance abuse counselor Jim Rectenwald, extended care Coordinator Bertha Neville and transitional living coordinator Leonard Tuchyner will supply services as needed.
A part-time pharmacist, a child specialist and a specialist on aging are scheduled to be included on the team by early fall. Dr. William Young, psychiatrist and director of medical services, will also be available for consultation.
McGarvey will provide direct outpatient treatment through individual, group
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