The organization I volunteered for is called Youth and Family Services and is based in Seattle, WA. Youth and Family Services is one of Seattle's Therapeutic Health Services clinics. The two merged together in 2006 (Therapeutic Health Services, 2010). I chose to volunteer with Youth and Family Services for two reasons. I first saw a film called Manic, set in a juvenile psychiatric ward. The film is about the teenagers who are treated there. They all have a variety of emotional and physical problems. I wanted to understand more about mental health issues after watching this film. Secondly, much of what I saw in Manic is unnerving, so I wanted to make sure I would feel comfortable where I volunteered. With this reason in mind, I chose to volunteer at Therapeutic Health Services because my uncle runs one of the mental health clinics. He gave me a list of several clinics and I chose Youth and Family Services because I am about the same age as the clients they serve (13-25 years old) and I trusted the employees because my uncle trusted them ( Therapeutic Health Services, 2010). At the clinic, I shadowed psychiatric evaluator Susan Caverly and took notes as I shadowed her as part of my duty. A psychiatric evaluator diagnoses behavioral, emotional, or developmental disorders. (Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, 1997) I observed her and a cognitive behavioral therapist during their meetings with clients, but not before signing a confidentiality agreement. A cognitive behavioral therapist focuses on teaching rational self-counseling skills. (What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? 2007) A confidentiality agreement prevented me from sharing client information and allowed me to be able to sit in... center of paper ...... and University, Columbus , Wexner Medical Center website: http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/Libby, AM, & Riggs, PD (2005). Integrated substance use and mental health treatment for adolescents: Aligning organizational and financial incentives. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 15, 826-834. Sterling, S., Chi, F., & Hinman, A. (2011). Integrating care for people suffering from alcohol and other medical and mental health conditions. Alcohol Research and Health, 33(4), 338-349. Available from EBSCO databases. Therapeutic health services. (2010). Annual report 2010 [Information sheet]. Retrieved from the Office of Youth and Family Services. Therapeutic health services. (n.d.). Hope is Here [Booklet]. Excerpted from the Office of Youth and Family Services. What is cognitive behavioral therapy? (2007). Retrieved from http://www.nacbt.org/whatiscbt.htm