Group therapy is a potent therapeutic approach for treating substance misuse that is as effective as, and sometimes even more effective than, individual therapy. Encourage abstinence from substances of addiction by providing positive peer support and pressure. Allowing members to see how others deal with similar challenges can help them learn to manage with problems associated to substance misuse. Instead of succumbing to substance misuse, provide members with the opportunity to develop or rediscover the social skills they need to function with everyday life.

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is a type of addiction treatment that uses medication to help people (also known as Medication Assisted Treatment). Suboxone and Vivitrol are used to alleviate withdrawal symptoms and cravings while patients make the behavioral and environmental changes required to meet their short- and long-term objectives. Families First requires patients to receive group and/or individual counseling and also offers other medications, stress-reduction classes, care coordination, referrals to additional treatment and community resources, parenting classes, home visiting, and help managing chronic illnesses to help with those other changes.

Addictions can have devastating consequences for not only the addict, but also for those closest to them, such as friends and family. We at the Counseling Center understand and can help in this age of escalating opiates and other forms of substance abuse.