Commonwealth Counseling Centers

Commonwealth Counseling Centers

Services:
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)
• Private for-profit organization

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Treatment Approaches

• Anger management
• 12-step facilitation
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Brief intervention
• Trauma-related counseling
• Matrix Model
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for tobacco use
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Complete medical history/physical exam

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Adult men
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Adult women
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Members of military families
• Active duty military

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Education and Counseling Services

• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Individual counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Self-help groups
• Recovery coach
• Employment counseling or training
• Mentoring/peer support
• Assistance with obtaining social services

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Social skills development
• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Integrated primary care services
• Mental health services

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies

• Medication for mental disorders
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone

Testing

• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• HIV testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• STD testing

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• State Substance use treatment agency
• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
• State mental health department

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Transitional Services

• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Aftercare/continuing care

External Opioid Medications Source

• Other contracted prescribing entity

Exclusive Services

• Opioid use disorder clients only