FCC Behavioral Health – Adolescent CSTAR

Alcoholism

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

Drug Addiction

Drug rehab in Missouri usually involves several phases: detox, rehab, and aftercare. The rehab phase may include a combination of inpatient and outpatient treatments, as the individual moves through a continuum of care on their recovery journey.

Dual Diagnosis

Co-Occurring Counseling is a service that provides counseling to those identified as having both a substance use diagnosis and a mental health diagnosis. Co-occurring issues are integrated into the recovery care plan and are provided by qualified personnel. Co-occurring specific groups are also provided. If it is determined that a person(s)-served needs a psychiatric evaluation, this service can be coordinated through the agency telemedicine program. The program is equipped with telemedicine equipment that will allow us to access agency psychiatrists as needed for routine and/or crisis psychiatry services.

Substance Abuse

Substance rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from substance abuse, including alcohol and drug addiction (both illegal and prescription drugs). They often include the opportunity to engage in both individual as well as group therapy.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Family Therapy

Family Therapy is strongly encouraged and is scheduled on a case-by-case basis in order to promote access to services. The Family Therapist works directly with the family to schedule appointments. Family Therapy is a planned, face-to-face, goal oriented therapeutic interaction with a qualified staff member in accordance with an individualized recovery care plan. The Family Therapist works with each family to identify family strengths, needs and preferences. The purpose of family therapy is to address and resolve problems in family interaction related to the substance use problem and recovery.

Group Therapy

Group Counseling is face-to-face, goal oriented therapeutic interaction among a counselor and two (2) or more adolescent’s as specified in individual recovery care plans designed to promote the adolescent’s functioning and recovery through personal disclosure and interpersonal interaction among group members. The usual and customary size of group counseling sessions is eight (8) adolescent’s and shall not exceed twelve (12) adolescent’s in order to promote full participation, disclosure and feedback. Specialized group counseling topics include, but are not limited to: Moral Reconation Therapy, Anger Management, Relapse Prevention, gender specific groups, trauma groups and co-occurring specific groups.

Individual Therapy

Individual Counseling is a structured, goal-oriented therapeutic process in which the adolescent interacts on a face-to-face basis with a counselor in accordance with the individual’s rehabilitation plan in order to resolve problems related to substance use which interferes with the person(s)-served functioning. Various treatment modalities are provided by appropriately trained staff to include, but are not limited to: Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Moral Reconation Therapy, Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment and Relapse Prevention Therapy.

Life Skills

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.

Nutrition Therapy

Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.

Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.