Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center

About Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center

If you need mental health or addiction recovery services in Texarkana, Arkansas, you can visit the Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center. Here, they offer outpatient services for people of all ages. Their services include counseling, crisis interventions, educational programs, and referrals to outside facilities. They only accept self payment but I noticed there’s a sliding fee scale that might help cover the costs.

You can go to counseling on your own if you feel more comfortable opening up that way. Or, they also hold group sessions for people who like that format. In addition to counseling, you can also go to training courses that show you how to live a life of recovery and prevent a relapse. You’re welcome to bring your family members to your sessions so they can learn more about your condition and support your progress at home.

During each session, you’ll learn more about the disease of addiction, including the ways it affects you mentally, physically, and emotionally. You’ll also explore the triggers that make you more likely to use drugs and alcohol. Then, your counselors will discuss healthier, more productive ways to cope with problems and stress.

Something I like about this facility is that they also provide probation and case management services for juveniles. If you’ve been separated from your family due to drug abuse or another issue, they can help reunify you. They’ll enroll you in courses that can strengthen your relationships and restore your family, focusing on topics like anger management and parenting.

People who have visited this facility say that the team members help them stay grounded and focused. They also say they’re always there when you need help. However, some mention that the scheduling process is inefficient and frustrating.

Payment Options

Medicaid
Private insurance
Self-pay options
Financial aid
Financing available
Sliding scale payment assistance
Medicare
Military insurance

Levels of Care

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Programs

Adolescence program

Adult program

Children program

Elderly program

Hearing impaired program

Young adult program

Insurance

Our Policy: Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact us to verify your specific insurance provider.

Elevance Health

SIHO

Sagamore

Treatment

Dual Diagnosis

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Mental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Clinical Services

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.

Couples Therapy

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Family Therapy

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

Individual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

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.