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Action Vocational Resources

  • Vancouver, WA
  • Outpatient

Action Vocational Resources (AVR) in Vancouver, Washington is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive rehabilitation services for individuals suffering from addiction, mental health issues, and substance abuse problems. AVR delivers individualized treatment programs, with services ranging from residential treatment, intensive outpatient care, to day treatment options. AVR also offers an array of programs to support individuals from the early stages of recovery to long term sobriety.

At Action Vocational Resources, clients are provided with a variety of specialized services depending on their individual needs. Clients can attend group and individual counseling sessions as well as activities designed to improve their overall health and wellbeing. Additionally, clients receive treatment that helps to address underlying issues that may be contributing to their addiction such as depression, anxiety, or trauma. Other services include vocational counseling, financial counseling, and career planning. AVR also provides life-skills coaching to help individuals build the skills necessary to maintain a healthy life in recovery.

In addition to its comprehensive services, Action Vocational Resources is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and holds the highest state license in Washington. AVR has also been awarded the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Substance Abuse Care and Treatment by the Washington State Department of Health. Furthermore, AVR’s team of professionals includes nationally certified and licensed counselors, addiction counselors, and vocational counselors. Through its unique combination of services and accredited professionals, Action Vocational Resources is committed to providing the highest quality of addiction treatment.

  • 3 Conditions Treated
  • 3 Levels of Care
  • Speaks English
  • 7 Therapies & Programs

Conditions and Issues Treated

Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment

Opioid addiction is one of Washington‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.

Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. Action Vocational Resources offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

Levels of Care

This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Action Vocational Resources long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Action Vocational Resources in recovering from addiction.

Aftercare Support at Action Vocational Resources, in short, is the support provided to a patient after they have finished treatment. It allows them to adjust to everyday life. It may entail setting them up and enrolling them in services such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) inside a halfway house. Career coaching may also be offered to patients to help them get back into the Washington workforce.

Action Vocational Resources‘s Therapies & Programs

Addiction in Vancouver, Washington can occur due to a wide variety of reasons. Understanding your addiction and the best methods for maintaining sobriety involves learning about yourself. Action Vocational Resources treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Action Vocational Resources. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.

Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.

However, some facilities, like Action Vocational Resources in Vancouver, Washington, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.
Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and Action Vocational Resources understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring Washington families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at Action Vocational Resources in Vancouver, WA and consists of members from different stages of recovery.

The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.

Payment Options

For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
  • Location & Contact

    Action Vocational Resources Location and Directions
    Address
    2912 Main St
    Vancouver, WA 98660

    Phone Number
    (360) 695-7984

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    Action Vocational Resources Location and Directions

    Location

    Accepts

    • Gender
      Female, Male
    • Age
      Adults (20+), Teenagers
    • Modality
      Couples, Family, Group, Individuals

    Listed May 29, 2021

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Vancouver, Washington Addiction and Treatment

    Washington's substance use, abuse, and addiction rates have followed the trends of the rest of the over the past years. Methamphetamine abuse is the biggest threat to Washington. Heroin-related overdoses increased by almost 450% from 2006 to 2016. 20% of all annual deaths in Washington are somehow drug and/or alcohol-related. Drugs are widely abused in Washington because they are easily trafficked in and out of the state.

    Vancouver, located in southwest Washington, offers residents a variety of outdoor activities, cultural events, and a thriving arts scene. With its scenic location and peaceful surroundings, Vancouver provides an ideal environment for those seeking drug rehab treatment. However, Clark County has seen a significant increase in opioid-related overdose deaths, with fentanyl-related deaths rising to 225 in 2021. From 2018 to 2019, the number of individuals treated for substance abuse in Clark County nearly doubled, increasing by 96%.

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