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Edwards Assessments and Counseling

  • Roanoke Rapids, NC
  • Outpatient

Edwards Assessments and Counseling is a dedicated treatment clinic located in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. They provide comprehensive treatment services for individuals suffering from addiction and dual diagnosis, including Alcoholism, Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse, and Drug Addiction. The clinic offers a variety of levels of care, such as Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, and Outpatient services. Their clinicians specialize in a range of issues and addictions, including Alcohol Abuse, Gambling Addiction, Internet Use Addiction, and Opioid Addiction.

At Edwards Assessments and Counseling, the team uses evidence-based treatments that have been proven to be effective in treating addiction and substance abuse, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Couples Therapy, Group Therapy, and Matrix Model. Other services provided include Hepatitis Education and Counseling, HIV/AIDS Education, and Trauma Therapy. The clinic is committed to providing high-quality care for their clients and accepts private health insurance to assist them in the recovery process. The clinic also offers aftercare support and discharge planning to help clients maintain long-term success in their sobriety.

  • 5 Conditions Treated
  • Insurance Accepted
  • 5 Levels of Care
  • Speaks English
  • 22 Therapies & Programs

Conditions and Issues Treated

Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment

The inappropriate use of any drug in Roanoke Rapids, NC is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Edwards Assessments and Counseling. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.

Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at Edwards Assessments and Counseling

Opioid Addiction Treatment supports people recovering from addiction to prescription drugs as well as illegal opioids. This is a hospital-based or residential treatment. Depending upon one’s age, detox without the appropriate medication may be unpleasant or even dangerous–some get body aches, fever, chills, while others may even have seizures.

Opioid treatment involves medically assisted detox, physical and mental support. Most rehabilitations use an array of treatments to ensure overall wellbeing, such as Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which one gets behavioral therapy, medicines, and counseling. A client-centered approach can reduce one’s chances of relapse. Therapists at work with the client to figure out environmental and behavioral triggers, giving them the power to change the patterns.

Dual-Diagnosis

When someone in North Carolina struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.

Levels of Care

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

Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in North Carolina is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.

Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Edwards Assessments and Counseling 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 Edwards Assessments and Counseling in recovering from addiction.

Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Edwards Assessments and Counseling in North Carolina after they attain initial sobriety.

Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.

Therapies & Programs

Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Edwards Assessments and Counseling. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.

Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.

Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Edwards Assessments and Counseling helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Edwards Assessments and Counseling brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.

Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With Edwards Assessments and Counseling in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending Edwards Assessments and Counseling in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. REBT is a method of specific counseling offered by Edwards Assessments and Counseling that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts.

A 12-Step Program is a common method that is used to treat addiction. This format is used for both drug and alcohol treatment. It is extremely popular and successful for large numbers of people and the staff at Edwards Assessments and Counseling are trained to assist in 12-step management.

Payment Options

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  • Medicare
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  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
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    Location & Contact

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    Address
    321 Hwy 125
    Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870

    Phone Number
    (252) 535-1070

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    • Gender
      Female, Male
    • Age
      Adults (20+), Children (0-12), Seniors (65+), Teenagers
    • Modality
      Couples, Family, Group, Individuals
  • Smoking Allowed
  • Veterans
  • Ownership
    Privately Owned

    Listed May 26, 2020

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Addiction and Treatment

    North Carolina ranks 29th in the nation for overall substance abuse. Many of the drugs abused in the state are illicit, and many of these are opioids. Prescription opioids are readily available due to the high rates of medical workers prescribing them. The number of prescriptions has increased tenfold since the 1980's. Opioid overdoses are the most common type of death in North Carolina.

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