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Family and Medical Counseling Service

Drug Rehab Center in Washington, DC

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Drug Addiction

Family and Medical Counseling Service in Washington, DC offers comprehensive mental health services and addiction treatment utilizing evidence-based therapeutic modalities, including group counseling, individualized outpatient treatment, case management, and support groups, and is accredited by CARF and licensed by the District of Columbia Department of Health.

About This Washington, DC Facility

Family and Medical Counseling Service in Washington, DC provides comprehensive mental health services and addiction treatment. Their team of professional therapists and counselors are highly trained and use evidence-based therapeutic modalities to help individuals work on their substance use issues, mental health challenges, and trauma recovery. Their facility utilizes multiple treatment modalities to ensure their clients receive the best possible care, from group counseling sessions to individualized outpatient treatment.

Family and Medical Counseling Service in Washington, DC specializes in providing a variety of services for addiction and substance abuse, such as relapse prevention, individualized treatment plans, and family interventions. At Family and Medical Counseling Service, clients can also receive case management services and participate in a variety of support groups to help with the process of recovery. The counseling center also assists clients by providing education and skills development to increase knowledge and develop self-management strategies to avoid relapse and achieve a successful recovery.

Family and Medical Counseling Service in Washington, DC holds accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and is licensed by the District of Columbia Department of Health. In addition, the counselors and therapists are trained in areas such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Substance Abuse Counseling, and other evidence-based treatment modalities. The center has also won numerous awards for their dedication to providing quality services for addiction and substance abuse, such as the Award for Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment from the DC Department of Health.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Smoking Allowed
  • Hearing-Impaired
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    Substance abuse refers to the intensive and inappropriate use of psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are those that affect brain function. These include illegal drugs, alcohol, and even the excessive use of prescription drugs. The overuse of psychoactive substances leads to severe physical or psychological dependence. It also affects the social life and relationships of the affected individual. Substance abuse is treatable.

    The duration of treatment at Family and Medical Counseling Service in Washington can require weeks or even months depending on the severity of the condition as there is a risk of relapse. Treatment options include medications, counseling sessions, various types of behavioral therapy, and group therapy in different combinations.

    Addiction to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit opioids such as heroin, leads to potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when discontinued. Opioid addiction treatment typically involves an inpatient stay at facilities like Family and Medical Counseling Service to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.

    Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Family and Medical Counseling Service in DC knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.

    Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse 

    Levels of Care Offered

    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 DC 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.

    To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Family and Medical Counseling Service offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the DC patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.

    Treatment is just a first step in sustaining sobriety. After rehabilitation, counseling for aftercare helps the person adapt to a life without drugs. A sober living facility in Washington, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Family and Medical Counseling Service. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.

    Family and Medical Counseling Service‘s Therapies & Programs

    Recovering from addiction involves recovering relationships as well. One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Couples therapy at Family and Medical Counseling Service can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged. Addiction involves everyone in the family, not only the addict.

    Family roles can change in damaging ways that may require professional help to rebalance. Successful intimate relationships can decrease the chances for relapse by ensuring a healthy environment after rehab in Washington, DC.

    Addiction and alcoholism affect the entire family. For this reason, family therapy is vital to a person’s recovery from addiction. In contrast to couples counseling, family therapy at Family and Medical Counseling Service may include siblings, children, parents, and other significant people in the recovering person’s life. Family support is one of the most important pillars of recovery.

    In group therapy, the patient undergoes sessions with other patients at Family and Medical Counseling Service who are dealing with similar problems. The members of the group interact with each other and talk freely about their issues at scheduled sessions. Group therapy reduces the feeling of loneliness and improves the coping skills of the patients. You are not alone in Washington, DC.

    Many people turn to drugs and alcohol as a way of processing trauma that has affected them in the past. Trauma can include abuse, neglect, the loss of a loved one and other unpleasant incidents. Trauma therapy at Family and Medical Counseling Service helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Family and Medical Counseling Service aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.

    Aftercare, Anger Management, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Discharge Planning, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, Hepatitis Education / Counseling / Support, HIV or AIDS education, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Intervention, Matrix Model, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Substance Use Counseling, Trauma Therapy

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Family and Medical Counseling Service Location and Directions
    Address Information2041 Martin Luther King Avenue SE Suite 303
    Washington, DC 20020 Phone Number(202) 889-7900 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Washington, DC Addiction Information

    Washington, D.C. has one of the highest rates of cocaine use in the country. Heroin use is also a serious problem. 21% of residents age 12 and older had used illicit drugs in the past 30 days. More than 72,000 emergency department visits related to illicit drugs. It also costs the city a lot of money in healthcare and law enforcement. Some popular options include inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, and 12-step programs.

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