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Pastoral Counseling Services

Pastoral Counseling Services

Drug Rehab Center in Akron, Ohio

  • Mental Health
  • Eating Disorder
  • Dual Diagnosis

Pastoral Counseling Services in Akron, Ohio provides multi-modal treatment and evidence-based practices to address mental health, substance abuse, and personal development issues.

About This Akron, OH Facility

Pastoral Counseling Services, based in Akron, Ohio, provides individuals with a safe and supportive environment to address their mental health needs, as well as their addictions to drugs and alcohol. They offer specialized dual-diagnosis treatment to those with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. Their approach to mental health care is multi-modal, incorporating approaches such as couples therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), individual therapy, and trauma therapy to help clients address not just their addiction and mental health symptoms, but any personal development issues as well.

Their staff is comprised of experienced and licensed professionals who utilize evidence-based practices. They are further supported by state-accredited credentials and private health insurance providers. Additionally, they are well equipped to provide services such as medication management, substance abuse assessment and testing, on-site drug testing, and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP). Those seeking help can trust that they will receive comprehensive and customized care that is tailored to meet their individual needs.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Accreditations

    State License

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at Pastoral Counseling Services is essential to understand the addiction better.

    Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Mental Health 

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    Outpatient programs are the standard for addiction treatment. About 9 in 10 U.S. adolescents entering addiction treatment enroll in these programs, so you’re not alone in Akron, OH. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.

    Facilities offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.

    Pastoral Counseling Services‘s Therapies & Programs

    In addiction recovery at Pastoral Counseling Services, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.

    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 Pastoral Counseling Services 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 Akron, OH.

    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 Pastoral Counseling Services 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 Pastoral Counseling Services 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 Akron, Ohio.

    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 Pastoral Counseling Services helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.

    Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that focuses on eliminating specific negative thoughts such as suicidal thoughts that can potentially lead to an individual inflicting self-harm. It is useful in the treatment of patients exhibiting uncontrollable emotions, intense mood swings, and borderline personality disorders.

    The term “Dialectic” means the integration of opposites. In the substance abuse context, DBT refers to accepting the patient’s addiction and working to change their thoughts and behavior. It improves life skills such as controlling the intense emotions without reacting impulsively, resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively, and promoting awareness about self and others.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Pastoral Counseling Services 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.

    Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Dual-Diagnosis, Eating Disorder Treatment, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Trauma Therapy

    Payment Options Accepted

    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
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    Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Pastoral Counseling Services Location and Directions
    Address Information282 W Bowery St
    Akron, Ohio 44307 Phone Number(330) 996-4600 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Akron, Ohio Addiction Information

    Ohio is suffering from a drug abuse problem that is costing thousands of its residents their lives every single year. Opioids, particularly Fentanyl and heroin, are the leading drugs in the state. The state ranks in the top 10 for illicit use of painkillers. Opioid-related overdose rates in Ohio are by far some of the highest in the country.

    The condition of drug addiction and abuse is quite worse in Akron, Ohio. In 2015, there were 434 overdose deaths in Akron, which increased from previous years. The average age users are getting addicted to drugs is 13. There are plenty of opportunities for fun and recreation in this friendly Southern town. Newly sober people will find plenty of support from the local addiction treatment community.

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