Marion Area Counseling Center (MACC) in Marion, Ohio, focuses on comprehensive behavioral health and substance use disorder services. Serving the community for over 45 years, MACC is a private, not-for-profit organization that extends services to Marion and Crawford counties, offering a wide array of specialized treatments and support.
MACC aims to manage mental health and substance abuse issues in collaboration with clients and the community. Specializing in treating mental, emotional, and substance abuse problems, MACC enhances the overall well-being of North Central Ohio's residents.
- Expertise in both mental health and substance use disorder treatment through individual and group counseling.
- Offers 24-hour crisis hotline available 365 days a year for continuous support.
- Provides specialized programs such as the Family Preservation Program and Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment.
- Focuses on permanent supportive housing for individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses.
MACC addresses issues such as substance use disorders, mental illness, and behavioral challenges. Services are designed to benefit individuals and families in the North Central Ohio community, ensuring comprehensive support for diverse needs.
- 1+ Accreditations
- 16 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 6 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 26 Therapies & Programs
Accreditations

CARF
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
The inappropriate use of any drug in Marion, OH is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Marion Area Counseling Center. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at Marion Area Counseling Center
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 Ohio 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, Detox, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detoxification is a reduction in the effects of drugs and alcohol. It can be beneficial for people who have a history of withdrawal, who are at risk for dangerous health concerns, or who are unable to function well in their day-to-day lives due to addiction.
Detoxification is beneficial for:
- People who are unable to overcome addiction without the help of professional care.
- People who are at risk for dangerous health conditions due to withdrawal.
- People who are at risk for overdose or serious health concerns after a relapse.
If you believe that addiction treatment is right for you or a loved one, you can contact your primary care physician, or search for addiction treatment centers in your area. Treatment is beneficial to people who are motivated towards recovery, and who understand the benefits of professional care.
Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in Ohio 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 Marion Area Counseling Center 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 Marion Area Counseling Center 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 Marion Area Counseling Center in Ohio 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 Marion Area Counseling Center. 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 Marion Area Counseling Center helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Marion Area Counseling Center 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.
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.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. Marion Area Counseling Center aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.
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 Marion Area Counseling Center that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts.
Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.
Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.
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 Marion Area Counseling Center are trained to assist in 12-step management.
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Location & Contact

320 Executive Dr
Marion, OH 43302
Phone Number
(740) 387-5210
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Marion, Ohio Addiction and Treatment
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.
Marion County, Ohio, a vibrant community, faces a formidable challenge with opioid addiction. The county's opioid dispensing rate soars 55.3% above the state average, with a staggering 73.6 per 100 people. From 2009 to 2018, the county mourned the loss of 11,469 years of life to overdose deaths, a poignant reminder of the devastating impact of addiction.
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