Central Utah Counseling Center - Richfield, located in Richfield, Utah, offers comprehensive behavioral healthcare services. Specializing in psychiatry and psychology, it provides services in both English and Spanish. The center stands out for its availability of telehealth appointments and its focus on personalized treatment plans.
Committed to providing competent and compassionate behavioral healthcare, Central Utah Counseling Center serves six central Utah counties, including Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne. The mission emphasizes community well-being and individual care but no specific licenses or awards were found.
- Telehealth Appointments: Remote consultations are available, ensuring accessibility for those unable to visit in person.
- Dual Diagnosis Treatment: Comprehensive care for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse issues, available 24/7.
- Group Therapy: Offers a supportive environment for individuals undergoing similar struggles to connect and heal.
- DUI Offender Programs: Specialized treatment plans for DUI offenders, focusing on recovery and rehabilitation.
This facility treats addictions and mental health issues, benefiting adults and youth in need of behavioral healthcare services. Personalized plans cater to individual needs, offering support for a wide range of demographics.
- 12 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 2 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 11 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Staff
- Nathan StraitExecutive DirectorLeads Central Utah Counseling Center operations across multiple counties.
- Richard AndersonFinancial OfficerManages financial operations and reporting for the counseling center.
- Holly KunzlerTherapistProvides counseling services at the Richfield location.
- Angela MorrillLCSWLicensed Clinical Social Worker providing therapy services in Richfield.
- Dr. Michael Lavern SmithMDPhysician providing medical services at Central Utah Counseling Center.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment at Central Utah Counseling Center - Richfield
Substance abuse creates problems that affect people in Richfield, UT on many levels. First, substance abuse affects the individual who is abusing drugs or alcohol. This can result in health problems, including heart damage and overdose. Substance abuse also affects the user’s family, friends, co-workers, classmates, or peers. These people feel frustrated because they do not know how to help their loved ones struggling with addiction. At the same time, the addict cannot control his behavior. Lastly, friends and family members of addicts are affected financially by substance abuse.
The good news is that effective treatments can help prevent substance abuse or treat its effects on the user. These treatments, which include behavioral therapy and counseling sessions, target the underlying causes of substance abuse, helping users achieve sobriety so they can regain control over their lives. They also teach users to cope with stress in ways other than using drugs or alcohol.
Dual-Diagnosis Treatment at Central Utah Counseling Center - Richfield
A “dual diagnosis” is when the individual has two medical issues at the same time. The top co-occurring mental disorders with addiction are depression, anxiety, ADHD, bi-polar disorder. Addiction is also considered a mental illness that is not a choice but rather a medical condition. Addiction can be caused by any number of underlying issues.
Dual diagnosis is provided by Central Utah Counseling Center - Richfield to treat addictive tendencies as well as any untreated mental illnesses. This ensures successful long term health and recovery for patients after treatment has been completed.
Dual diagnosis is provided by Central Utah Counseling Center - Richfield to treat addictive tendencies as well as any untreated mental illnesses for people in Utah. This ensures successful long term health and recovery for patients after treatment has been completed.Levels of Care
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 at Central Utah Counseling Center - Richfield, the Richfield resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level. Outpatient treatment plans cover diagnosis, detoxification, management, and counseling. They are a popular option for those who have graduated from inpatient facilities.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy is a form of counseling where you meet with a trained professional one-on-one. Meeting with a therapist in this setting allows for a personal and trusting relationship to be built. This allows the patient to open up about sensitive or private issues they may not feel comfortable discussing in a group. Individual therapy helps identify the root causes of your addiction, which can help prevent relapse.
Couples therapy for drug addiction is a unique form of therapy that allows family members to work through the emotional issues of their loved one’s addiction together. Family members can support each other while learning how to cope with the addiction and encourage healthy changes. The two will work with a therapist to learn how the addiction affects themselves and the relationship.
Family therapy is often done alongside drug treatment to help addicts stay sober. The goal of family therapy for drug addiction is to create an environment where communication can happen without judgment, hostility, or blame. The therapist will sit with the family so they can learn how to communicate differently and provide new tools for dealing with emotions so that people don’t want to drink or do drugs. It’s important for families to focus on relapse prevention plans during treatment so that if the addict feels like they want to use again, they’ll know what steps they need to take together to prevent it from happening again in the future.
Group therapy sessions are another common addiction recovery service. These group sessions typically involve six to 12 addicts who meet regularly with a trained professional for support and guidance.
During these sessions, the group shares their experiences with one another and provides feedback that can help each member avoid relapse or overcome specific obstacles they are facing in their recovery process. With this type of support and guidance, addicts can feel like they are part of a community that understands their struggles and will help them get through the hard times.
Many people struggling with drug addiction have experienced some form of trauma in their lives. It is crucial that these individuals seek out professional help; otherwise, their drug abuse and addiction will likely continue.
Therapists and counselors at drug treatment centers employ several treatment programs to help people struggling with drug addiction, including trauma therapy. Trauma therapy helps people dealing with addiction by allowing them to confront the traumas of their past and move past them.
It is important to note that trauma therapy should not be confused with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Rather, it is used to treat the effects of trauma, which are often at the root of addiction.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy was developed in the 1980s to treat chronically suicidal individuals. It is a cognitive-behavioral therapy that combines standard DBT with strategies derived from Zen Buddhism, such as mindfulness training.
DBT has been adapted for use with other types of psychiatric problems, including eating disorders, substance abuse disorders, borderline personality disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other personality disorders. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is considered a psychosocial treatment of BPD. This means that while it can be used alone or in conjunction with drug treatments, DBT does not rely on medications to treat the disorder. Instead, DBT aims to help patients change their thinking and behavior.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in drug abuse disorders, but they can lead to co-occurring disorders if not recognized. CBT involves strategies that help to change the behavior pattern by restructuring negative thoughts into positive ones. It helps to remove these feelings, and it provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness and self-control. It can be administered as a monotherapy or as part of combination therapy.
CBT can improve the patient’s mood, reduce drug cravings and boost success rates on treatment plans. Regular practice can help individuals handle negative attitudes, thoughts, and feelings without turning to drugs or alcohol. The core belief of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is that one’s moods, behaviors, and actions are all connected. Individuals can improve their quality of life using CBT. It helps addicts understand the patterns of thought and feelings that cause them to use drugs or alcohol and develop a healthy response.
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Location & Contact

255 South Main street
Richfield, UT 84701
Phone Number
(435) 896-8236
Additional Locations
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Richfield, Utah Addiction and Treatment
More than 500 people in Utah die each year from the effects of drug abuse and/or addiction. Substance abuse rates in Utah have seen an upward trend for a variety of drugs. Opioids are involved in almost 70% of all drug-related deaths in the state, annually. In 2014, Utah officials created a Good Samaritan Law to protect drug users who report possible overdoses from being prosecuted themselves.
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