Austin Changes Counseling and Education Services

Types of Care:

• treatment for substance abuse

Service Settings:

• outpatient rehab
• intensive outpatient treatment services
• regular outpatient treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Treatment Approaches:

• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• trauma counseling
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• a private for-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts cash or self-payment
• Accepts State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available:

• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• transitional-age young adults
• judicial clients

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for substance use
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Housing services
• Social skills development
• Mentoring/Peer support

Counseling Services and Education:

• counseling for individuals
• group counseling
• counseling for families
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV/AIDS counseling
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• teen rehab

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Exclusive Services:

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Services for deaf:

• Service for hearing impaired