Amara Wellness

Types of Care:

• residential heroin use treatment
• residential treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehabilitation
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment program
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Treatment of alcohol use disorder without medications

Pharmacotherapies:

• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• 12-step rehab

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• State mental health department
• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash
• Accepts state health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• dual diagnosis treatment
• people with co-occurring pain plus substance use

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• 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
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• case managers
• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• social skills training
• help with transportation
• group meetings

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services
• employment counseling services
• educational support

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women
• heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients