Parish of Ascension Ascension Counseling Center

Types of Care:

• substance use treatment
• dual diagnosis treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Settings:

• outpatient treatment
• intensive outpatient treatment
• 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

Pharmacotherapies:

• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix Model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• trauma counseling

Facility Ownership:

• the local government

License/Certification/Accreditation:

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• teenagers
• transitional-age young adults

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
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Domestic violence services
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Professional interventionist/Educational consultants

Other Addictions Treatment:

• Treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available