Howard Brown Health Center Counseling Center

Howard Brown Health Center Counseling Center

Services:
Gender Accepted
• Female
• Male

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS

External Opioid Medications Source

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Pharmacotherapies

• Buprenorphine with naloxone

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State Substance use treatment agency
• Federally Qualified Health Center

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Outpatient

Education and Counseling Services

• Group counseling
• Individual counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Family counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicaid

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Screening for substance use
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for mental disorders

Recovery Support Services

• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Housing services
• Recovery coach
• Mentoring/peer support
• Self-help groups

Testing

• STD testing
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted without restriction

Transitional Services

• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Aftercare/continuing care

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted without restriction

Treatment Approaches

• Anger management
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Brief intervention
• 12-step facilitation
• Community reinforcement plus vouchers
• Matrix Model
• Relapse prevention
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Trauma-related counseling
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Type of Care

• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Does not treat alcohol use disorder

Ancillary Services

• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Transportation assistance
• Suicide prevention services
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Early intervention for HIV