Aiken – Barnwell Mental Health Center

Located in Aiken, South Carolina, Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center provides mental health services to individuals in Aiken and Barnwell counties. They work with clients who have addiction programs and mental health disorders by providing counseling and other helpful services. You can pay for your treatment services through Medicare and Medicaid.

ABMHC provides individual, group and family therapy to help with your healing. All of these options will allow you to learn more about substance use disorder and develop the tools you need to maintain your sobriety. Family therapy can help you restore your relationship with your family so you have a positive support system.

The facility offers crisis intervention services for individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis. It’s a short term treatment that can allow you time to stabilize before returning to the community and pursuing additional treatment services. It can prevent individuals from engaging in substance use or other harmful behaviors as a means of coping with their crisis.

ABMHC is only 30 minutes away from Augusta, Georgia. In between treatment sessions, you can visit the city and take a relaxing walk at Augusta Riverwalk. You can also enjoy some time in nature at the Phinizy Swamp Nature Park.

Clients in isolation are usually more likely to relapse. ABMHC provides support groups to help clients get the encouragement they need to continue in their recovery from addiction. You’ll have a chance to practice your communication skills and also gain insight from other people’s recovery journeys.