Hunter Holmes McGuire Medical Center – Charlottesville Community Based Outpatient Clinic

About Hunter Holmes McGuire Medical Center – Charlottesville Community Based Outpatient Clinic – Charlottesville

The Charlottesville VA Clinic features primary and mental health care for veterans, military personnel and their family members in Charlottesville, Virginia. As part of the VA Richmond Health Care network, they offer outpatient services to help you overcome a range of conditions, including substance use disorder. They accept self pay, military benefits and private insurance. A financial assistance program is available.

Their mental health care program includes individual and group counseling sessions to help you talk through your symptoms, address your triggers, and learn healthy life skills for recovery. The counselors here can also help you address some of the issues and emotions that might accompany your addiction, including grief and trauma.

I like that there are also psychiatric experts on staff to help address co-occurring conditions including anxiety, depression and personality disorders. If you need marriage or relationship counseling as a result of your chemical dependency, they can assist with that as well. If you need support beyond what their outpatient clinic can provide, they’ll connect you with the appropriate resources within the community.

One client calls this facility a gem in the VA system, explaining that the team members go the extra mile and are always responsive. Another said that the staff bends over backward to help veterans. There’s even complimentary transportation to and from in select cases. However, several people have mentioned issues with communication and scheduling.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

Aftercare Support

Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Intensive Outpatient

Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) are for those who want or need a very structured treatment program but who also wish to live at home and continue with certain responsibilities (such as work or school). IOP substance abuse treatment programs vary in duration and intensity, and certain outpatient rehab centers will offer individualized treatment programs.

Intervention Services

Intervention services helps family or friends of addicts stage an intervention, which is a meeting in which loved ones share their concerns and attempt to get an addict into treatment. Professional intervention specialists can help loved ones organize, gather, and communicate with an addict. They can guide intervention participants in describing the damage the addict's behavior is causing and that outside help is necessary to address the addiction. The ideal outcome of an intervention is for the addict to go to rehab and get the help they need.

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Treatments

Dual Diagnosis Mental Health

Programs

Adult Program

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

Military Program

Serving in the military is both mentally and physically challenging, and can result in trauma that persists even after combat ends. Military programs are tailored to the specific and often complex needs of active duty personnel, veterans, and military families. Clients often access these programs through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Young Adult Program

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

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