Inter-Care

About Inter-Care – New York, New York

INTER-CARE Ltd. is a comprehensive outpatient facility that supports individuals and families affected by alcoholism and other substance use disorders. They’re located in New York City and licensed by NYS OASAS. Their program includes intensive outpatient therapy, early intervention and early recovery services and psychiatric care/addiction medicine. They also offer specialty recovery programs and family treatments services and trauma informed care. I like that they offer in person and virtual options as well as daytime and evening therapy schedules to optimize convenience.

The facility boasts a safe and caring outpatient setting where you can receive confidential treatment that respects your dignity. Their recovery approach integrates 12 step philosophy with evidence based models. These include motivational interviewing (MI), cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy.

These models provide motivation and support and equip you with tools to face life’s daily challenges including stress and anger. Their interdisciplinary clinical team includes trained experts in these innovative treatment approaches. They even offer medication assisted treatment (MAT) which is the gold standard in evidence based therapy.

Their intensive outpatient care is a six to 10 week rehabilitation program involving group counseling, psychoeducation and periodic individual counseling. Random drug testing is equally an important component of this program. The focus is on lasting recovery and relapse prevention. You’ll attend three group therapy sessions and about three weekly skill building workshops over four days.

You’ll learn a structured curriculum of coping tools derived from dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as well as Smart Recovery while gaining insight, feedback and support from peers in recovery.

You can also attend an optional 12 step meeting. You’ll like this program if you need considerable support to build your recovery foundation.

The program may also incorporate MAT in coordination with their medical department. This technique uses counseling alongside meds approved by FDA to support alcoholism or opioid addiction recovery. Their MAT program uses naltrexone, Vivitrol and Antabuse to reduce cravings and prevent relapse. Folks with co occurring conditions will receive psychiatric care including mental health evaluation and medication management. This is in addition to addiction therapy.

Their medical department even offers disability related evaluation, gap prescription refills and care coordination with outside psychiatrists. You can continue your recovery journey via Phase 2 of their specialty program upon completing the intensive outpatient treatment.

The Phase 2 specialty group involves twice weekly group therapy for folks who have accumulated two to four months of sobriety. It can enhance the relapse prevention and personal growth strategies you learned from intensive outpatient or early recovery programs.

Other specialty program groups include Phase 3 dual diagnosis and DBT workshop groups. The early recovery program serves folks seeking a more flexible and less intensive treatment approach than intensive outpatient care. It involves two therapy groups weekly, periodic individual sessions and weekly drug testing.

You’ll gain insight into the nature and severity of substance misuse, learn relapse prevention skills and give/receive feedback and support. You may supplement group therapy with a weekly workshop like DBT to enhance your knowledge of specific coping skills. This program lasts twelve weeks after which you advance to other specialty programs that fit your needs.

Their early intervention service is an educational program that serves DWI referrals, employees in safety sensitive positions and folks resistant to treatment. It uses motivational techniques and standard drug and alcohol assessments to raise awareness about the personal impact of substance use in therapeutic workshops.

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