North Texas Addiction Counseling and Education

About North Texas Addiction Counseling and Education – Arlington, Texas

North Texas Addiction Counseling and Education is an outpatient substance use recovery clinic with a location in Arlington, Texas. They also treat co-occurring disorders via an integrated care model that handles addiction and mental health at the same time. They offer court-ordered treatment and specialized care for women in recovery. Their outpatient setting is warm, welcoming and homely. Here, you’re fully supported in overcoming substance use by friendly professionals who really care.

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County situated between Dallas and Fort Worth. It is well known for its sports venues, entertainment hubs and universities. The facility is situated about 1.5 miles west of the University of Texas at Arlington and three miles northwest of AT&T Stadium. They also serve patients from Grand Prairie, Mansfield and Irving.

Recovery in this facility takes a holistic approach involving general wellness of the mind, body and spirit. A comprehensive intake assessment helps the care team tailor treatment to your specific needs via personalized care planning. Outpatient therapy is delivered in a group and individual setting. Therapy sessions may address anger and stress, family conflict and trauma which often leads to substance dependence. They equip you with skills like problem-solving, healthy communication and relationship building which are important in maintaining sobriety.

They provide parenting classes to support pregnant women or women with children who are navigating recovery. The facility also offers medication-assisted treatment or MAT to help people dealing with opioid use disorder achieve lasting recovery. Their MAT program involves a prescription of either methadone or Suboxone to help you curb cravings and alleviate painful withdrawal symptoms. It all depends on your tailored care plan.

The MAT program also involves counseling to tackle the psychological symptoms and ensure lasting abstinence. Your tailored treatment will encompass psychiatric care like assessment, psychiatric medication prescriptions and medication management if you’re dealing with co-occurring disorders.

The facility also offers education and treatment for DWI offenders. This focuses on helping offenders understand the impact of impaired driving, develop safer decision-making skills and meet legal requirements for license reinstatement.

The facility is home to the Stop Tarrant County Opioid Poisoning or STOP program too. This program aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths in Tarrant County via effective treatment, recovery support services and harm reduction services. It targets folks who are at high risk of or who recently experienced nonlethal overdose.

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Leesa Nelson

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Garry Crain

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Reyna Bittle

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Garry Crain

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Dana Parker

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Brittany Nelson

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Hayden Iker

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Kim Scales

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