About Stairways Behavioral Health – State Street – Erie
Stairways Behavioral Health in Erie, Pennsylvania, is a mental health care provider that provides addiction treatment for adults. The levels of care they offer clients include general outpatient (OP) care, intensive outpatient (IOP) care and partial hospitalization (PHP) programs. Individual, family, and group therapy are included with each level of care.
Stairways Behavioral Health also offers medication assisted treatment (MAT) and uses naltrexone and Vivitrol to help lessen a patient’s withdrawal symptoms. Additionally, individuals can connect with certified recovery specialists to receive peer to peer coaching. Clients interested in receiving outpatient treatment services can get started by undergoing a substance abuse evaluation to decide on appropriate treatment services.
The amount of time patients will receive treatment will vary, with some clients needing a maximum of 25 hours per week of group therapies. Group therapy gives patients the opportunity to share their recovery journey and receive support from others. Some of the topics that may be covered in group therapy include relapse prevention and anger management.
Other clients might need only one hour of weekly individual counseling. When clients participate in individual therapy, a counselor will help them understand the cause of their addiction and how to better manage it.
Counselors will likely use evidence based treatments such as motivational interviewing (MI) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). Through therapy, clients can learn to use healthy coping strategies to minimize their chances of relapsing. Some of the medical professionals on staff that clients will work with include masters level counselors, certified registered nursing practitioners and licensed social workers.
Staff members begin setting up an aftercare plan for patients upon admission, which they’ll be able to use to help them maintain sobriety when they complete their treatment.
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