VA Pacific Islands Health Care System – Kauai CBOC

About VA Pacific Islands Health Care System – Kauai CBOC – Lihue

The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System – Kauai CBOC is a clinic in Lihue, Hawaii. It’s an outpatient clinic where they treat a wide range of medical and mental health needs including drug and alcohol addiction.

The VA’s outpatient treatment is mostly a combination of individual therapy and group therapy. While working with a therapist one on one you’ll have group sessions where you can talk through the challenges of recovery with others who are in your shoes, and you can build a supportive community for each other. To help your loved ones understand your addiction and to start healing your relationships they provide marriage counseling and family counseling, too.

In some cases this VA might also provide medication assisted treatment or MAT. Especially for opioid addiction, MAT can help you by lowering your cravings and physical withdrawal symptoms. This makes you less likely to relapse while you’re working through the mental and emotional aspects of addiction.

This Lihue clinic also can connect you with the VA’s full suite of addiction treatment services. Depending on what you need that could include inpatient or residential rehab along with medically managed detox and intensive outpatient programs. The VA has programs for specialized needs and communities as well, like women veterans and veterans who are homeless. Plus they can treat mental health conditions that affect your addiction too.

Of course as a VA clinic this treatment center is only for military members and veterans and their families. But they can coordinate your addiction treatment with your primary care doctor and other providers in the VA.

When it comes to client feedback this treatment center has received excellent reports. Clients here say that it’s the local staff that makes the difference. They mention that the staff here are both compassionate and efficient so they get attentive and friendly care while also getting into and out of their appointments on time.

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).

Inpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

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.

Medically Assisted Detox

Drug and alcohol addiction often takes a heavy toll on one's body. Over time, a physical dependence can develop, meaning the body physiologically needs the substance to function. Detox is the process of removing drugs and/or alcohol from the body, a process that can be lethal if mismanaged. Medical detox is done by licensed medical professionals who monitor vital signs and keep you safe, healthy, and as comfortable as possible as you go through detox and withdrawal.

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.

Sober Living Homes

Sober Living Houses (SLHs), aka sober homes or halfway houses, are safe, substance-free, supportive living facilities for those recovering from substance abuse. Ideal for those who've just been through inpatient or outpatient treatment, SLHs are supervised environments with rules that support sobriety, such as curfews, shared chores, and therapeutic meetings. Residents are also often trained on life skills and coping skills to make it easier to transition into society. SLHs also provide a strong sense of community that can lead to the kind of deep and lasting connections with other sober individuals that supports a new, healthy lifestyle.

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.

LGBTQ Program

Recovery is most successful when clients feel accepted and validated by their peers and treatment providers. Facilities that offer LGBTQ-inclusive programming are committed to creating a safe space where everyone can grow and recover without fear of judgment or discrimination. They will have dedicated policies in place to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters free expression.

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.

Staff

Adam M Robinson Jr, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS, CPE

Director

April Seghorn

Acting Deputy Medical Center Director

Arun Raman, MD, MBA, FACS, FACHE, CPE

Chief of Staff

Donald Banik

Deputy Chief of Staff

Devin C. Woods

Associate Director

James Ingebredtsen

Assistant Director

Kathrine Pope, MSN Ed, RN-BC

Nurse Executive

Christine Kramer, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, CNOR

Chief Quality, Safety, and Value

VA Pacific Islands Health Care System – Kauai CBOC

About VA Pacific Islands Health Care System – Kauai CBOC – Lihue

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