Substance Abuse Services

Motivational Enhancement Training
TASC’s curriculum-based educational Motivational Enhancement Training is designed to assist the client to develop motivation for change and the maintenance of motivation for change through personal awareness (“Self-Confrontation”) of his/her substance abuse, criminogenic attitudes, beliefs and behaviors and their consequences. This modality provides education and support, addresses core issues (of denial, rationalization, defensiveness, resistance, reluctance, resignation) common to the unmotivated and ambivalent substance abuser, and reduces recidivism to substance abuse and criminal activity.

Intensive Outpatient Counseling
Group and/or individual/family counseling for clients.

Lapse/Relapse Counseling
TASC’s Lapse/Relapse groups are used as an adjunct to treatment or as an intervention in and of itself after the client has participated in treatment and has experienced a definitive period of non-use. TASC’s Lapse/Relapse groups utilize a cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention model.

Family Counseling
Substance abuse family counseling (a client and one more family member). Systemic treatment has long recognized that the family/spouse is affected by the identified client's maladaptive behavior patterns. Consequently, the family/spouse is a component of and is important to the process of substance abuse/mental health treatment.

Individual Counseling
Individual substance abuse counseling focuses on the attainment of the client's individual Assessment and Report goals. Treatment focuses on behavioral and/or psychological issues which impair the client's capacity to cope effectively and remain free of substance abuse and/or delinquent behaviors.

Substance Abuse Prevention Group
 This group counseling modality includes “treatment readiness” and is provided to clients with little or no understanding of the concept of substance abuse. TASC provides open-ended, outpatient, curriculum-based educational services for the motivation and enhancement of client(s).