The Council on Recovery

Are you or a loved one struggling with alcohol or drug abuse, compulsive behaviors, or mental health issues? Don’t know where to go or what to do? Start at The Council on Recovery. 

The Council on Recovery is Houston’s oldest and largest source of help for individuals and families whose lives are affected by addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders.

Community-based and non-profit, The Council on Recovery is the leading provider of addiction prevention, education, treatment, and recovery services. Our commitment to service excellence is focused on helping each individual recover while helping their entire family heal. 

The Council on Recovery offers confidential assessments to identify the problem and treatment options. We provide referrals to treatment sources, such as inpatient, intensive outpatient, group or individual therapy, and recovery programs. We give expert and compassionate support regardless of ability to pay.

 

The Council's nationally renowned Center for Recovering Families offers a full spectrum of clinical, therapeutic, and counseling services for adults, adolescents, and children. Major insurance plans are accepted.

Adult Clinical Services

• Consultations, Assessments & Referrals
• Healing Choices Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP)
• Relapse & Renewal Clinic
• Individual, Family, & Group Therapy

 Family Recovery Services

• Interventions
• Individual, Couples, & Family Therapy
• Multi-family Therapy Groups

 Adolescent Services & Parent Education

• Consultations, Assessments & Referrals
• Mindful Choices™: High Risk Intervention Class
• Parent Education Group
• Adolescent, Parent, & Family Therapy
• Parent Coaching

 Children’s Services

• Consultations, Assessments & Referrals
• Kids Camp™ at The Council
• Child & Family Therapy
• Play Therapy
• Parent Coaching

Community Behavioral Health Programs

The Council on Recovery is also Houston’s leading source of community behavioral programs including substance abuse prevention, education, counseling, and recovery services:

• Outpatient Assessment & Counseling
• Intensive Case Management
• Recovery Support Services
• Specialized Services Pregnant & Post-Partum Women
• Outreach Program for Older Adults
• Community Education
• School-Based Programs
• Choices™: Changing the culture of schools through prevention & counseling

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services
• Mental Health Treatment Services
• Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

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Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Substance abuse treatment
• Accepts clients on opioid medication

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Facility Type

• Outpatient mental health facility

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Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavioral therapy
• Behavior modification
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Trauma therapy
• Activity therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Outpatient

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Other State funds
• County or local government funds
• Community Service Block Grants
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

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Language Services

• Spanish

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
• Veterans
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Seniors or older adults
• Adolescents
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Adult women
• Adult men
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with eating disorders

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Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Intensive case management
• Case management
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Relapse prevention

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents
• Young adults
• Adults
• Seniors (65 or older)

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

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