Counseling Center at DuluthTherapist in Duluth, GA
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The Counseling Center is an outpatient treatment provider specializing in substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Operating as part of Praesum Healthcare, which was established in 2004, the center offers a person-focused approach to recovery. They provide outpatient counseling (OP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), and partial hospitalization programs (PHP), with personalized treatment plans that combine individual and group therapies. The center emphasizes addressing underlying mental health causes such as trauma and mental disorders that often contribute to substance use disorder. Individuals undergo thorough evaluations to determine the most appropriate program level for their specific recovery needs. All treatment uses evidence-based procedures tailored to clients' requirements, and the center maintains accreditation from The Joint Commission.
Role
Therapist
What a first session looks like
Virtual & In-PersonCall 866-850-5001 to explore services with a licensed counselor. Representatives respond 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Upon enrollment, clients undergo a thorough evaluation and meet with personnel to determine the most appropriate program level.
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
Activity therapy
Activity Therapy. Structured therapeutic activities, recreation, movement, hands-on tasks, used as a vehicle for connection and emotional regulation. Often paired with talk therapy in residential and group programs.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
Couples/family therapy
Family Therapy. Brings the people closest to the recovery into the room. Less about blame, more about updating the patterns that fed the cycle so the home becomes part of the recovery.
Dialectical behavior therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Pairs acceptance with change. Especially useful when emotions feel too big to ride out without acting on them.
Integrated mental and substance use disorder treatment
Integrated Treatment. Treats addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions in the same plan, rather than sequentially. Most clinically effective when both are present.
Individual psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy. One-to-one sessions with a licensed clinician. The standard-bearer of mental-health care; most evidence-based plans build around it.
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Telehealth Therapy. Real clinical sessions delivered over video. Same evidence base as in-person care for most conditions; meets you where you actually are instead of where the office is.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
Setting
- Outpatient
- Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Case management service
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Integrated primary care services
- Suicide prevention services
Education & counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
- Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
- Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
- Substance use disorder education
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Children/Adolescents
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