Integrated Care of Greater HickoryTherapist in Gastonia, NC
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ICGH is a recovery-focused provider serving adults, children, and adolescents across North Carolina. They offer integrated treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and severe psychiatric disorders through both inpatient and outpatient care. Their approach combines medication management with counseling and additional interventions including housing, peer support, transportation, and EMDR. ICGH emphasizes a patient-centered approach centered on lifelong recovery rather than treatment alone. They operate multiple locations across North Carolina with corporate offices in Hickory, NC, and provide services including medication-assisted treatment, detox, recovery homes, and online telehealth services through Bupe.Online.
Role
Therapist
What a first session looks like
Virtual & In-PersonComplete the online intake to begin treatment.
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
MAT
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). Pairs FDA-approved medications with counseling and behavioral therapy. Standard of care for opioid and alcohol use disorder; emerging evidence in gambling for impulsivity-targeting agents.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. A structured trauma therapy that helps the brain re-file painful memories so they stop hijacking the present.
Medication management
Medication Management. Ongoing monitoring + adjustment of psychiatric or addiction medications by a prescribing clinician. Often paired with therapy, not in place of it.
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.
Peer support
Peer Recovery Support. A credentialed person in long-term recovery walks alongside you, sharing what worked for them and connecting you to the right resources at the right moment.
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