Optimal Behavioral HealthTherapist in Villas, NJ
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This provider offers comprehensive behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and adults throughout southern New Jersey. Services include in-home behavioral health assessments conducted by clinically licensed providers, psychiatric treatment delivered by a board-certified licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner, individual counseling for depression, anxiety, stress management, and anger management, couples and family counseling, and group therapy. The practice specializes in substance abuse treatment for individuals dependent on alcohol and/or other substances who may also have co-occurring mental health concerns, utilizing the Addiction Severity Index for assessment. In-home services include behavioral health assessments, individual counseling, family counseling with parent education, and behavioral assistance with community linkage. They serve Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, and Salem counties.
Role
Therapist
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
Anger management
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Brief intervention
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
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.
Contingency management/motivational incentives
Contingency Management. Evidence-based reinforcement approach: small, immediate, tangible rewards for verified abstinence and engagement. Strongest evidence base of any non-medication intervention for stimulant + gambling disorder.
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing. A collaborative conversation that strengthens your own reasons for change rather than arguing you into it.
Matrix model
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Relapse prevention
Relapse Prevention. Identifies your specific high-risk situations, warning signs, and choice points. Then builds a written, rehearsed plan for each so the moment is not the first time you decide.
Substance use disorder counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Trauma-related counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
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.
12-step facilitation
Twelve-Step Facilitation. Helps you engage with mutual-aid fellowships (GA, AA, SMART) as a recovery community rather than a solo grind.
What this facility offers
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