Pierce County AllianceTherapist in Tacoma, WA
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The Pierce County Alliance (PCA) has provided behavioral health services for over 50 years, specializing in substance use disorder treatment, mental health therapy, and domestic violence intervention. The agency operates felony drug courts, family recovery courts, and youth services programs in partnership with Pierce County courts and corrections. PCA addresses co-occurring disorders of substance use and mental health through integrated treatment. In response to opioid and fentanyl crises, the agency developed a robust opioid treatment program using medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to improve treatment retention and outcomes. PCA provides on-site treatment within Pierce County Jail, recovery navigation services, and community re-entry programs for those released from institutions. The agency serves youth in transition to independent adulthood and provides drug court services to Thurston County Therapeutic Superior Court.
Role
Therapist
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
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.
Dialectical behavior therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Pairs acceptance with change. Especially useful when emotions feel too big to ride out without acting on them.
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.
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
- 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
- Transportation assistance
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
- Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
Who this is for
Special programs
- Young adults
- Adult women
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Adult men
- Seniors or older adults
- Veterans
- Active duty military
- Members of military families
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients who have experienced trauma
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