Alan Laszczynski, DO and Andrew Simpson, DOMedication Management in Sumter, SC
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Sumter Treatment Specialists provides comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation services for persons who are dependent on or addicted to narcotics. The practice offers methadone and office-based Suboxone treatment in combination with counseling sessions and educational classes. The experienced medical staff includes two physicians, a medical director, and licensed counselors, nurses, and pharmacists. The facility is owned and operated by Alan Laszczynski, DO and Andrew Simpson, DO, both board certified in Internal Medicine and trained in Addiction Medicine since 2016. The practice emphasizes compassionate, respectful, and confidential care.
Credentials
DO
Role
Medication Management
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
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.
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.
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.
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.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Substance use treatment
Setting
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Case management service
- Transportation assistance
- Suicide prevention services
Education & counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
- Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
- Substance use disorder education
- Individual counseling
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Young Adults
- Adults
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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