Greater Essex Counseling Services

You’ll find Greater Essex Counseling Services in Newark, New Jersey in downtown Newark, close to the Passaic River. For those with substance abuse issues and co-occurring mental health conditions, they offer an intensive outpatient program and higher level intensive outpatient program for treatment.

This program includes regular group counseling sessions and weekly one-on-one counseling sessions with the goal of addressing the root cause of addiction and working through that trauma with peer support. They also offer two anger management sessions that you may participate in every week to support healing from negative behavior patterns that have arisen in conjunction with your addiction.

Court-Mandated Anger Management Services

I like that their anger management services are also often mandated by the court or legal system for those who’ve been convicted of criminal offenses and need treatment to fulfill required conditions.

For court mandated treatment, clients must participate in treatment for 12 consecutive weeks to fulfill their obligation to the program. This includes breathalyzer tests and screenings.

Medication Management & MAT

I find it good to know that they also offer medication management services to ensure you are taking the right dosage of medication and that you are beginning to heal comfortably and safely from your addiction. They offer specialized medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs if you require medication to manage your withdrawal symptoms from opiates or alcohol.