Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Behavioral Health

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Behavioral Health is an addiction treatment center in Auburn, Washington providing substance use disorder treatment and mental health services.

Treatment is offered to Muckleshoot tribal members, their children and other Native Americans living on or near the reservation.

The program covers an outpatient continuum including intensive outpatient care, individual and family counseling, medication, psychiatric care, DUI evaluations and aftercare.

A standout feature involves its signature therapy and its funding model actually are.

Equine Assisted Therapy

The signature offering at Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Behavioral Health is an equine services program.

They have licensed mental health therapists conduct individual and family counseling alongside trained equine specialists and horses.

This is not an occasional recreational activity but part of the structured clinical modality available to both mental health and substance use disorder clients.

For people in the Auburn area comparing tribal or public treatment options this matters if talk therapy alone has not worked.

It also helps people with trauma histories. The goal of the equine therapy is to help people heal as they work with horses.

This service aligns with the program's integration of cultural healing into clinical care.

No Cost for Eligible Clients

Services at Muckleshoot carry no direct cost for people who are eligible. It's supported by Medicaid, federal funding and IHS/Tribal/Urban funds.

They also offer a medication assisted treatment pathway where induction typically occurs within one to four weeks of the initial phone screening.

This is following a defined three visit sequence and counseling is not a requirement to receive Suboxone, Sublocade or Vivitrol.

The same tribal health system also operates an adult recovery house and sober homes including the Lily Home, Red Cedar House and Butterfly House with an on-campus pharmacy, gym and cafe.