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Guiding Minds Counseling and Treatment

Services reported to SAMHSA (2025)

This is what the program told SAMHSA in its 2025 national survey. It may have changed; confirm by phone.

Type of Care

  • 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

Service Setting

  • Outpatient
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • 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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

  • Buprenorphine used in Treatment
  • Naltrexone used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young Adults
  • Adults

External Opioid Medications Source

  • In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

  • In-network prescribing entity
  • Other contracted prescribing entity
  • No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Type of Opioid Treatment

  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Relapse prevention with naltrexone
  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Treatment Approaches

  • Anger management
  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Contingency management/motivational incentives
  • Community reinforcement plus vouchers
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

  • Private for-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation

  • State substance use treatment agency
  • State department of health

Assessment/Pre-treatment

  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Professional interventionist/educational consultant

Testing

  • Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening

Transitional Services

  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge

Recovery Support Services

  • Self-help groups
  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Recovery coach
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Employment counseling or training

Education and Counseling Services

  • Substance use disorder education
  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
  • Individual counseling
  • Group counseling
  • Family counseling
  • Marital/couples counseling
  • Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

Sex Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Facility Vaping Policy

  • Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

  • Case management service
  • Domestic violence services, including family or partner
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
Before you commit, ask: what level of care they recommend and why, what it will cost after insurance, whether they take your plan, and how long the wait is. Be cautious of anyone offering free travel or payment to enroll.