Counseling & Treatment Programs
Changing Lives for the Better
The Council is Houston’s premier outpatient provider of treatment for alcoholism, substance abuse, and co-occurring mental health disorders. Changing lives for the better, we believe that people can recover from more than just addiction. We believe in recovery from destructive behaviors, from trauma, from shame, and from pain and fear. We also believe recovery can be for everyone. Our personalized treatment approaches help the entire family recover from the effects of substance use disorders, process addictions, and mental and behavioral health issues.
Backed by The Council on Recovery's decades-long reputation for excellence, the Center for Recovering Families guides people who are seeking help to lasting and fulfilling recovery. We offer an intensive an outpatient treatment program (IOP), as well as a broad spectrum of treatment services and counseling for adults, adolescents, and children. We have one goal in mind: To help individuals and families understand their problems and offer new ways of thinking and behaving that result in happier and healthier recovering families.
The Council on Recovery also provides a state-funded treatment option for those who feel they may not be able to afford treatment. Our Discovering Choices outpatient program offers world-class care with multiple specialized treatment tracks designed to meet you where you are at in your recovery journey.
If you want to know more about our counseling services and treatment programs, click on the links below, call 713.914.0556, or contact us directly.
CRF - Clinical Staff
The Center for Recovering Families employs a team of highly skilled and experienced clinicians who will help you and your family with problems related to alcoholism, substance abuse, other addictions, and co-occurring mental health disorders.
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Intervention
We can help you coordinate an intervention directed towards getting your addicted loved-one into treatment with the least possible effort through a loving, compassionate, and non-blaming process.
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Screening & Assessment
Our licensed clinicians will conduct a comprehensive assessment of your situation and offer expert guidance to you and your family for getting help with problems related to alcoholism, substance abuse, other addictions, and co-occurring mental health disorders.
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Outpatient Treatment
Our outpatient treatment programs can help you achieve successful, lasting recovery. Going beyond ordinary treatment approaches, our experts will work with you to develop your personalized treatment plan.
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Aftercare
The Center for Recovering Families offers you ongoing therapeutic aftercare groups and alumni activities to assure your long-term, successful recovery beyond treatment.
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Therapeutic Counseling
The Center for Recovering Families provides clinical therapy and counseling for you and your family on a stand-alone basis or in conjunction with aftercare groups.
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The Center for Recovering Families provides counseling and classes for your children and adolescents that address their unique problems and needs, Concurrent classes and coaching for parents help support your teenagers, promoting understanding and healing in your family.
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Can I afford your help?
Because The Council on Recovery is a nonprofit organization, we can offer you world-class outpatient treatment and counseling services at significantly lower fees than most for-profit treatment centers. We also accept many insurance plans which can mean lower out-of-pocket costs to get the help you need. No matter how much your health plan covers, our admission counselors will work with your insurance company to maximize your benefits. [Scroll down to see the insurance companies that The Council works with.]
Note: If you don’t have insurance or resources to pay for services, The Council can still help. Let us help determine if you qualify for state-funded assistance or other community resources. Click here for more information. We turn no one away.
The Council on Recovery is an "in-network" provider with the following insurance companies and accepts payments from them that may cover some or all of your costs for outpatient services:
- Aetna
- Beacon/Value Options
- Blue Cross / Blue Shield
- Cigna
- ComPsych
- HealthCare Partners
- Magellan
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- Meritain Health
- Optum
- UnitedHealthcare
- United Behavioral Health
Sometimes, insurance companies have different plans to cover behavioral health services. If you do not see your insurance company on this list, please call us at 713.914.0556, and we will talk to you about other options that may be available to you.