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Offers a methadone/suboxone maintenance program for opiate addicts based on an intensive outpatient model, over a 12-24 month period

Includes:

• Initial intake screening procedure
• A signed treatment contract
• Focused medical examination
• Appropriate lab tests
• Initial as well as ongoing supervised urinalysis
• Weekly group and individual therapy
• Regular medical follow-ups and supervision
• Regular daily methadone/Suboxone dosing
• Treatment of addiction related illness and/or diseases (such as Hepatitis C and HIV infection)
• After care program

• Provides education and support to individuals with addiction issues
• Offers both individual and group services

Services include:

• Individual counselling
• Assessments and aftercare
• Education, prevention, and wellness
• Referrals for treatment and other healing services
• Ability to incorporate harm reduction approach

Offers a methadone maintenance program for opiate dependence based on an intensive outpatient model

Includes:

• Initial intake screening procedure
• A signed treatment contract
• Focused medical examination
• Appropriate lab tests
• Initial as well as ongoing supervised urinalysis
• Weekly group and individual therapy
• Regular medical follow-ups and supervision
• Regular daily Methadone dosing
• Treatment of substance use related illness and/or diseases (such as Hepatitis C and HIV infection)
• After care program

• Partnered with The Maternity Centre to provide prenatal and antenatal care, education and support to mothers suffering opiate dependence

Also offers onsite, in partnership with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit:

• Needle Exchange Program
• Naloxone Overdose Response Program - a lifesaving medication that can quickly restore the breathing of a person who has overdosed on heroin or prescription opioid pain medication

Utilizes an outreach, community-based case management approach to help clients with a severe mental illness and co-occuring substance use disorder overcome problems related to alcohol/drug abuse or dependence and stabilize their mental illness

Develops an individualized treatment plan that can include:

• Counselling
• Psychiatric assessment and follow-up care
• Pharmacotherapy
• Group therapy
• Psychoeducation
• Therapeutic recreation

Offers a methadone/suboxone maintenance program for opiate addicts based on an intensive outpatient model, over a 12-24 month period

Includes:

• Initial intake screening procedure
• A signed treatment contract
• Focused medical examination
• Appropriate lab tests
• Initial as well as ongoing supervised urinalysis
• Weekly group and individual therapy
• Regular medical follow-ups and supervision
• Regular daily methadone/Suboxone dosing
• Treatment of addiction related illness and/or diseases (such as Hepatitis C and HIV infection)
• After care program

Provides a wide range of programs and services designed to assist individuals, their family and friends


Gambling Education and Prevention

Offers education and training sessions for the general public, schools, families and allied professionals to raise awareness through:

• Prevention resources
• Community presentations
• High risk education groups
• Problem gambling screening

Assessments

• Evaluates personal strengths and areas of difficulty
• Evaluates severity of problematic behaviour
• Explores personal goals
• Generates recommendations and referrals

Individual Counselling (Trauma informed)

• Allows people to work towards negotiated goals and can address a variety of issues related to problem gambling
• Offers a specialized focus including stress management, spirituality, grief and loss or coping with trauma
• Provide discharge planning and referrals as needed

Residential Treatment Program

Provides an extended stay in a safe environment that:

• Provides opportunity to focus on developing healthier lifestyle habits
• Provides opportunity to join with other people who share similar experiences and challenges
• Examines values, beliefs and feelings in order to be able to respond differently to urges and temptations
• Provides opportunities to learn how to embrace new ways of behaving that promotes positive change

Gambling Information and Treatment Group (GIT)

• Offers an educational group open to anyone interested in understanding more about gambling and related issues

Youth in Transition (YIT) Program

Offers specialized programs for youth and young adults who are bridging the gap between adolescence and adulthood including:

• Harm reduction group
• Information, education and skill building activities
• Alternative strategies to problem gambling

Family Program

• Offers support for partners and family members because they often experience stress, anxiety and depression as they focus on the person with the addiction and so may neglect their own needs
• Offers individual or couples counselling which can include children and parents
• Provides group sessions, allowing an opportunity to connect with other people who are struggling with the impact of addiction on their families and relationships

Other Behavioural Addictions
Provides support for managing:

• Problematic gaming (video game addiction)
• Internet/online overuse
• Shopping/overspending
• Problematic sexual behaviour (pornography or sex addiction/hypersexuality)

Provides services to educate and empower clients to make informed decisions about drug and alcohol use or gambling

Residential Treatment Program

• Provides a five-week intensive substance abuse treatment program with the option of flexible length of stay for youth requiring further support
• Through a strength-based philosophy, incorporates skills from dialectical-behavioural therapy (DBT) with a focus on substance use education, helping youth change harmful behaviours through skill acquisition, and building on their existing strengths and capacities
• Incorporates a harm reduction model which works to build a youth's capacity to reduce the harms and life interfering behaviours associated with substance use
• A holistic approach is woven through the program in order to help strengthen the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual capacities of a person
• Includes group therapy, education sessions, life skills development, leisure and recreation opportunities, an introduction to self-help groups, Aboriginal spiritual programming, and relapse prevention work
• Multi-disciplinary team consists of addiction counsellors, youth workers, family counsellor, therapeutic recreationist, gambling counsellor, medical supports, teacher, and a spiritual advisor
• Resource people from the community supplement the program, including mental health professionals, and Aboriginal liaisons

Community Based Services

Coordinates services with Thunder Bay Integrated Youth Programs (UTURN) to provide the following:

• Education and screening
• Drug and alcohol assessment
• Brief individual counselling
• Youth gambling
• Early intervention program
• Early prevention program
• Community presentations
• Continuing care program

Offers an outpatient program that provides services to clients with an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating) who are medically stable

Treatment can include:

• Nutritional counselling
• Individual therapy
• Family therapy
• Education

Services are offered on site and via remote appointments

• Provides a range of services to meet the needs of people who may be experiencing difficulties related to alcohol and other drugs
• Offers a continuum of care which includes education and awareness sessions, community treatment groups, individual and family counselling and intensive residential treatment programs
• Provides follow up and continuing care options as an integral part of the program delivery

Substance Abuse Programs offer:

• Assessment and treatment planning
• Community treatment groups
• Ongoing support groups
• Individual counselling
• Day or evening treatment groups
• Intensive residential treatment
• Specialized treatment programs for men
• Specialized treatment programs for women

Older Adult Programs offer:

• Both substance abuse and problem gambling are addressed
• Assessment and treatment planning
• Individual counselling
• Community treatment groups
• Ongoing support groups
• Access to residential treatment

Specialized Areas/Programs include:

• Family
• Spirituality
• Stress Management
• Trauma and Addictions Program

Provides a 22 bed, medically supported Withdrawal Management Program

• Provides a safe environment for individuals withdrawing from alcohol and/or drugs
• Assists clients with adjusting to a life without alcohol or other drugs
• Assists clients with making healthy decisions to change their lifestyles
• Helps clients to become aware of problems that result from using alcohol and other drugs

Back to Basics Recovery Group

Provides:

• Life skills training
• Education and awareness
• Relapse prevention strategies
• Facilitates access to community resources

Early Recovery Group

• Provides support for those who are struggling with a decision about committing to substance abuse treatment
• Works to increase motivation to persist with treatment goals

Offers a methadone maintenance program for opiate dependence based on an intensive outpatient model

Includes:

• Initial intake screening procedure
• A signed treatment contract
• Focused medical examination
• Appropriate lab tests
• Initial as well as ongoing supervised urinalysis
• Weekly group and individual therapy
• Regular medical follow-ups and supervision
• Regular daily Methadone dosing
• Treatment of substance use related illness and/or diseases (such as Hepatitis C and HIV infection)
• After care program

Also offers onsite, in partnership with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit:

• Needle Exchange Program
• Naloxone Overdose Response Program - a lifesaving medication that can quickly restore the breathing of a person who has overdosed on heroin or prescription opioid pain medication

RAAM clinics are offering in-person, telephone and video appointments. Masks required for in-person service.

Allows individuals experiencing substance use disorders to receive counselling, appropriate addiction medications, and connections to community treatment programs

Services available include:

• Assessment of substance use concerns and review of treatment options
• Brief intervention counseling and psychotherapy
• Management of acute alcohol and opioid withdrawal
• Outpatient tapering for patients on opioids or benzodiazepines
• Medication-assisted treatment for alcohol, opioid and cannabis use disorders
• Education on overdose prevention and use of naloxone
• Referral to community supports and treatment programs

Note: This program is paused at this time due to Covid but supports are still available

• Offered at Hope Place, the HOPE for Mothers group offers support for mothers looking to make change in their drug or alcohol use
• Individual and group support for women who are pregnant or parenting and struggling with substance use, mental health, abuse, and child protection issues
• Teaches parenting skills and healthy lifestyle choices, self-care and well-being, relapse prevention and life skills

Operates as part of an integrated mental health and addiction system to help uncover the causes and emotional needs behind addictive behaviour

Offers the following services:

• Confidential assessments of substance use
• Early intervention support and counselling
• Treatment planning and referral
• Treatment and education groups
• On-going case management where needed
• Relapse Prevention
• Outreach appointments arranged as needed
• Consultation to families who are concerned about someone's substance use

Offers a methadone/suboxone maintenance program for opiate addicts based on an intensive outpatient model, over a 12-24 month period

Includes:

• Initial intake screening procedure
• A signed treatment contract
• Focused medical examination
• Appropriate lab tests
• Initial as well as ongoing supervised urinalysis
• Weekly group and individual therapy
• Regular medical follow-ups and supervision
• Regular daily methadone/Suboxone dosing
• Treatment of addiction related illness and/or diseases (such as Hepatitis C and HIV infection)
• After care program