Outpatient services for alcohol rehabilitation are designed to treat people who do not have a severe addiction to alcohol. Outpatient treatments do not require overnight stays and usually include alcohol education, individual and group counselling, support for family members of the alcoholic and case management. In some cases, outpatient treatment consists of weekly therapy sessions.
Outpatient Alcohol Treatment
Basically, there are three behavioral treatments used to treat alcoholism. They are motivation enhancement therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and 12-step facilitation.There are places that you can go to find outpatient alcohol treatment programs in your area. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) has a toll-free, 24-hour treatment referral service to help you.
Outpatient Alcohol Treatment
There is also The National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Referral Routing Service that offers lots of resource information. Aside from traditional Alcoholics Anonymous programs that are available in all communities, alternative programs include The Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS). SMART Recovery is a self-management and recovery training program that is based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
