Counseling Plus Inc

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Kensington is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Rockville, 2.9 miles away.

Yes. They treat people in Spanish. Confirm it for the first appointment specifically, because in Silver Spring that can depend on who is rostered that day.

They take court referrals, so a program ordered by a court in Silver Spring is something they handle.

Yes, they treat 65 and over, which is less common than it should be and rarer still outside a city the size of Silver Spring.

Aftercare is whatever holds the weeks after a program ends, and it is the part people most often skip. Sober living houses are one option, they are not treatment, and the quality varies enormously between them. Ask how the medication prescription continues after discharge, and who writes it.

It means a mental health condition alongside substance use, which describes most people in treatment. Whether a psychiatrist sits on the team, and how often you would see one, separates programs here. Ask what happens if the psychiatric side turns out to need more than the program planned for.

It depends on the level of care and on the week, which is why only a phone call can answer it. A medical need moves someone up a list, and withdrawal risk is the usual reason. Ask to be told if an earlier place opens, then check back rather than waiting to be called.