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Alternative Counseling Method

Substance Use

Treatment Focus

This center primarily treats substance use disorders, helping you stabilize, create relapse-prevention plans, and connect to compassionate support.

Outpatient

Primary Level of Care

Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.

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Provider's Policy

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Located just off Route 35 and a few blocks east of Route 18 in Neptune City, New Jersey, Alternative Counseling Method serves adults with substance use disorders (SUD). The outpatient and intensive outpatient programs (IOP) offer up to 9 hours or more of weekly counseling, including group, individual therapy, and drug screening. Clients build relapse prevention plans while working toward sobriety, personal goals, and community roles.

Learn Skills with Proven Therapies

Using the evidence-based Living in Balance curriculum, the center combines cognitive, behavioral, and experiential therapies. Individuals receive structured individual and group counseling, educational sessions, and regular drug tests to reinforce accountability. The holistic approach supports emotional, mental, and physical health, encouraging self-knowledge and coping skills that foster long-term resilience and empowerment.

Reinforce Recovery with Real-World Tools

Clients can also access substance use assessments for personal, legal, or child welfare needs. The center emphasizes relapse prevention planning, personal strengths, and goal-setting to promote independence and community reintegration. Rooted in empowerment and optimism, Alternative Counseling Method guides clients toward valued roles in their communities and motivates sustained recovery.

AT A GLANCE

Center Overview

Location
201 New Jersey Highway 35, Neptune, NJ 07753 View Map
Primary Focus
This center primarily treats substance use disorders, helping you stabil...

Treatment Focus

This center primarily treats substance use disorders, helping you stabilize, create relapse-prevention plans, and connect to compassionate support.

Typical Program Length
9 hours a week
Occupancy
N/A beds
Substance Use We Treat
Alcohol, Chronic Relapse, Drug Addiction
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How to pay

Insurance Accepted

Provider's Policy: Our admissions team will work with you to explore the right payment options based on your needs, ensuring you get the best possible treatment.
(732) 866-1700
Private Pay Option

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Care Options

Levels of Care

Everyone's recovery journey is unique. Whether it looks like residential rehab for 30 days, an outpatient program, or virtual therapy, you can find a level of care that fits your needs.
Detox
Not Offered at This Center
Typically the initial stage of treatment for substance use, focusing on medically supervised management of withdrawal symptoms.
Residential Rehab
Not Offered at This Center
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential substance use treatment is typically 30 days. Length can range from 14 to 90 days.
Sober Living
Not Offered at This Center
Transitional housing designed to support individuals recovering from substance use disorders offering a safe, supportive and structured environment for practicing long-term sobriety, while reintegrating back into daily living.
Intensive Outpatient Program
An intensive outpatient program (IOP) falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient services, with therapy and skills-building activities designed to support recovery and provide flexibility. IOP is ideal for those needing support but not the 24/7 care of a residential facility.
Outpatient
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Outpatient care typically offers a range of therapies and medical interventions individuals can attend alongside daily life.
Virtual & In-Home Care
Not Offered at This Center
The delivery of therapeutic services utilizing technology such as video conferencing, online messaging or phone calls, allowing for flexibility, comfort and increased access to care.
Treatment

Your Care Options

Specializations

Alcohol

Alcohol

Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Chronic Relapse

Chronic Relapse

Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.

Drug Addiction

Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.

Who We Treat

Men
Women
Men and Women

Men and Women

Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.

Approaches

Evidence-Based

Evidence-Based

A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.

Holistic

Holistic

A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.

Individual Treatment

Individual Treatment

Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.

Therapies

1-on-1 Counseling

1-on-1 Counseling

Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Experiential Therapy

Experiential Therapy

With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.

Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.

Group Therapy
Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation

This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.

Relapse Prevention Counseling

Relapse Prevention Counseling

Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.

Languages

English

Substances We Treat

Alcohol

Alcohol

Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Chronic Relapse

Chronic Relapse

Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.

Drug Addiction

Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.

Aftercare

Drug Screening
Relapse Prevention Planning
Outpatient Treatment
Intensive Outpatient Program

Intensive Outpatient Program

In an IOP, patients live at home or a sober living, but attend treatment typically 9-15 hours a week. Most programs include talk therapy, support groups, and other methods.

Experience

Care Designed for Your Needs

Special Considerations

Wheelchair Accessible

Smoking and Vaping Policy

Smoking Allowed in Designated Areas
Vaping Allowed in Designated Areas

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Frequently Asked Questions

Further Research

The following therapies are included: group therapy, 1-on-1 counseling and more.
Neptune, New Jersey, United States.
Our admissions team will work with you to explore the right payment options based on your needs, ensuring you get the best possible treatment.
The typical length is 9 hours a week.
Alternative Counseling Method provides outpatient, intensive outpatient program and more.