Smoking & Substance Use Referrals

Assessment & referral

• Free, confidential, individualized assessment where we help people identify their needs and create a plan for treatment

Case management

• For people with complex issues who need support to connect with other services or to maintain change

Community treatment

• Individual and group formats
• Cognitive behavioural therapy, structured relapse prevention and dialectical behaviour therapy are offered within a philosophy of harm reduction and self-determination

Orientation group

• One session to provide information, start a plan and complete assessment tools
• Treatment options are reviewed and help with next steps is provided

Skills for Change

• 12 week education group
• Helps people increase or maintain their level of commitment to change and to develop coping skills
• This is an open group after completing the intake

Relapse prevention

• Facilitated group for people who had previous treatment for their substance abuse and believe they are at risk to relapse
• The focus of the group is to review, practice and implement skills that reinforce abstinence

Older, Wiser Lifestyles

• To help adults age 55+ concerned about their alcohol use, prescription drug use or gambling to make healthy lifestyle choices
• Seven educational group sessions are offered and ongoing support groups

Skills to Enhance Personal Success

• Also known as STEPS
• Dialectical behaviour therapy group for people struggling with changing their substance use or gambling

Healthy Lifestyles Change Group

• Offers support for those with a severe and persistent mental illness such as schizophrenia who have concerns with substance use or gambling
• This is co-facilitated with the Wellington Psychiatric Outreach Program

Crossing Paths

• Cognitive behavioural therapy group
• Offers support to people who have mood and/or anxiety issues and substance abuse

Bets Off

• Facilitated weekly support group
• Helps people with gambling concerns maintain their goal of abstinence through group support and relapse prevention strategies

Survivors and Substance Use

• 10 week group
• For women who are survivors of sexual violence and have concerns with substance use
• Co-facilitated with SACHA

DrinkWise

• Education program for people with mild to moderate alcohol problems
• Individual based, but referrals can be made to a DrinkWise group

Significant Others

• Individual counseling for people impacted by someone else’s gambling

Methadone Case Management

• Assessment and ongoing support to people who are on methadone maintenance therapy
• Services are linked closely to other community resources

Choices and Changes

• Offered at Hamilton Children’s Aid Society
• For people involved with child welfare to assess, make recommendations for treatment and case manage issues related to substance abuse, parenting and children at risk
• A two session, two hour group is offered for those in pre-contemplation and contemplation stages, exploring the impact of substance use on their lives

Beginning Today

• For individuals receiving Ontario Works benefits 
• Addiction services include individual and group counseling for addictions, referral to residential treatment and consultation with OW staff
• Groups include: Possibilities Now, an orientation group; Action Becomes Change, a 12 session group; Re’Preve, a closed relapse prevention group;  art therapy; music therapy; and a collective kitchen
• Individuals need to speak with their OW case manager for a referral

Cravings Hotline

• Call 905-546-3606 and press 6 to hear messages providing information and strategies to help with cravings for alcohol, drugs or gambling
• Open 24/7

Offsite outreach services by Public Health

• For individuals who are homeless or at risk to homelessness 
• At The Street Health Centre at the Wesley Centre, 195 Ferguson Avenue North on Friday from 1 to 4 pm and Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre, 71 Rebecca Street on Tuesday from 5 to 8 pm
• No appointment is needed

Back on Track

• An assessment, education and treatment program for people convicted of impaired driving
• Alcohol, Drugs and Gambling Services is the local provider of this mandated service
• Call 1-888-814-5831 to register
• www.remedial.net