About Alliance Counseling Associates
Alliance Counseling Associates – Aurora, Missouri, provides outpatient services to support you in recovering from substance use disorders. If you’ve been referred from the court, they can work with you to help you complete your compliance requirements. While they don’t directly treat opioid disorders, they will accommodate you if you’re already utilizing medication assisted treatment prescribed elsewhere. Payment options at Alliance Counseling Associates include Medicaid, private insurance, state-funded plans, self-pay, and sliding scale fees based on your income and circumstances.
Outpatient Services at Alliance Counseling
We like their range of outpatient services that are designed to promote you as you pursue long-term recovery and stability. These include relapse prevention planning where you can explore the roots of your choices and habits through compassionate counseling sessions and then get professional guidance as you work toward developing new pathways.
They also provide integrated support if you’re dealing with both substance use and mental health challenges. Education is a key element of their interventions to help empower you further. Their confidential one-on-one counseling is great because it provides for a more personalized approach and meets you exactly where you are.
After you’ve formally concluded programs with Alliance Counseling Associates, they won’t just leave you hanging out in the cold. Their aftercare support will be made available, and through continued oversight, you’ll be able to stay healthy and can continue to reach out to the organization should anything arise that requires intervention.
Things to Do Nearby
We like Aurora, Missouri, because it offers a variety of activities within a short drive to Alliance Counseling Associates. Diamond Grove Adventures has zip-lining and ropes courses. If you like arcade games, you can check out Bigfood Fun Park. If you like quieter experiences, you can visit their local library or take a walk through one of the nearby parks. These activities can allow you to pursue sober interests or unwind after intensive treatment sessions.
Rehab Score
Accepted Insurance
Other Forms of Payment
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
Outpatient
12-Step
Aftercare Support
Treatments
The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.
Drug rehab in Missouri usually involves several phases: detox, rehab, and aftercare. The rehab phase may include a combination of inpatient and outpatient treatments, as the individual moves through a continuum of care on their recovery journey.
A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.
Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.
Programs

Adult Program

Young Adult Program
Clinical Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Amenities
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Private Setting
Staff

Thuy Rudy, MS, CRAADC, LPC
Counselor

Chris Winters, MS, LPC
Therapist

Karah Young, MSW, LCSW
Therapist

Peggy Forster, MA, CRAADC
Therapist

Rhonda Williams, MAADC II
Counselor

Julie Deines, MSW, CRADC
Therapist
Contact Information
1602 South Elliott Avenue
Aurora, MO 65605