This place only cares about the money; they don't care about your recovery or anything else that isn't money.
About DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic
The DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic is a care clinic for veterans and active duty service members. This clinic is located in Bethesda, Maryland. They offer a host of services to address medical, mental, and behavioral health challenges you’re working through. Medication support is also available here.
Their behavioral health department offers dedicated adult therapy and psychiatric medication management services. Through this department, the struggles you’re facing with substance abuse will also be addressed. They accept TRICARE.
Comprehensive Initial Appointment
When you come in for your first visit, you’ll find that it’s really comprehensive and generally lasts about two hours. A lot of your time will be spent with the behavioral health clinician who will take the time to understand what the struggles you’re facing are and what an appropriate treatment plan should look like for you.
Trauma-Informed and Veteran-Focused Care
The treatment team here is made up of highly experienced medical health professionals who understand the unique struggles veterans face both during their time in duty and when they come back home. In fact, many of these professionals are veterans themselves or have veterans and service members in their families. They understand what you’re going through and offer familiar and relatable support.
Recovery in a Veteran-Friendly Environment
Bethesda is a unique city because it’s close to local government agencies and a nearby military base. While you will be supported in this health clinic with the medical care you need, you’ll find that Bethesda has plenty of ways for you to connect with other veterans and active duty service men and women.
This gives you the chance to seek treatment in an environment where you won’t feel alone, as there are many other vets who are facing similar challenges as you. Through support groups and local 12 Step recovery chapters in this well resourced community, you’ll get to meet these people and build a network of support that you can lean on.
Fact checked and written by:
Nadia El-Yaouti, M. Ed.
Edited by:
Kerry Nenn, BSW
Latest Reviews
Dont waste your time calling. At 1430 on a Thursday, their main phone line routes you through many hurdles to then say voicemail does not accept and then disconnects. Spent +20 min on phone going through prompts for this to repeatedly occur —including their clinic’s dental lines for patient scheduling, patient advocate, clinic’s NCOIC, and senior non-enlisted. Not designed for experiences and outcome.
Not a high quality of care kinda place. Might get an appointment or a response within 3 weeks of asking...maybe.
Refusing to see me and providing referrals that do not go through.
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Accepted Insurance
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PHCS (Private Healthcare Systems)
Other Forms of Payment
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.
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.
Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.
Military Insurance (TRICARE)
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
The Adult Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic is a multidisciplinary clinic providing a full range of quality outpatient behavioral health services to adults seeking change, healing, and care within a collaborative and safe setting. They provide comprehensive treatment including evaluation, medication management, and various modalities of therapy (individual, couples, group).
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
The Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program (A-IOP) is offered for military dependents through the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (CAPS) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). They provide intensive, short-term, outpatient services for high risk adolescents between ages 13-18 years old in a small, supportive group setting. Their typical patient referrals have a variety of psychiatric disorders and clinical presentations.
Clients participating in a rehab aftercare program receive comprehensive and customized support as they leave high-intensity treatment, reintegrate into their community, and focus on maintaining their sobriety. These programs offer a wide variety of services to align with the client's unique and evolving needs, often including medical, mental health, and social service program referrals. Clients typically develop their drug rehab aftercare plan in conjunction with their case manager and care team.
12-step programs are addiction recovery models based on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). A number of substance abuse programs (including some drug and alcohol rehab centers) use the 12 steps as a basis for treatment. Beginning steps involve admitting powerlessness over the addiction and creating a spiritual basis for recovery. Middle steps including making direct amends to those who've been hurt by the addiction, and the final step is to assist others in addiction recovery in the same way. 12-Step offshoots including Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) and Gamblers Anonymous (GA).
Known as the first step of the addiction recovery process, medical detox is the removal of addictive drugs and alcohol from your body and helping manage physical withdrawal. Medically assisted detox takes place in an inpatient setting where you will be closely monitored by a team of medical professionals to ensure your maximum health and safety. Medications like Suboxone or Vivitrol may be administered if needed to alleviate any potential withdrawal symptoms. This process is typically at least partially covered by most insurance plans.
DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic offers video visits allowing patients to see providers from home using a smartphone, tablet, or computer, plus secure messaging and 24/7 MHS Nurse Advice Line access for remote care continuity.
Treatments
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic provides comprehensive substance abuse assessment and outpatient treatment services including screening, evaluation, education, and treatment planning for alcohol and drug misuse in military personnel.
Behavioral Health services at DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic integrate assessment and treatment for psychological conditions including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress alongside substance use services.
Programs
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.
Serving in the military is both mentally and physically challenging, and can result in trauma that persists even after combat ends. Military programs are tailored to the specific and often complex needs of active duty personnel, veterans, and military families. Clients often access these programs through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Clinical Services
Cognitive behavioral therapy in Virginia is a short term form of talk therapy. Participants usually have homework between sessions, which may include journaling, self talk, and setting SMART goals. The aim is to transform negative thought patterns into positive ones.
Group therapy is a special kind of therapy in which a small number of people meet with a professional trained therapist to help themselves and one another. Group therapy assists people in developing new ways of relating to others, to learn about themselves and improve their interpersonal relationships. It can address feelings of isolation, depression or anxiety. Some groups focus on sharing of feelings while others focus on skills-development.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. The Clinic offers individual treatment in a safe and confidential environment. Individual therapy can help you identify aspects of your life you would like to change, better understand yourself and others, explore feelings, or work through challenging memories or difficulties.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
Couple and family problems have historically been referred to chaplains, or outsourced to community providers. Recently, Couple and Family Therapists have been made available to service members and their families at several Military Treatment Facilities to provide ready access to specialists in relationship stress management.
Problems in family relationships can have a broad impact on an individual’s ability to function. Work performance, relationships with colleagues, and selfcare may all suffer as a result of family stress. By helping you to resolve relationship stress our goal is to maximize your quality of life and, by extension, your ability to effectively meet your mission requirements.
If you've experienced addiction, you may have lost the skills to self manage and adapt to change. Because these basic life skills are crucial for recovery, drug rehab programs typically include life skills training as an integral part of treatment.
Nutrition therapy teaches you what to eat and not eat, how to grocery shop, how to cook easy nutritious meals, and how to use food as medicine to address your health issues. These skills will help speed up your recovery process and reduce the risk of relapse.
Because some people find it difficult to talk about their experiences, creative arts therapy is often used to supplement talk therapy. This expressive form of therapy offers a variety of outlets to explore and communicate emotions.
Experiential therapy is based on the philosophy that individuals cannot think themselves out of their struggles. Instead, they need experiences to help them physically and emotionally work through issues. Examples include adventure therapy, music therapy, and equine therapy. These methods are often used to treat substance abuse and other types of behavioral addictions.
The goal of nicotine replacement therapy is to reduce the discomfort of quitting cigarettes. It provides small doses of nicotine to curb cravings and withdrawal without exposing you to the other harmful chemicals found in cigarettes.
Individual counseling sessions provided as part of the Substance Abuse Program and Behavioral Health services at DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic for active duty military personnel and eligible TRICARE beneficiaries.
Group counseling services available through DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic's Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse programs to support military personnel in substance use treatment and recovery.
Relapse prevention education and planning integrated into the Substance Abuse Program at DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic as a component of outpatient treatment services.
Substance use education provided by DiLorenzo TRICARE Health Clinic as part of comprehensive substance abuse assessment and outpatient treatment planning for eligible beneficiaries.
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Accreditations
The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.
Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes
Contact Information
5801 Defense Pentagon, Washington, VA 20310
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