About Family Connections
Family Connections is an outpatient behavioral health facility that treats both substance use disorders (SUDs) and other mental health disorders that’s located in Wierton, West Virginia. This facility provides care for people of all ages, including children, adults, and seniors as well as at risk individuals or people with co-occurring mental health conditions.
West Virginia is known for its natural beauty and Weirton is no different. Being located near the Ohio River, you’ll enjoy plenty of green spaces. This includes Marland Heights Park which is a well known community space. Additionally, this town isn’t far from Wheeling, which is a major metropolitan area in the state.
Outpatient Support
If you need SUD treatment, Family Connections offers it on an outpatient basis for adults and adolescents. You can take advantage of individual, group, and even family counseling sessions. You can also receive couples counseling here as well.
Comprehensive assessments ensure that you receive a tailored treatment program that’s optimized to your needs. Your program will include education and case management to assist your recovery efforts.
Complementing Services
Family Connections uses evidenced based therapeutic modalities to treat patients. This can include a variety of focal points such as addressing trauma, family conflict, and behavioral issues. Your team may consist of licensed therapists, social workers, and even counselors.
This facility will also help you connect with essential community services that can help you maintain your sobriety. Similarly, this facility is near the Weirton Medical Center so if you need medical care you can easily receive it. Family Connections accepts some insurance plans, West Virginia Medicaid, and even offers a sliding fee scale based on demonstrated need.
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Accepted Insurance
Other Forms of Payment
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.
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.
Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.
Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
Outpatient
Treatments
Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
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.
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.
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.
Staff
Michael Smith, MSW, LGSW
Executive Director
Melissa Barlow, BA
Brooke Place Site Director
Barb Jones
Fiscal Director
Samantha Riska
Brooke Place Therapist
Tina Stewart, LPC
Clinic Therapist
Dave Huggins
Clinic Therapist
Contact Information
651 Colliers Way
Suite 412
Weirton, WV 26062