Winds of Change Mental Health Center provides mental health and substance disorder treatment to adults and adolescents in Missoula, Montana. The outpatient clinic offers case management services and individual and group therapy. Clients can pay for treatment through Medicaid and other major health insurance plans.
The facility strives to provide services that meet the unique needs of all their clients. They achieve this through offering multiple treatment methods to find the right treatment option for your recovery. The different treatments available at Winds of Change include individual addiction counseling, recovery based groups and mental health therapy.
In individual counseling, your counselor will work with you to address issues that may be causing your addiction such as mental health disorder, trauma, or anger. Evidence based therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy may be used to develop your coping skills and change beliefs that are limiting your recovery.
The facility also provides youth substance abuse treatment for clients between the ages of five and 18. Counselors will use therapies such as EMDR and solution based therapy to help your loved one heal from addiction.
Winds of Change has a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner available to provide medication management services. Clients who have severe mental health disorders that are contributing to their addiction can receive medications to help manage their symptoms.
Through medication management service, the nurse practitioner will monitor and adjust your dosage and ensure the medicine you’re receiving is helping to treat your mental illness.
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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.
Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
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.
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.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.
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.
The role of the counselor who applies motivational interviewing is to listen and reflect rather than offer advice or warnings. By expressing the client's own thoughts back to them, the therapist allows the client to reflect on their motivations and come to their own conclusions about their need for change.
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1992 by congress, SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on American's communities.
SAMHSA Listed: Yes
State Licenses are permits issued by government agencies that allow rehab organizations to conduct business legally within a certain geographical area. Typically, the kind of program a rehab facility offers, along with its physical location, determines which licenses are required to operate legally.
State License: Montana
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1120 Cedar Street
Missoula, MT 59802
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Terrible, corrupt, and abusive staff and management. Winds of Change is exclusively an institution seeking profit over the well being of their clients. Avoid at all costs for both your mental, physical and financial well being.
My name is Crystal I was sent to Winds of Change by the Montana State Hospital living in the group home was better then the state hospital however we still had a lot of problems with the people not getting along and being rude to the staff we had problems with people not wan ...
All the negative reviews are correct. The staff are ignorant. When I was in the group home one of the male staff dated a female resident and then she moved in with him. One of the residents offered to sell me Marijuana. There were people there who had very serious mental disabilities and should never have been in that environment. A lot of people were given too much medication including myself. May Victor doesn't understand English well enough to prescribe medication. She told me herself my records were incompetent but kept prescribing me medication I should never have been given. I was spoken to like I was an idiot by staff. One of my case managers thought she could get medicaid to change the way they billed clients. The first time I met with her she told me if I didn't sign a release form for her to speak with my dentist she would get me kicked out. She raised her voice at me and when I would try to talk to her about it she would threaten to write me up. None of the case managers I worked with had any idea what they were doing. I had the clinical director as a therapist for a while and he couldn't carry on a normal conversation. He told me he was on medication. I took my case manager to an appointment with him to try and address my issues but he wouldn't allow me to speak. Lectured me like I was a child the entire appointment. I tried 3 more times to sit down with a therapist and my case manager and every time the appointment was cancelled at the last minute. None of the employees take any responsibility for their actions. I tried talking to the case managers boss a few times and she would belittle me. Everything was always my fault. I couldn't get rides to the hospital for tests from them because they wouldn't show up. Everything was always written on the schedule wrong or not put on the schedule at all. They showed up at my house once when I didn't have an appointment. They have some computerized schedule and I would show up there for an appointment and it just wouldn't be on the schedule. I had to pay out of pocket for transportation. They prescribed me medication I couldn't go off all at once and then would turn me away for my doctor's appointment if my medicaid wasn't active. Told me I could go to the emergency room if I needed refills. They were the ones who were supposed to keep my medicaid active so I could get refills. I would like to clarify why I said the staff are ignorant. They can't keep employees. People get hired there and quit after a short while they are treated so badly. There is always someone new answering the phones and no one knows what is going on. I had someone call me a long time after I left the state asking if I needed to come in for an appointment to meet with may for a refill. Kept saying I don't live there anymore and he just couldn't quite figure it out. If they would actually hire a doctor that lived in town to see patients it would be a lot better but they hire doctors out of state and you only see them on the computer when you come in. My doctor may Victor lived in Texas. She was from some other country I could never figure out where. Didn't understand a word I was saying to her. She would talk to me for a few minutes about the weather and then be done and charge for a full half hour appointment or whatever it was. She always wanted to talk about the weather. I think that's all she understood. She wasn't even a real doctor. Just a physicians assistant. The case managers couldn't even understand what she was saying. They would just agree with whatever she was babbling and then complain about her after the computer was off. One of them couldn't help from laughing it was so ridiculous. There was a gal asking where to go for better care in her review and it's partnership. They have actual doctors there who can understand English and keep decent records. I should have stayed with them. I don't need to be told how I could have filed grievances and all that nonsense. You guys know you are terrible. I get good care at a regular doctors office now. Send me an email.
Super awesome peopleI. love the new location. and I love all of the people I work with. That's who I am I love wins of change. It should be super wins of change. Because everything is super in my eyes and super people. Hi my name is Jason Davies I am Superman from Missoula Montana that's my nickname my ex girlfriend has given me I am almost 47 years old and I can't read very good show about 7 months ago I got a reading teacher and I do so much with reading I am amazing myself How could I am doing this reading I don't care how old you are You can do it You can do anything you put your mind in doing I believe in you wins of change and I believe in you America If a 47-year-old can learn to read you can do it too I believe in you Love Jason/Superman
I don't know what's going on with the Front desk Staffing. Had to turn into my application 2 different times to tham got my appointment scheduled. And they called 3 days before my appointment to reschedule. Because they did have my insurance card. Which they took a copy of So if anybody knows any other good places in Missoula, please let me know
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