Medication Assisted Treatment

High Point provides medication assisted treatment for our substance abuse clients who have been addicted to opiates, alcohol or other drugs.  The on-site psychiatrist or APN will prescribe Vivitrol injections or Suboxone tablets or strips where appropriate and will have ongoing meetings with clients to manage their medications.  They will meet with clients to determine how he or she is responding to the medication. These medications stabilize the client and ease the transition from addiction to recovery. Both Suboxone and Vivitrol are used in the treatment of opiate addiction and Vivitrol is also used in treating alcoholism.  These medications are adjuncts to counseling and should not be considered cures in themselves.

Onsite Psychiatric Services

A confidential onsite service where psychiatric services are provided at High Point.

Onsite Phlebotomist Services

A confidential onsite service where phlebotomy services such as drawing blood are done on High Point’s premises.

Psychiatric Evaluation  

A confidential pre-diagnostic service aiming to thoroughly evaluate and identify the client’s main psychiatric issues.

Food Services

A service aiming to assist clients seeking Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Token Economy Store

High Point offers clients the opportunity to acquire tokens as recognition for group participation and goal achievements. These tokens can then be redeemed at the token store for food, hygiene items, clothing and games or puzzles.

Thrift Store

High Point receives donations of items such as second-hand clothing and household goods to assist clients who are facing financial hardship. There are once-a-week thrift-shop groups but clients can visit the shop with their case-managers if they need a particular item.

Special Events

All staff, clients, family members, and friends help clients celebrate special milestones and occasions with simple yet meaningful parties

Transportation

Clients can opt to be picked up from specific locations and brought to the programs at High Point according to treatment schedules. Transportation to residences in the following counties: Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Sussex, Middlesex, Morris and Warren. High Point emphasizes to drivers and other staff that care for clients begins from the time they get on their van and lasts until they are dropped off.

Trauma-informed Care

Trauma Informed Care is a treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma and its impact on an individual. Trauma Informed Care also emphasizes physical, psychological and emotional safety for both consumers and providers, and helps clients rebuild a sense of control and empowerment. Being trauma-informed is vital because trauma survivors can be inadvertently re-traumatized by well-meaning caregivers and community service providers if they are not versed with this treatment.

Motivational Interviewing

Counselors use motivational interviewing as a client-centered tool to promote change by exploring and resolving a client’s ambivalence or resistance to that change.  MI employs an empathetic style of interaction with the client, meaning counselors express acceptance towards the clients even if they are convinced the client’s behavior is harmful to the person or their loved ones. This acceptance should not be taken as condoning the behavior, and counselors will work to subtly move the client towards a change, achieved through change talk. Research shows that empathetic client-therapist relationships produce positive influence on the treatment outcome.

Family-centered Care

Behavioral health issues – mental illness, addiction or a combination of the two – more often than not have an enormous impact on the family of the person directly suffering. High Point offers family sessions where appropriate to engage the client’s family in treatment decisions and aftercare plan.

CADC Staff

A specialized team of Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors will provide confidential quality care for clients with severe substance abuse histories.

Case Management – a Case Manager will be assigned to a client so that all the important details of the latter’s rehabilitation and recovery is thoroughly discussed in confidence.

Legal System Assistance

Help and advocacy is provided for clients involved with Drug Court, Intoxicated Resource Center, Probation, Parole and the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. Counties in which this legal assistance is available include Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Mercer, Essex, Somerset, Sussex and Warren. 

Case Management

Case Management is provided to meet the individual client’s needs. Guidance is provided on job readiness and clients involved with the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitative Services. Promotes job preparedness through coaching, resume writing and other services.

Medicaid Assistance

Assists clients with Medicaid eligibility, application, and coverage.