Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge

Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports offering: cognitive behavioral therapy, a talk therapy that helps you notice and change the thought patterns that lead to substance use; motivational interviewing, a counseling style that helps you find your own reasons to change, without lectures or judgment; trauma-related counseling, therapy that addresses painful past experiences at your pace, because trauma and substance use are often connected; 12-step facilitation, structured counseling built around the 12 steps, similar to AA or NA, guided by a professional; relapse prevention, which helps you spot your triggers early and make a plan so a hard moment doesn't undo your progress; anger management, practical skills for noticing anger early and cooling it down; substance use counseling, regular sessions with a counselor focused on your recovery.

Yes. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports offering trauma-related counseling, therapy that addresses painful past experiences at your pace, because trauma and substance use are often connected.

That doesn't have to stop you. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports offering transportation assistance, help getting to and from treatment.

Possibly, yes. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports offering housing services, help finding or keeping a stable place to live.

Yes. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports offering employment counseling or training, help finding work or building job skills.

Treatment doesn't just stop when your program ends. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports offering: discharge planning, a concrete plan made with you before you leave; aftercare and continuing care, ongoing support after your main program ends; follow-up after discharge, check-ins to see how you're doing; self-help groups, peer meetings like AA, NA, or SMART Recovery; a recovery coach, a trained guide who supports your day-to-day recovery; peer mentoring, support from people who have been through recovery themselves.

Yes. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports offering naloxone and overdose education. Naloxone is a medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose.

Yes, in designated areas. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge allows smoking in set areas, not everywhere on site. Vaping is allowed in designated areas.

Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports serving women and men. If you're not sure whether a program is the right fit for you, call and ask. It's a normal question and they hear it every day.

Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports serving young adults and adults.

Yes. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge reports offering telehealth, which means treatment by video or phone from wherever you are.