Martin Brault, AADC, LADC, Joins Clearpoint as a Primary Therapist

Westport, Conn – Clearpoint Recovery Center is thrilled to announce that Martin Brault, AADC, LADC, has joined our team as a Primary Therapist, bringing over 17 years experience working with individuals with substance use disorders to Clearpoint. In his new position, his responsibilities will include individual and group counseling, family systems work, and addressing case management needs to provide comprehensive patient care.

Mr. Brault has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings, and for the last several years has operated his own private practice based in Wilton, Connecticut. He is a regular speaker on topics related to substance use and treatment, and is very passionate about his work in supporting individuals and families discover the freedom of long-term recovery. Mr.Brault holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Connecticut in Special Education, and a Masters Degree from Springfield College in Human Services Administration. He is also and Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor.

About Clearpoint Recovery Center: Clearpoint is an outpatient drug and alcohol addiction treatment center located in Westport, Conn. We blend compassionate care with the latest research-based treatment methods to address both substance use disorders and underlying emotional issues. Treatment services include: intensive outpatient programs, medication-assisted treatment, relapse prevention groups, individual therapy, medication management, and more. Clearpoint are accredited by the Joint Commission and is in-network with Anthem Blue Cross and other commercial insurance carriers.

Contact:
Amynah Dharani, MA, MBA, LMFT, Clinical Director
162 Kings Highway North
Westport, CT 06880
Office: 203-293-1723 x311
adharani@clearpointrecovery.com

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Clearpoint Recovery Center Expands its Leadership Team

Westport, Conn – Clearpoint Recovery Center is proud to announce that Kristin Frank, M.Ed. has joined our team as Director of Marketing and Community Relations, bringing 20 years of marketing and business development experience to Clearpoint.

In her new position, Ms. Frank will develop and oversee strategic marketing functions including brand strategy, B2B and B2C marketing campaigns, digital strategy, thought leadership, marketing operations, and customer relationship management. In addition to building the Clearpoint brand, she will act as the liaison to other addiction and mental health professionals, schools, organizations, and the community.

Most recently, Ms. Frank served as Director of Sales at Clarion UX, a global events company located in Trumbull, CT. She was responsible for leading a dynamic team of salespeople and developing promotional strategy and marketing campaigns for B2B and B2C events in a range of communities rooted in contemporary pop culture, all of which significantly increased revenues and brand awareness.

Prior to her tenure at Clarion UX, Ms. Frank served as manager of business development at Bloomberg BNA, a leading source of legal, financial, tax, regulatory, and business information. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Marist College and a masters degree in Education from Sacred Heart University.

About Clearpoint Recovery Center: Clearpoint is an outpatient drug and alcohol addiction treatment center located in Westport, Conn. We blend compassionate care with the latest research-based treatment methods to address both substance use disorders and underlying emotional issues. Clearpoint is accredited by the Joint Commission and is in-network with Anthem Blue Cross and other commercial insurance carriers.

Contact:
Albert Samaras, Executive Director
162 Kings Highway North
Westport, CT 06880
Office: 203-293-1723 x101
asamaras@clearpointrecovery.com

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Intensive Outpatient Program for Substance Abuse

Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) for substance abuse are ambulatory services for individuals with substance use disorders who do not meet criteria for residential or inpatient substance abuse treatment or for those who are discharged from 24-hour care in an inpatient treatment facility and continue to need more support than the weekly or bi-weekly sessions provided in traditional outpatient care.

An intensive outpatient program offers at least nine hours per week in three, three-hour program sessions; however, some IOP programs provide more sessions per week and/or longer sessions per day, and many programs become less intensive over time. Due to the services being offered in an outpatient setting, the length of participation may be longer than that expected for inpatient treatment. IOPs allow clients to live at home and maintain their work and family commitments while building a lifestyle around recovery.

Intensive Outpatient Program Services

Intensive outpatient programs are designed for individuals with substance use disorders or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders who do not require 24-hour supervision or medical detoxification. They offer a specific number of hours each week of one-on-one, group, and family therapy in addition to psychoeducation about addiction and co-occurring disorders.

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) defines five broad levels of care to guide clinicians in selecting the appropriate level of care for the treatment of drug and alcohol use disorders:

• Level 0.5 (early intervention services)
• Level I (outpatient services)
• Level II (intensive outpatient services)
• Level III (residential and inpatient services)
• Level IV (medically managed intensive inpatient services)

Therefore, intensive outpatient programs represent a higher level of care than typical outpatient services and a lower level than inpatient and residential services.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines a set of core services for inclusion in intensive outpatient programs, including a specific number of hours each week of one-on-one, group, and family therapy in addition to psychoeducation about addiction and co-occurring disorders.  The goals of intensive outpatient programming generally include:

• Develop relapse management skills
• Develop coping strategies
• Establish (or re-establish) psychosocial support
• Address the issues related to psychological, social, and emotional well-being

Intensive Outpatient Program Goals

The goals of an intensive outpatient program include helping an individual develop relapse management skills and coping strategies, ensure that they have psychosocial support, and addressing specific symptoms and needs. It’s important to note that the length of treatment will vary based on the severity of the individual’s illness and their response to treatment. Therefore, progress in an intensive outpatient program, rather than length of stay, should determine his or her transition through the treatment continuum.

Learn about IOP at Clearpoint Recovery Center

IOP at Clearpoint offers programming during the day and evening to accommodate individual’s lifestyle. It is facilitated by an experienced team of addiction professionals and includes treatment approaches that are effective and evidence-based. The intensive outpatient program can family and friends to further support sobriety.

IOP is offered in our relaxed, non-institutionalized environment in Westport, Connecticut. For more information, contact us at 1-203-293-1723.

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) For Addiction Recovery

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a treatment used with Clearpoint clients for addiction treatment and recovery.

What are the Benefits of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)?

Since Clearpoint offers treatment services to each client based upon his/her individual needs as evaluated through a comprehensive assessment at the time of admission, our clinicians develop an integrated treatment plan based on the client’s history and life experiences. By considering the client’s background, it allows us to individualize our approach to treatment. As a dual diagnosis treatment plan, it will be evaluated throughout the client’s participation in the program and will address particular issues, such as traumatic episodes, that could play a part in their addiction behaviors.

For clients exhibiting co-occurring post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or related symptoms (including flashbacks, fear, severe anxiety, insomnia, nightmares or mistrust) Clearpoint clinicians may contemplate the incorporation of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy into a treatment plan. Offered as a part of our dual diagnosis addiction treatment programming, EMDR is a psychotherapy treatment originally designed to relieve the distress associated with traumatic memories and experiences. It has been extensively researched and has proven to be effective for the treatment of trauma and related post-traumatic stress disorder, a common co-occurring mental health disorder among people suffering from substance addictions.

Definition of EMDR Treatment

According to EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma, EMDR can assist the individual with resolving disturbing and traumatic adverse life events. EMDR achieves this by incorporating standardized clinical protocols and procedures that include alternating bilateral auditory, visual and/or tactile stimulation and dual focus of attention. This practice stimulates the components of memory-adverse life events and enables the continuation of adaptive information integration and processing. The treatment is especially helpful for individuals with addiction and co-occurring histories of abuse and trauma. Since its inception as a therapeutic protocol, EMDR therapy has aided millions of individuals of all ages in relieving numerous forms of psychological distress.

For Clearpoint clients that meet criteria, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing would be considered an integrative type of psychotherapy for the treatment of any psychological disorder related to traumatic episodes, relieve symptoms, and contribute to their addiction recovery goals.

How was EMDR developed?

Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. discovered and developed EMDR therapy in the late 1980s to help people process traumatic experiences. Since that time, EMDR has evolved through contributions from counselors and researchers from around the world and is now a set of standardized protocols that includes elements from many different treatment modalities.

EMDR is based on the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model. It suggests that much of psychopathology is caused by incomplete processing of negative or disturbing experiences. This weakens the individual’s ability to integrate these experiences in a healthy way. The eight phases of EMDR facilitates the resumption of normal integration and processing of information. This treatment approach targets past experiences, current triggers, and future potential obstacles and can result in a reduction of symptoms, a decrease or elimination of distress from the traumatic experience, an enhanced view of self, relief from physical distress, and effective management of present and future trigger episodes.

Through the practice of EMDR, resolving disturbing and traumatic negative life experiences is achieved with multiple therapy sessions in which the person concentrates on alternating bilateral auditory, visual and/or tactile stimulation and dual focus of attention. The experience activates the components of the disturbing memory and enables the continuation of healthy information integration and processing.

EMDR at Clearpoint Recovery Center

Substance and process addictions are highly individualized diseases for each person and treatment must identify and target their specific needs. When we discuss providing EMDR sessions for our clients, Clearpoint therapists do it as part of the individualized treatment planning process and recovery program. Clearpoint may provide Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing techniques alone for addiction treatment or in combination with other addiction therapies (i.e., group therapy, individual therapy, psychopharmacology), depending on the patient’s individual treatment plan. We offer a variety of therapeutic approaches the fall under Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) and other solution-based therapies.

As a part of Clearpoint addiction treatment and recovery program and the client’s individualized treatment planning, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy sessions are offered at our Westport, CT location.

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Leader of addiction treatment service arrested in drug bust

Michael Rowe is among the 39 people charged by Berks County prosecutors in the multi-million dollar operation.

For the past seven years, Michael D. Rowe has publicly made it his mission to help others like him.

A recovering addict, he has been president of Addiction Prevention Strategies in Spring Township since 2010, also serving there as a recovery coach and interventionist, according to his LinkedIn page.

The company provides help to the families of addicts, including a free service that helps them find the right treatment program for their struggling loved one.

It's a place where people can start on the path to healing, much like Rowe had done himself, he said in a video from 2012 posted on the company's Facebook page.

That message is a stark contrast to news that arose last week.

Rowe, 54, of Spring Township was one of 39 people charged as being part of a multimillion-dollar drug ring. He is in Berks County Prison on $50,000 bail, charged with conspiracy, intending to deliver and possessing a controlled substance.

Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams said Monday that investigators know about Rowe's work with addicts.

“And we are aware of his activities that are quite contrary to recovery,” he said.

Calls to Addiction Prevention Strategies — the company advertises a number where someone can be reached “seven days a week, 24 hours a day” — went unanswered Monday, as did a message sent through Facebook. A website for the company is no longer active.

Court documents do not list an attorney for Rowe.

The drug ring — busted in an operation titled “Last Hurrah” — has been described by investigators as major, smuggling large quantities of illegal drugs into the county from as far away as Puerto Rico and Los Angeles.

Confiscated as part of the investigation were 4 kilograms of cocaine, 20 pounds of methamphetamine, 4 pounds of high-grade marijuana and 200 grams of fentynal.

Over the course of six months, Adams said at a press conference Thursday, the ring did about $10 million in business.

Based on charges and bail amounts, Rowe appears to be accused of being one of the smaller fish caught in the “Last Hurrah's” nets. Several others charged, and identified by investigators as large-scale distributors, received multimillion-dollar bail amounts.

It was not immediately clear what role authorities believe Rowe played in the drug ring. But Adams said investigators at this point have no evidence that Rowe's work with addicts and participation in the drug ring had any intersection.

In the video of Rowe posted on the company's Facebook page, he describes himself as having struggled with drug addiction for 25 years.

“Today, I can tell you I'm free,” he says. “I haven't had a drug in six years.”

Rowe is scheduled for a hearing this month in front of District Judge Stuart D. Kennedy.

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