800-671-4304Child Guidance and Family Solutions on Forge
About Child Guidance and Family Solutions on Forge
Child Guidance & Family Solutions is a behavioral health agency in Akron, Ohio, offering mental health services for children, teens, adults and families. The organization provides outpatient counseling, psychiatric services, crisis intervention and substance abuse evaluations throughout Summit County.
Clients benefit from a team of more than 150 mental health professionals and an integrated care model that brings services into schools, homes and community settings.
What Mental Health and Behavioral Health Services Are Available?
Child Guidance & Family Solutions offers individual and group counseling, mental health evaluations, psychiatric medication management and crisis intervention. The team uses evidence based approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to treat anxiety, depression, trauma and behavioral concerns.
Intensive home based services are available for youth with severe emotional problems, including a co occurring treatment program for those with both substance abuse and mental health issues.
Who Can Get Help At This Location?
The agency serves all ages, from infants and toddlers to adults, with specialized programs for early childhood, school age youth, adolescents, first episode psychosis and refugees adjusting to life in the U.S. Services are provided in multiple languages and settings, including offices, schools, pediatric practices, childcare centers and client homes.
The organization accepts Ohio Medicaid, private insurance and offers a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients. A financial interview helps verify coverage and establish payment arrangements. Both in person and telehealth appointments are available Monday through Friday.
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Inpatient and residential programs provide round-the-clock medical and emotional support as you live at the treatment facility. This level of care may be recommended if you have severe addictions or mental health conditions since it removes outside distractions and allows you to focus solely on therapy. |
In outpatient therapy, you’ll attend therapy sessions several times each week while living at home. This is ideal if you have a strong support system and a lower risk of relapse. Outpatient treatment offers flexibility to maintain work, school or family obligations. |
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Inpatient detox occurs in a dedicated treatment facility. You’ll live there around the clock and receive intensive medical support and supervision to help manage your withdrawal symptoms. It is suitable for individuals with moderate to severe addictions as it ensures a stable detox environment. |
Outpatient detox gives you access to medically supervised withdrawal services while still allowing you to live at home. You’ll attend a clinic for treatment and monitoring. This flexible option is suitable for those with mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms who have strong support systems. |
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Alcohol detox programs offer medical support to help individuals withdraw safely from alcohol. Your care team may use medications to ease your symptoms and provide medical monitoring to address complications. |
Drug detox programs support individuals who are withdrawing from addictive substances like cocaine and heroin. Medical support helps you manage symptoms in a controlled and safe environment so you can achieve initial sobriety. |
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Levels of Care
Inpatient and residential programs provide round-the-clock medical and emotional support as you live at the treatment facility. This level of care may be recommended if you have severe addictions or mental health conditions since it removes outside distractions and allows you to focus solely on therapy.
In outpatient therapy, you’ll attend therapy sessions several times each week while living at home. This is ideal if you have a strong support system and a lower risk of relapse. Outpatient treatment offers flexibility to maintain work, school or family obligations.
Detox Service Setting
Inpatient detox occurs in a dedicated treatment facility. You’ll live there around the clock and receive intensive medical support and supervision to help manage your withdrawal symptoms. It is suitable for individuals with moderate to severe addictions as it ensures a stable detox environment.
Outpatient detox gives you access to medically supervised withdrawal services while still allowing you to live at home. You’ll attend a clinic for treatment and monitoring. This flexible option is suitable for those with mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms who have strong support systems.
Programs
Alcohol detox programs offer medical support to help individuals withdraw safely from alcohol. Your care team may use medications to ease your symptoms and provide medical monitoring to address complications.
Drug detox programs support individuals who are withdrawing from addictive substances like cocaine and heroin. Medical support helps you manage symptoms in a controlled and safe environment so you can achieve initial sobriety.
Contact
Gayle Morris, BSN, MSN, received her bachelor’s from the University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center and her first master’s from the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. She practiced nursing for over two decades with a focus on pediatric physical rehabilitation, which required mental health skills to help children, and their parents work through new challenges after a head injury or spinal cord injury. She has been a freelance writer in health, wellness, and mental health for over 15 years. She loves exercise, her dogs and guinea pigs, and gardening.
