Addiction Treatment Strategies

Addiction Treatment Strategies (ATS) provides a six-month intensive outpatient medical detoxification stabilization and addiction treatment program located in Edwardsville, IL. The practice is a therapeutically based, medically assisted program that offers an integrated approach to treating addiction. ATS provides cognitive behavioral therapy groups, individual therapy, group psycho-educational sessions, group psychotherapy, and family orientation and support. The program is designed as an alternative to AA self-help groups, using a combination of CBT, individual therapy, and family education to influence life changes. ATS employs medications to treat underlying problems and brings about stability necessary for behavioral change. The practice teaches patients conceptual and contextual learning strategies through their own unparalleled approach to CBT, with an emphasis on structure, organization, and discipline through monitoring sleep, exercise, and diet as key clinical indicators of improvement.