rehabUniversity of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, VT
Addiction treatment and mental health care
Howard Center
Pine Street Counseling Services
Howard Center provides addiction treatment and mental health care in Burlington, VT, with outpatient services. People seeking care can access intensive outpatient treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. Payment options include private health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and self-payment.
855 Pine Street, Burlington, VT, 05401
Services & treatment options
Treatment
Type of Care
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
Care setting
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
Opioid Medications used in Treatment
- Buprenorphine used in Treatment
- Naltrexone used in Treatment
External Opioid Medications Source
- In-network prescribing entity
- No formal relationship with prescribing entity
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
- This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- In-network prescribing entity
- No formal relationship with prescribing entity
Type of Opioid Treatment
- Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
- Buprenorphine maintenance
- Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
- Prescribes buprenorphine
- Prescribes naltrexone
- Relapse prevention with naltrexone
Pharmacotherapies
- Acamprosate (Campral®)
- Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
- Buprenorphine sub-dermal implant
- Buprenorphine with naloxone
- Buprenorphine without naloxone
- Disulfiram
- Medication for mental disorders
- Naltrexone (oral)
- Nicotine replacement
- Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Treatment Approaches
- Activity therapy
- Anger management
- Brief intervention
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Group therapy
- Individual psychotherapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Motivational interviewing
- Relapse prevention
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Trauma-related counseling
Assessment/Pre-treatment
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Screening for tobacco use
Testing
- Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
Exclusive Services
- Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
Emergency Mental Health Services
- Crisis intervention team
Who we help
Special Programs/Groups Offered
- Adolescents
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Persons with eating disorders
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Seniors or older adults
- Young adults
Age Groups Accepted
- Adults
- Seniors
- Young Adults
Gender Accepted
- Female
- Male
Payment & insurance
Payment and insurance
- Cash or self-payment
- Community Mental Health Block Grants
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Other State funds
- Private health insurance
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
- State corrections or juvenile justice funds
- State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
- State welfare or child and family services funds
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
Payment Assistance Available
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Support services
Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
Recovery Support Services
- Assistance with obtaining social services
- Employment counseling or training
- Housing services
- Mentoring/peer support
Other Services
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
Education and Counseling Services
- Family counseling
- Group counseling
- Individual counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Substance use disorder education
- Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
Language Services
- Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Education services
- Family psychoeducation
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Suicide prevention services
- Transportation assistance
About the center
Facility operation
- Private non-profit organization
License/Certification/Accreditation
- State Substance use treatment agency
- State department of health
- State mental health department
Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking not permitted
Facility Vaping Policy
- Vaping not permitted
Facility Type
- Outpatient mental health facility