Substance use counseling is a specialized form of counseling aimed at helping individuals grappling with problematic substance use or behavioral addiction issues. Our substance use counselors assess the severity of addiction, develop personalized treatment plans, and provide individual and group counseling sessions to address the physical, psychological, and social aspects of addiction. We educate clients about substance use, offer crisis intervention, involve family and support systems, and refer clients to additional services when needed. By providing ongoing support and follow-up, our substance use counselors aim to help individuals achieve sobriety, enhance their overall well-being, and rebuild their lives after addiction, making our counseling services a vital component of addiction treatment and recovery.
New Mexico Recovery Coalition, NMRC, is a compassionate startup nonprofit organization and Southwest New Mexico’s exclusive non-government boots-on-ground provider driving harm reduction services, rapid HIV/HCV/syphilis testing, basic street medicine, limited mobile crisis interventions, and other key mental health advocacy initiatives into our rural and frontier communities.
NMRC promotes using an anti-stigma, community-based, Mutual Aid approach to Syringe Access Services, Overdose Prevention, and Referrals to resources in our community.
NMRC is staffed by Certified Peer Support Workers, Community Health Workers, and other Comprehensive Community Support Workers. Everyone on staff has Lived Experience with using drugs, loving someone who uses drugs, or navigating the systems and resources needed when one is actively using or in recovery.
NMRC promotes health equity through safer drug use, overdose prevention, and helping our participants and community members to take an active role in creation of policies, procedures, and activities within our organization and others throughout the community.
500 N Silver St, Unit 1953