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Alternative Counseling Method LLC
Address: 201 U.S. Highway 35, Neptune, NJ 07753 · Map
Phone: (732) 866-1700
About Alternative Counseling Method LLC
Alternative Counseling Method is located near Route 35, a few blocks east of Route 18, in Neptune City, New Jersey, and provides services for adults living with substance use disorders (SUD). Its outpatient and intensive outpatient programs (IOP) deliver up to 9 hours or more of counseling each week, typically including group sessions, individual therapy, and drug screening. Participants work on sobriety goals while developing relapse prevention plans and defining roles they hope to reclaim in their communities.
The program follows the evidence-based Living in Balance curriculum, drawing on cognitive, behavioral, and experiential strategies. Clients receive organized individual and group counseling, educational programming, and routine drug testing to strengthen accountability and progress. A holistic model is used to promote emotional, psychological, and physical well-being, helping individuals build insight and practical coping skills that support long-term recovery, resilience, and personal empowerment.
In addition, clients may complete substance use assessments for personal, legal, or child welfare purposes. Alternative Counseling Method focuses on relapse prevention planning, identifying personal strengths, and setting clear goals that encourage independence and successful community reintegration. Through a foundation of encouragement and optimism, the center supports clients in moving toward meaningful community roles and maintaining lasting recovery.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Intensive outpatient treatment · Regular outpatient treatment
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment
- Opioid treatment
- Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
- Treatment approaches
- Anger management · Brief intervention · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Contingency management/motivational incentives · Motivational interviewing · Relapse prevention · Substance use disorder counseling · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy · 12-step facilitation
- Education and counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support · Hepatitis education, counseling, or support · Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis · Substance use disorder education · Individual counseling · Group counseling · Family counseling
- Special programs
- Young adults · Adult women · Adult men · Seniors or older adults · Veterans · Active duty military · Members of military families · Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients · Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Exclusive programs
- Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
- Ages accepted
- Young Adults · Adults · Seniors
- Genders accepted
- Female · Male
- Payment accepted
- Medicaid · Cash or self-payment
- Licensing and accreditation
- State department of health
- Ownership
- Private for-profit organization
- Recovery support
- Self-help groups · Assistance with obtaining social services
- Transitional services
- Aftercare/continuing care · Discharge Planning · Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Other services
- Case management service
Facility-provided information
- Care offered
- Outpatient
- Substances treated
- Alcohol · Chronic Relapse · Drug Addiction
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Cognitive Behavioral Therapy · Experiential Therapy · Family Therapy · Group Therapy · Psychoeducation · Relapse Prevention Counseling
- Approaches
- Evidence-Based · Holistic · Individual Treatment
- Who it serves
- Men · Men and Women · Women
- Aftercare
- Drug Screening · Intensive Outpatient Program · Outpatient Treatment · Relapse Prevention Planning
- Languages
- English
Questions to ask Alternative Counseling Method LLC
- Is my specific plan in network, and do you need prior authorization before admission?
- How many hours a week is the outpatient or IOP schedule, and are evening groups available?
- If I need medication for opioid or alcohol use disorder, do you prescribe it or refer out?
- Is there a waitlist, and how soon can you do an assessment?
- What happens after the program ends: aftercare, alumni groups or step-down care?
Also confirm the facility is licensed by New Jersey. If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
Paying for treatment at Alternative Counseling Method LLC
Alternative Counseling Method LLC reports accepting Medicaid, Self-pay. With New Jersey Medicaid, treatment is usually covered at little or no cost, though some levels of care need prior authorization. Most private plans must cover substance use treatment on terms comparable to other medical care under federal parity law.
Distance to specialized care from Neptune
Measured from the population center of Monmouth County, using SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap:
- Nearest medical detox: Neptune, about 7.5 miles
- Nearest methadone clinic (OTP): Red Bank, about 6.9 miles (25 within 25 miles)
- Nearest buprenorphine (Suboxone) provider: Eatontown, about 4.6 miles (76 within 25 miles)
See the Monmouth County treatment map, methadone clinics near Monmouth County and Suboxone doctors near Monmouth County.
Frequently asked questions
What services does Alternative Counseling Method LLC offer?
Alternative Counseling Method LLC reports these levels of care to SAMHSA: Outpatient, Intensive outpatient. Call to confirm current services and openings.
Does Alternative Counseling Method LLC accept insurance?
It reports accepting Medicaid, Self-pay. Ask whether your specific plan is in network before admission.
Where is Alternative Counseling Method LLC located?
201 U.S. Highway 35, Neptune, NJ 07753.
How far is the nearest medical detox from Neptune?
From the center of Monmouth County, the closest program offering medical detox is in Neptune, about 7.5 miles away (straight-line), based on SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Facility details come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov locator and facility-provided information. Confirm services, availability and payment directly with the facility.