Access Foundation Elmwood
82 W. 700 S, St. George, UT 84770
High Desert Counseling
Address: St. George, UT 84770 · Map
Phone: (435) 673-2899
Intake: (435) 669-7325
Website: highdesert.help
About High Desert Counseling
High Desert Counseling is an outpatient rehabilitation center dedicated to treating substance use disorders in both men and women. It provides multiple evidence-based services, such as day treatment, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), and traditional outpatient care. The program is designed to deliver structured, concentrated support while helping clients remain independent and continue meeting everyday responsibilities. Care plans are holistic and may include individual dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), group therapy, psychoeducational sessions, family therapy, and relapse prevention techniques, customized to fit each person’s specific needs.
The day treatment program includes individual counseling, group counseling, and medication management four days a week for five hours per day. The intensive outpatient option consists of group therapy plus one individual counseling session, totaling nine hours per week, and typically runs for 12 to 16 weeks, allowing participants to stay engaged in work and other commitments. General outpatient services are offered as either a direct admission program or as a step-down following more intensive treatment. Clients also receive recovery coaching, peer support, and ongoing clinical services to address substance use as well as any co-occurring mental health concerns. High Desert Counseling works with many insurance plans, including Selecthealth, Health Choice Utah, Medicaid, Aetna, University of Utah Health Plans, Molina, PEHP, United Healthcare, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, and it uses a sliding fee scale for individuals with limited financial resources. Services are available in St. George and Cedar Center, Utah.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization · Intensive outpatient treatment · Regular outpatient treatment
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment · Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults
- Opioid treatment
- Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
- Treatment approaches
- Brief intervention · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Contingency management/motivational incentives · Motivational interviewing · Relapse prevention · Substance use disorder counseling · Trauma-related counseling
- 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 · Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling · Individual counseling · Group counseling · Family counseling · Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
- Special programs
- Young adults · Adult women · Adult men · Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients · Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders · Clients who have experienced sexual abuse · Clients who have experienced trauma
- Exclusive programs
- Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
- Ages accepted
- Young Adults · Adults · Seniors
- Genders accepted
- Female · Male
- Payment accepted
- Medicaid · Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment
- Licensing and accreditation
- State substance use treatment agency · State mental health department · State department of health
- Ownership
- Private for-profit organization
- Recovery support
- Housing services · Assistance with obtaining social services · Recovery coach · Mentoring/peer support · Employment counseling or training
- Transitional services
- Aftercare/continuing care · Discharge Planning · Naloxone and overdose education · Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Other services
- Case management service · Social skills development
Facility-provided information
- Care offered
- Outpatient · Co-Occurring Mental Health
- Substances treated
- Alcohol · Co-Occurring Disorders · Drug Addiction
- Conditions treated
- Anxiety · Depression · Post Traumatic Stress Disorder · Trauma
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Dialectical Behavior Therapy · Family Therapy · Group Therapy · Psychoeducation · Relapse Prevention Counseling
- Approaches
- Evidence-Based · Family Involvement · Holistic · Individual Treatment
- Who it serves
- Men · Men and Women · Women
- Aftercare
- Alumni Reunions · Continuing Care · Employment Counseling · Intensive Outpatient Program · Outpatient Treatment · Recovery Coach · Support Meetings
- Languages
- English
Before you call
- Have your insurance or Medicaid card ready and ask whether the facility is in network.
- Ask how soon they can do an assessment and whether there is a waitlist.
- Confirm the facility is licensed by Utah.
- If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
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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.