A certified peer specialist is a professional who utilizes their own personal lived experience of mental health and/or substance use challenges to provide support to others and demonstrate that recovery is possible. Peer support specialists complete formal training and certification in the peer specialist model of mental health and substance use-oriented peer support. They use their unique set of lived experiences and recovery in combination with comprehensive skills-training, including continuing education, to support people living with mental health and/or substance use challenges. Tellurian’s PAIR Team provides community-based peer support services. They offer a team of diverse certified peer specialists, who work side-by-side with individuals, helping them; learn and practice new skills, monitor their progress, develop effective coping techniques, and practice self-help strategies.
Pair Program Provides:
For more information about this program, please call Tellurian at 608-222-7311
Opioid dependence is a challenging and complicated condition, but it can be successfully treated; Suboxone® is the first prescription medication approved for this under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000. Suboxone® was developed to decrease the pain and discomfort of withdrawal and to decrease opiate cravings, blocking the effects of drugs like heroin, morphine, Vicodin, Oxycodone, and Oxycontin.
Suboxone® is not a “miracle cure.” Treating opioid dependence takes hard work! Feeling sadness, anxiety, and loneliness along the way is normal, but our team does everything we can to make joy and laughter part of the journey too. The Tellurian Suboxone® Treatment Program follows three distinct phases:
A staff physician and therapist review medical records and psychosocial history during a medical exam and intake process to see if Suboxone® is right for a patient. If the drug is prescribed, dosages are regularly adjusted and intensive group and individual therapy starts.
This phase focuses on continued weekly group and individual counseling. Medication checks occur monthly, and random drug screens will happen.
Monthly individual counseling and group therapy sessions continue as patients learn to rebuild their lives free from addiction.