Therapies · Hopkins, Minnesota
Addiction & Mental Health Therapies in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Evidence-based addiction and mental health therapies, taught as options rather than prescriptions, inside outpatient treatment for adults across the Twin Cities.
Northwoods Haven Recovery uses seven evidence-based approaches in its outpatient programs in Hopkins, Minnesota: cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, group therapy, trauma-informed care, and whole-person treatment. You do not pick one from a menu. Your counselor teaches you what each does, and the plan uses what works for you.
Not sure where you fit?
Tell us what is going on and we will explain how each therapy fits, in plain language.
How addiction and mental health therapies work together here
No single therapy treats addiction. Cognitive behavioral therapy changes the thinking that leads to a drink. Dialectical behavior therapy gives you skills for the emotion that arrives faster than thinking. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps you make room for a craving without acting on it. Motivational interviewing helps you find your own reasons to change. Group therapy is where all of it gets practiced with people who understand.
Every one of these runs through both of our outpatient levels of care, the Intensive Outpatient Program and the Relapse Prevention Program, and every one of them treats mental health alongside the substance, because most people who come to us are dealing with both. Trauma-informed care is not a separate therapy so much as the way every group and session is run.
How you work your recovery is yours to define. We are inclusive of every belief system and every recovery approach, so the plan you leave with is one you actually chose. We rise together.
Therapies
The therapies we use, and what each one is for
Seven evidence-based approaches, one plan built with you. Each has its own detailed explanation of how it works and who it helps.
Thinking
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Catch the thought that comes before the drink or the drug, test it, and practice a different response before the weekend.
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Emotion and urges
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness: skills for intense feeling and the urges that ride it.
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Values
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Make room for the craving or the feeling without acting on it, and build a life around what you value instead of around avoidance.
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Motivation
Motivational Interviewing (MI and MET)
Find your own reasons to change at your own pace. Includes motivational enhancement therapy, the structured short form of MI.
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Connection
Group Therapy
The same people each session, so accountability is real. Where most of the traction in outpatient treatment comes from.
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Safety
Trauma-Informed Addiction Treatment
Predictability, choice, and safety in every group and session, because most people carry something older than the substance.
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The whole picture
Whole Person Treatment
Mental health, relationships, work, and purpose treated as one picture, with a recovery lifestyle you define.
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Where it starts
Assessments and Services
Chemical use assessments, DUI assessments, and addiction counseling: the services around the therapies.
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Assessments and services
Assessments and services that get you into the right care
Everything begins with an assessment. These are the services around our two levels of outpatient care.
The hour that turns a worry into a diagnosis and a level of care. Where everyone starts.
A clinical evaluation for Minnesota DWI court, probation, and licensing requirements, with written documentation.
Individual counseling with your own licensed alcohol and drug counselor, inside every level of care here.
Substance use
Substance use disorders we treat in Minnesota
Addiction is a disease, never a moral failing, and you are more than your diagnosis. Northwoods Haven Recovery treats alcohol and drug use disorders in an outpatient setting, with the same person-centered approach no matter what brought you here. This isn’t a complete list. If what you’re struggling with isn’t here, call us. We’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit.
Mental health
New
Co-occurring mental health conditions we treat alongside addiction
Substance use and mental health rarely arrive separately. Northwoods Haven Recovery now treats co-occurring mental health conditions alongside chemical dependency programming, so you don’t have to choose which one to work on first. If your needs are mental-health-primary rather than co-occurring with a substance use diagnosis, a program built for that will serve you better, and we’ll help you find one.
Trauma and PTSD
Trauma-informed care that accounts for what happened to you while you treat substance use.
Depression
Support for low mood, hopelessness, and the drinking or use that often travels with them.
Anxiety
Skills for panic, worry, and the urge to self-medicate, taught alongside your program.
Bipolar disorder
Care that steadies mood episodes while chemical dependency programming continues.
ADHD
Structure and skills for adult ADHD when stimulants, alcohol, or cannabis have become the coping strategy.
Something else?
Tell us what is going on. If a mental health condition is tangled with substance use, we treat both together.
Paying for treatment
Insurance-covered addiction treatment that's accessible to anyone who wants it.
Medicaid was the first network we joined, on purpose. We’re also in-network with major commercial plans. We’ll verify your benefits and tell you plainly what your plan covers before you commit to anything.
Minnesota Medicaid
Blue Cross Blue Shield
HealthPartners
UnitedHealthcare
Medica
Hennepin Health
Private pay accepted
Not listed? Call and we'll check.
Common questions
Questions about our addiction and mental health therapies
If yours is not here, ask us directly. Every caller leaves with resources.
LegitScript Certified
Verified addiction treatment provider
What therapies does Northwoods Haven Recovery use for addiction treatment?
Cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing (including motivational enhancement therapy), group therapy, trauma-informed care, and whole-person treatment. All of them are delivered by licensed alcohol and drug counselors inside our outpatient programs.
Do I have to choose a therapy?
No. Your counselor teaches you what each approach does and the plan uses what works for you. Most people end up drawing on several: CBT for thinking, DBT skills for emotion, motivational interviewing when ambivalence shows up, and group therapy throughout.
Do these therapies treat mental health conditions too?
Yes. Every approach we use treats co-occurring mental health conditions such as trauma and PTSD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD alongside chemical dependency programming. Treating one and ignoring the other does not work.
Is therapy here individual or group?
Both. Group therapy runs most programming days in the Intensive Outpatient Program, and you also have individual counseling with your own licensed alcohol and drug counselor. The therapies above run through both settings.
Are these therapies evidence-based?
Yes. CBT, DBT, ACT, and motivational interviewing are among the most studied approaches in addiction treatment, and group therapy and trauma-informed care are standard practice. We teach them as options, not prescriptions, and we tell you honestly what the research says about each.
Does insurance cover therapy for addiction?
We are in-network with Minnesota Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, HealthPartners, UnitedHealthcare, and Medica. Give us your plan information on the first call and we will verify your benefits and tell you plainly what is covered.
Your team
Meet the counselors who answer the phone and guide your treatment.
Getting started
How to get started: four steps, no waiting eleven days.
Reaching out doesn’t commit you to anything. It means you asked a question, and we answered it.
01
Call
We listen to what’s going on and where you are in the process. No script, no pressure.
02
Chemical use assessment
A comprehensive assessment to determine diagnosis and the level of care that fits.
03
Referral to the right care
Ideally with us. If another program fits you better, we’ll connect you to it.
04
Intake
Programming starts immediately after intake. Already have an assessment? Send it over and we’ll review it.
Take the first step
When you're ready, we're here.
Reaching out doesn’t mean you’ve committed to anything. It means you’re asking a question, and we’ll answer it honestly, even if the answer points somewhere else.
100% confidential
Insurance verified fast
No commitment to ask
Outpatient only
Referring professionals
Send a comprehensive assessment, plus treatment plan reviews, discharge summary, med list, and insurance information if applicable. A list, not a portal.
Visit us in Hopkins
Northwoods Haven Recovery
5900 Green Oak Drive, Ste 306
Hopkins, MN 55343