Child Guidance and Family Solutions

Child Guidance and Family Solutions provides outpatient addiction treatment and behavioral health care from its Barberton, Ohio clinic, with a service reach that covers Northeast Ohio and the Uniontown area. For individuals in recovery who are also navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, or early-onset psychosis, the clinic's dual diagnosis focus means those conditions are treated together rather than in isolation. This integrated approach reflects what recovery researchers have long recognized: untreated mental health conditions and substance use disorders feed one another, and lasting recovery depends on addressing both.

The outpatient program structure is built for sustainability. Clients engage in scheduled treatment while continuing to live within their own communities, maintaining the relationships and routines that support long-term sobriety. Home-based treatment further extends that model for individuals who need clinical support delivered where they are. CBT-grounded sessions help clients build practical coping skills they can carry beyond the clinical setting — a foundation that supports recovery long after the program itself ends.

Few outpatient programs in Northeast Ohio serve as wide a range of people as Child Guidance and Family Solutions. The clinic works with children, adolescents, teens, young adults, adults, seniors, veterans, pregnant women, and families — and has specific capacity to serve individuals who are court-ordered, those living with HIV/AIDS, and people who are Deaf or hard of hearing. This breadth means that families navigating substance abuse treatment together do not need to split up across multiple providers.

Veterans and active-duty families benefit from TRICARE acceptance alongside Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance coverage. For those without insurance or with limited financial means, sliding scale fees and financial assistance are available. The clinic's Monday and Wednesday evening hours and extended weekday schedule reflect a genuine effort to remove the practical obstacles — scheduling conflicts, cost, transportation — that often derail otherwise motivated people from staying engaged in their recovery program.

The clinical work at Child Guidance and Family Solutions is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, one of the most studied and applied frameworks in addiction treatment and mental health care. CBT helps clients examine the connection between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors — and develop concrete strategies for responding to triggers, stress, and craving in ways that support sobriety. For individuals managing co-occurring conditions like PTSD, anxiety, or depression alongside substance use, CBT addresses the overlapping patterns that drive both.

Because the outpatient program allows clients to practice new skills in their real-world environments between sessions, CBT is particularly well-suited to this setting. Skills developed in sessions can be applied immediately — at home, at work, or in the community — reinforcing the connection between treatment and daily recovery life. This is the kind of sustained, skills-building approach that supports not just short-term sobriety but the longer arc of recovery that the community at Sober Nation knows well.

Child Guidance and Family Solutions is located at 524 West Park Avenue in Barberton, Ohio 44203, and can be reached by phone at (330) 762-0591 or by email at [email protected]. The clinic is open Monday and Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and Friday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Saturday and Sunday hours are not available. The extended evening hours on two weeknights are a practical accommodation for adults who work standard business hours and need an outpatient program that fits around their schedule.

Payment is accepted through Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, self-pay and cash, sliding scale fees, and financial assistance. This range of options reflects the clinic's commitment to keeping substance abuse treatment and behavioral health care accessible across income levels. Home-based treatment is available for qualifying clients, and the clinic's service area encompasses both Northeast Ohio broadly and the Uniontown, Ohio community specifically.