McCullough Vargas and Associates

About McCullough Vargas and Associates

McCullough, Vargas, and Associates, also known as MVA Behavioral Health Services, is a behavioral health provider serving Hillsdale County, Michigan, with offices in Jonesville and Adrian, offering treatment for substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health concerns. Their approach is client-centered, culturally competent, and holistic, with goals that include abstinence or safer use, relapse prevention, stronger relationships, and better day-to-day functioning. Their continuum of care spans Hope House residential treatment, intensive outpatient, standard outpatient, peer recovery coaching, and women’s specialty services. They also provide an engagement group, a one-day Driver’s Intervention Program for first-time drinking-and-driving offenders, and both substance use and Secretary of State evaluations.

Hope House is a level 3.5, high-intensity residential program lasting up to 90 days, with more than 40 hours a week of group therapy, individual therapy, and peer support, plus 24/7 supervision and aftercare planning; residents also share in keeping up the home. The intensive outpatient program steps down through three phases of at least six weeks each, moving from 9 or more hours a week to 6 or more and then 2 or more, with an alumni group available afterward. Across outpatient levels, clients choose groups with their counselor, including Moral Reconation Therapy, a women’s recovery group, a co-occurring group, and peer recovery sessions, alongside educational topics such as triggers, codependency, healthy boundaries, and the first two steps of AA and NA. Case management is part of care, referrals are available for psychiatric screening, medication management, and vocational training, and groups like AA, NA, SMART Recovery, Celebrate Recovery, and Recovery Dharma are encouraged but optional.