NWCSB Amherst Clinic

About NWCSB Amherst Clinic

NWCSB Amherst Clinic in Winchester, Virginia, is part of Northwestern Community Services Board, a public behavioral health agency serving Winchester and the counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, and Page. They support adults and families affected by substance use, mental illness, and co-occurring conditions, alongside the agency’s developmental and youth services. Their substance use care is outpatient-based, including an intensive outpatient program, office-based addiction treatment with medication, individual therapy, and case management. Round-the-clock crisis services are also available through the agency for anyone in immediate need.

The intensive outpatient program meets three times a week for at least three hours per session, with a women-only morning group and a mixed afternoon group, and it combines individual and group counseling, medication management, and psychoeducation built on an American Society of Addiction Medicine curriculum. When medication-assisted treatment is appropriate, clients meet with a nurse and physician for an assessment, induction, and ongoing follow-up visits, while weekly or biweekly therapy with licensed clinicians is available for those who need a lighter level of support. A dedicated Substance Exposed Infants program offers case management to parents who use substances, both during pregnancy and after delivery, connecting them to treatment and extending support to their children. Recovery Skills groups focus on relapse triggers, stress management, and positive self-talk, and certified peer recovery specialists lead sessions both in the clinic and at the free Within Reach Peer Resource Center, which welcomes anyone in recovery, whether or not they are a client.