Services Available for DUI or DWI Legal Situations

If you receive a DUI, DWI, or are involved in a legal matter relating to your use or alleged use of drugs or alcohol you may require counseling and education. At Jeremy Frank & Associates we can create individualized programs to serve these needs.

We can provide assessment or evaluation as well as counseling and education. These services can fulfill the requirements of the court, an attorney, or judge. We try to complete this work in two or three sessions. Others may require a client to come for counseling for a longer period of time.

Navigating Treatment and Educational Options

If you receive a DUI, DWI, or drug trafficking violation in Pennsylvania, or any other state there will be legal steps to complete. If you need to complete any requirements for aspects of the judicial process then navigating the treatment or educational options can be daunting.

Often your lawyer, a judge, or a family member will suggest or require you to complete counseling or treatment. It can be complicated to determine which programs or counselors may be adequate or certified to provide this service.

As licensed professional counselors in the Philadelphia, PA region the therapists at JFA can provide counseling and education. Additionally our licensed psychologists who specialize in addiction can also provide that treatment. We can also guide you through the process.

Benefits of an Individualized Approach

Most group programs use overly structured, one-size-fits-all approaches. As a result, the group approach may not be best for you. Each individual involved in a situation like this has unique, diverse, and often complicated needs and preferences.

Below are some resources to help you learn about the laws pertaining to:

• DUIs and DWIs
• Possession charges
• Drug trafficking penalties
• Criminal proceedings

It is important to remember that the system really is designed to support individuals in these situations to get help. The system is not designed to solely punish people who have made mistakes. These experiences in life can be positive when all is said and done. Individuals can learn about themselves and their behaviors or the roles that drugs and alcohol have played in their lives. This process and learning can help you to make wonderful and helpful long term changes.

Resources

Pennsylvania’s DUI Laws and Conviction Penalties:

This webpage explains Pennsylvania’s DUI laws, fines, and penalties. It provides a defense attorney finder that searches using any given zip code.

Regarding Marijuana Decriminalization:

This web page is about marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia. Previously, people who were caught with thirty or less grams of marijuana were charged with criminal misdemeanors but are now charged with civil summary offenses under a new policy.

Addiction Psychiatry:

Addiction psychiatry is a medical subspecialty within psychiatry that focuses on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of people who have one or more disorders related to addiction. This work may include disorders involving legal and illegal drugs as well as other addictions. Addiction psychiatrists are substance use disorder experts. Individual programs with treatment, education or counseling in Philadelphia for a DUI or any other legal matter pertaining to drug or alcohol use are available. Contact an addiction psychologist like Jeremy Frank, PhD (who is also a Certified Addiction Counselor).