Mental & Emotional Wellness

Recovery Isn’t Just About Substance Use — It’s About What’s Beneath It

At In The Gap Academy, we know substance use is rarely the whole story. Behind the drinking, the drug use, the court involvement — there’s usually something deeper: trauma, loss, stress, pain, or emotional disconnection.

That’s why our Mental & Emotional Wellness services are not optional add-ons — they’re integrated, essential parts of our treatment approach.

We don’t treat people as “non-compliant.” We recognize that many clients are fighting unseen battles — and that healing those wounds is the key to long-term success.

Whether you’re managing depression, anxiety, grief, anger, or relationship conflict, we provide trauma-informed, culturally competent mental health support that helps you heal what’s underneath.

What This Category Includes

We offer multiple mental health and emotional support services as part of our recovery and reentry programs — and as stand-alone services when needed.

Individual Counseling

Private, one-on-one therapy sessions that help clients understand their patterns, build emotional resilience, and explore root causes.

Family Counseling

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. Our family therapy helps parents, partners, and loved ones communicate, reconnect, and rebuild trust.

Anger Management

Structured classes for clients struggling with reactivity, conflict, or court-ordered anger issues — built around emotional regulation, communication, and accountability.

Peer Mentorship & Support

Guidance and emotional support from trained individuals with lived experience — because sometimes the most powerful healing comes from someone who’s walked a similar path.

Why Emotional Support Is Central to Recovery

Many of our clients come from backgrounds where emotional pain has never been addressed — or even acknowledged. Unresolved trauma, community violence, family breakdown, incarceration, and systemic racism create lasting wounds that can’t be treated with abstinence alone.

That’s why we go beyond symptom management. We help clients:

Process trauma and rebuild self-worth

Improve communication and resolve conflict

Regulate emotions instead of reacting to them

Identify triggers and build healthy coping strategies

Develop trust in others and in themselves

When clients are emotionally stable, they’re more likely to stay engaged, pursue their goals, and maintain lasting recovery.

Who These Services Help

Clients enrolled in PHP, IOP, or OP who also need emotional support

Court-involved individuals referred for anger management or therapy

Parents and caregivers working to reconnect with their children

Individuals navigating trauma, grief, depression, or chronic stress

Adolescents or adults who have shut down emotionally — or blow up easily

Clients who feel stuck and don’t know why

We meet clients where they are — emotionally, culturally, and logistically. That’s why our mental health services are accessible, respectful, and tailored.

The ITG Difference: Therapy That Sees the Whole Person

Culturally responsive clinicians who reflect the communities we serve

Nonjudgmental, client-centered support that emphasizes growth over shame

Integrated care models that link therapy with housing, life skills, and recovery

Flexible scheduling and hybrid options to reduce barriers

Peer support that enhances trust, relatability, and long-term engagement

We don’t ask clients to separate their emotions from their recovery. We help them understand the connection — and use it as a path to healing.

Let’s Take the First Step Together

Most clients who come to us have tried other programs — and left feeling judged, dismissed, or stuck. What makes ITG Academy different is that we don’t just treat the symptoms. We treat the systemic barriers holding people back.

You don’t have to do this alone. And you don’t have to settle for less. ITG Academy offers treatment that transforms — because we treat the whole person.