Drug addicts can make use of out-patient therapy in the form of individual, couple or family therapy. It requires a specific treatment setting (contract governing medical treatment, fixed length of treatment and the like), and is offered by the counsellors of the

• Therapie- und HilfeCentrum - Therapy and help center
  Erkrather Str. 14 - 40233 Düsseldorf-twon centre
  Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  telephone 0211 8993 990 and fax 0211 8929 386

who have got an additional therapeutic qualification.

Out-patient drug addiction rehabilitation is a form of treatment for drug addicts that the pension plan providers or health insurers will pay for. It covers individual and group therapies over a maximum period of 18 months.

The measures can especially help you to

• cope with everyday life,
• understand the history of your own life and addiction and
• to develop prospects for the future.

Consultation hours of the drug counselling office:

• Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Saturday from 12.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
• Phone for an appointment at other times

Contact: Claudia Schrader