Reliance Counseling, LLC. is your premier provider of professional assessment. The extent to which the loss of your driver’s license impacts everyday life, career, family, and mental health knows no end. Reliance understands and empathizes with this plight and wants to partner with you on your road back to freedom.
Reliance services individuals regardless of legal representation and can provide experience, knowledge, and advocacy to aid in facilitation of the restoration process.
Restoration programs can be expensive and time consuming and there are many options to choose from. The challenge of selecting the best course of action is daunting to say the least. You need a program that is designed for you and an expert who is capable of working alongside yourself, support systems, and your legal representation if you have it. Whether you work with an attorney or not, Reliance Counseling, LLC. is your best choice in the Southwestern Wayne County and Downriver communities.
Reliance Counseling, LLC. is competent in evaluating your circumstances and next course of action. We have identified three phases to help you in this process:
Post-Adjudication Phase: After sentencing and removal, suspension, or restriction of driving privileges, we will work together to craft a treatment regimen that satisfies the courts requirements to request a hearing and have a solid-standing.
Treatment Phase: It is necessary that you are involved in substance abuse treatment in some capacity. Individual, group therapy, and programs marketed toward offenders are all good options, however they may not be long-term. Therapy alone will not improve your outcome. Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are proven to be ideal in treating substance use disorders as well as rehabilitating individuals with driving offenses. Your reinstatement hinges on treatment validity and a program of at least 1-year garners your best chance when it is time for a hearing.
Hearing Phase: There are timelines for the submission of evaluations and supporting documents. Navigating this process and coordinating these tasks can prove difficult and is not easy to accomplish independently. You will need an advocate like Reliance to support you professionally through these matters as well as provide you with respectable and competent treatment that reflects well on your bid to regain licensure.
Reliance will consult with you and your legal counsel as needed. We can also coordinate with your probation officer to provide updates regarding treatment and implement interventions that support court requirements during this time. When you are eligible for reinstatement we will provide you with several high-quality assessments:
SOS-258 Substance Use Evaluation for alcohol and drugs. This form is mandatory and used in tandem with the SOS-257 Request for Hearing form. Reliance will complete the document during the evaluation process and ensure accuracy of the information therein.
Your assessment will include data that encompasses criteria outlined by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). This assessment criteria provides the hearing Judge with information necessary to answer questions regarding your past, present, and future regarding your substance abuse. Potential for relapse, biological and physical health conditions, mental health, readiness to change, and potential for future problems all play a major role in decision of the Judge regarding your license. Reliance’s evaluation process ensures your most comprehensive chance. This option is included in the standard evaluation fee.
ONSITE DRUG SCREENING
Your assessment requires a laboratory report from a 12-Panel Urinalysis Drug Screen. These screens are important and their is a cottage-industry that capitalizes on the expense that is incurred in drug screens. We partner with an industry leader to reduce the expense of the screen itself saving you hundreds of dollars in the process. Reliance will conduct and on-site collection and have the results delivered to yourself, attorney, and Reliance for use in the evaluation process. We also include confirmation testing for any positive results that may be due to prescribed medications necessary for chronic health conditions, which explains to the Judge what created the positive screen and provide subsequent evidence supporting the need for the medication causing the result. This option is included in the standard evaluation fee. You may waive the test and secure your own from an independent provider if you elect to do so.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBTLE SCREENING INVENTORY (SASSI)
Your assessment will also include the renowned Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI). This is a psychological screening measure that is employed through the computer and is a multiple choice format. This test will deliver an expert summary of results that are interpreted based on your choices and give the hearing Judge an expert analysis of the likelihood of a substance use disorder and whether or not you are likely to change or remain the same in your using habits. If you want your license back, this instrument is a powerful tool for your cause. Reliance provides this as an optional instrument to include in your assessment.
BEHAVIORS & ATTITUDES DRINKING & DRIVING SCALE (BADDS)
Your assessment will also include the evidence-based psychological scale that measures attitudes, behaviors, and intervention effectiveness related to impaired driving, known as the Behaviors & Attitudes Drinking & Driving Scale (BADDS). For individuals who were involved in a driving offense with alcohol, this instrument additionally demonstrates how your attitude and behavior at the time of the incident and again at the time of your evaluation. Engaging in treatment with Reliance Counseling, LLC. at the time of your sentencing allows a “pre-test” to be administered that allows a follow up evaluation one year later to clinically illustrate your progress and improvement. Reliance provides this as an optional instrument to include in your assessment.
Lastly, you will receive copies of the evaluation and accompanying test results if you elected them as a part of the assessment process. These documents will also be provided to the Michigan Department of State or your attorney if represented by one.