Ku Aloha Ola Mau
1130 North Nimitz Highway Suite C-302
Honolulu, HI 96817
About Ku Aloha Ola Mau
Kū Aloha Ola Mau has been around since 1976. Their holistic addiction recovery center is located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The name of their center means “stand lovingly and compassionately in everlasting life and health,” and they use this as their motto. They help about 400 clients every day by helping them recover from heroin, cocaine, alcohol or other substances.
They provide medication assisted treatment as well as traditional Hawaiian healing methods. They also serve families that are impacted by the substance abuse of one of their loved ones. There’s an array of clinical treatments, and their team includes certified substance abuse counselors, marriage and family therapists, doctors and registered nurses and volunteers. You can also get telehealth services for optimal convenience.
Services at the Honolulu clinic include screening and assessment, prevention, and either intensive outpatient or outpatient treatment depending on the severity of your addiction. I like that they do outreach and present to community groups on request.
Their medication assisted treatment program provides clients with FDA-approved medication including methadone and buprenorphine to combat opioid use disorders. You can get either short or long term detox and maintenance doses.
As part of your treatment, you’ll get access to a counselor for individual therapy. In these private sessions, you’ll explore the root causes of your addiction and also learn how to reframe your thoughts. You’ll set recovery goals and work towards them. In group sessions, you and a small group of peers will be facilitated by a counselor as you share your experiences, ask and answer questions and learn together.
I like that they also offer prenatal counseling for expectant parents as well as HIV prevention education.
Their Hui program is based on spiritual practices that use traditional cultural healing practices and ceremonies that are also proven in the addiction fields.