Reality Counseling Services has been providing quality outpatient substance abuse services in mid and west Michigan since 1994.  Our mission from the beginning has been to deliver quality outpatient prevention, education and treatment services to individuals with substance abuse issues who have come in contact with the legal system.  We began in Lansing in February 1994, and have grown consistantly over the past fourteen years. We have been in Grand Rapids / Wyoming for over ten years, and also have locations in Rockford and Holland.

Our belief was that court-mandated clients represented the largest interface between substance abusers and thier oppurtunity for healthy change. We further believed that this population was under-served due to the adversarial relationship that existed between the traditional counseling culture and court systems. While both entities sought to improve the lives of substance abusers / offenders, and reduce recidivism, the advantages generated by collaboration were not being effectively deployed. We believed that directly confronting denial, holding clients accountable, and utilizing the advantages gained through the behavioral compliance provided by the court system offered a unique oppurtunity for the client, as well as the counseling community and the courts.

Over the past decade and a half we have been honored to be a part of the strengthening  relationship  between the counseling community and the courts,  and have been priviledged to  be involved in significant advancements in our profession such as the rise of Drug Treatment Courts and Sobriety Courts.

We believe more strongly than ever that collaboration between the counseling community and the court systems is producing unprecedented results for our clients, our profession, the courts, and the communities we serve.