Studio Theatre is partnering with Whitman-Walker Health for our production of People, Places & Things. An affirming health and wellness organization rooted in 14th Street since 1978—the same year Studio was founded—Whitman-Walker Health provides stigma-free care to anyone who walks through their doors.
Whitman-Walker’s Substance Use Treatment Programs (often referred to in the community as WWAS) focus on changing drinking and drug using behaviors, treating patients in community, and integrating both mental health and substance use concerns in their treatment programs. They offer specialized programs for methamphetamine users, heroin and opioid users, and those whose substance use and sexual behaviors have become strongly linked.
Outpatient Substance Use Treatment: An evening, abstinence-based program, aimed at supporting those who experience problems related to both substance use and mental health. The purpose of the program is to help you achieve abstinence, sobriety, and recovery from alcohol and substance use, avoid or manage returns to use, and to stabilize common mental health challenges like depression and anxiety.
Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD): Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) is for people who would like to quit using opioids such as heroin, fentanyl, or prescription pain medication. The program involves taking the medication buprenorphine (Suboxone) to manage withdrawal symptoms and, eventually, to slowly decrease and stop opioid use.
Harm Reduction: For many people, choosing abstinence or complete sobriety is the best option for interrupting substance use or reducing harm. For other people, abstinence may not be their goal; perhaps they want to quit using one drug that’s causing them problems, but they still want to drink. Harm Reduction offers the invitation to really look at your using, drinking or other behaviors, to be curious and honest about the context and impact of these behaviors, and to experiment with making changes. This therapy and education group offers you the opportunity to reflect on your relationship and experiences with alcohol and drugs in a non-judgmental space, and with the support and guidance of a therapist.
National Suicide Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
The Trevor Project Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386 (for LGBTQ+ youth)
Crisis Text Line: text "GO" to 741741
DC Mental Health Access Line: 1-888-793-4357