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Schwerin city council secures more money for addiction counseling!
The Schwerin city council has decided to financially strengthen addiction counseling, despite resistance from the administration.
Schwerin city council secures more money for addiction counseling!
On October 5, 2025, the Schwerin city council decided to significantly improve the financing of addiction and drug counseling. In doing so, she stood against the resistance of the city administration and mayor Dr. Rico Badenschier through. According to a motion submitted by the parliamentary groups Die Linke and ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS/Die PARTEI, the resolution obliges the city administration to increase subsidies for addiction and drug counseling in order to ensure the long-term financing of 4.5 skilled workers. Schwerin.news reports that…
This decision is a response to the growing need for advice in the city. The city administration initially rejected the application, citing the “precarious budget situation”. She argued that the requested increase was “unaffordable.” Only an increase in donations of 5,000 euros was considered feasible. But the members of the city council warned urgently against a possible closure of the advice center on the Dreesch without additional financial resources.
The addiction counseling center’s offerings
The Schwerin addiction and drug counseling center is aimed at various target groups, such as people with alcohol abuse, dependence on illegal drugs, problematic gambling behavior and their relatives. The goals of the counseling center include psychosocial care for people at risk of addiction as well as support for relatives and friends. Schwerin.de states that…
- Kostenlose, anonyme und vertrauliche Gespräche angeboten werden.
- Krisenintervention und verhaltenstherapeutisch orientierte Einzel- und Gruppengespräche durchgeführt werden.
- Einrichtungen zur Vermittlung in Entzugs- und Entwöhnungsbehandlungen bereitgestellt werden.
- Selbsthilfegruppen sowie Nachsorgeeinrichtungen zur Verfügung stehen.
- Die Beratung auch in Kooperation mit der Carl-Friedrich-Flemming-Klinik angeboten wird.
It is particularly important that these services are also accessible to the relatives of affected people. You will find support and new perspectives in the advice center.
The process of consultation
The advice center offers clients the opportunity to clarify their questions in an initial conversation. The topics often initially seem to have little to do with substance use or problematic behavior. In many cases the connection only becomes clear after several conversations. DHS emphasizes that... Ultimately, clients and families better understand how their experiences relate to addiction and behavior.
The goals of counseling can range from outpatient therapy to inpatient treatment. These treatments always start with weaning and end with aftercare in order to help those affected in the long term. Suggestions for self-help groups and addresses for aftercare are also part of the offer.
This new financial support from the city council is intended not only to improve advice, but also to relieve the burden on other institutions such as hospitals, police and youth welfare offices. It is therefore not only in the interest of those affected, but of society as a whole that this decision is successfully implemented.