Restorative Counseling Services, LLC
Clinician-led, structured group programs for court-referred individuals. Birmingham, Alabama, with secure video delivery to Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery.
No cost to the referring municipality. Program fees are paid by the participant.
CBT was chosen because the outcome research supports it. It targets the connection between thought, emotion, and behavior, teaching participants to identify and restructure the thinking patterns that drive aggression, impulsivity, poor decision-making, and relational conflict.
Decades of research consistently identify CBT as one of the most effective interventions available for reducing recidivism among justice-involved populations. Because it is skill-based, participants leave with strategies they keep using. That produces measurable long-term change rather than compliance that ends the day the court order does.
Every group is led by clinicians trained in CBT, with both a male and a female facilitator present.
Domestic violence and batterer intervention referrals
26 weeks · 1.5 hrs weekly | or 6-week intensive · 5 hrs
Anger, aggression, and impulsivity referrals
6–10 weeks · 1.5 hrs weekly
Shoplifting, theft, and property offenses
5 weeks · 1 hr weekly
Substance use and related offenses
12 weeks · 1.5 hrs weekly
Parenting, custody, and family reunification
8 weeks · 1.5 hrs weekly
Contact us to discuss minimum enrollment for on-site programming.
In collaboration with Shelby County, RCS renamed its domestic violence program to Healthy Relationships and its anger management program to Emotion Regulation.
Over the past year we have observed noticeably lower resistance and stronger engagement among court-ordered participants, particularly where the referred individual has been both victim and offender and a stigmatizing label makes early buy-in harder.
Clinical content, program length, and court requirements are unchanged. The framing invites participation instead of defensiveness.
Monique Johnson, LPC-S, RPT-S, CCBT, TF-CBT
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
A Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor with 27 years in social services, specializing in court-ordered and high-risk populations. Certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and Trauma-Focused CBT clinician.
Holds an Ed.S. in Counseling and Supervision from UAB, teaches CBT at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and is completing a doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision.