Outpatient treatment gives rehabilitation clients the ability to maintain specific responsibilities and aspects of their life-style while getting involved in drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. Outpatient treatment is a moderate level of rehabilitation, and should not be mistaken for the level of treatment offered in an inpatient or residential rehabilitation program which can be much more intensive. Outpatient treatment might be ideal for someone who has a short history of substance abuse for instance, but will certainly not be sufficient for someone whose treatment needs go beyond that which outpatient treatment is able to offer. Individuals involved in drug and alcohol use often need an extreme environmental change, because many of the things that prompt their drug abuse are strictly environmental. By way of example, if someone else has been physically or emotionally mistreated and this is prompting their drug abuse, there is no way for any rehabilitation efforts to have success whenever they return to such circumstances each day. In outpatient treatment, clients can take advantage of group and individual counseling, along with family therapy services. In outpatient treatment, most centers offer services six or seven days each week on either a part time or full time schedule for four weeks or longer in some cases.