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Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers

Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers

Drug Rehab Center in Yonkers, New York

  • Mental Health
  • Eating Disorder

Andrus Children’s Center-Yonkers is a mental health treatment facility located in Yonkers, New York which offers evidence-based, personalized treatment in the forms of individual, couples, family, and group therapies, nutrition therapy, and trauma therapy to help manage mental health and eating disorders.

About This New York Facility

The Andrus Children’s Center-Yonkers is committed to providing mental health and eating disorder treatment for individuals and families. They provide services for adults, children, couples, and families in order to manage difficulties resulting from anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. Their range of treatment options are evidence-based and include dialectical behavior therapy, family therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy, among other options. Additionally, individuals and families can benefit from nutrition therapy and trauma therapy for long-term healing.

At Andrus Children’s, their team of mental health specialists are dedicated to helping clients understand and resolve their issues, providing a safe and accepting environment. The center is located in Yonkers, New York and accepts private health insurance as well as being affiliated with the Alta Care Group. They provide both inpatient and outpatient services that are tailored to individual needs, offering the best care possible. With a broad variety of services, Andrus Children’s Center can provide support, healing, and the tools necessary to help manage mental health issues.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Multiple Centers
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    Levels of Care Offered at Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Inpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Inpatient programs are intensive regimes that require individuals suffering from serious addictions to admit themselves into a controlled environment. Inpatient programs in New York generally span over 28 days to six months. The first step in an inpatient program is medically assisted detox. Doctors and addiction specialists at Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers monitor the individual’s vital signs as the drugs leave their system. Some inpatient rehab programs also provide counseling for family members to provide encouragement and emotional support. In inpatient programs, patients have access to 24-hour medical supervision.

    To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the New York patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.

    Therapies & Programs

    Therapy plays a major role in addiction recovery. It encourages patients to get to the root of their addiction and learn how to better handle the issues that led to using. Therapy can be conducted in group and one on one settings. In Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers‘s individual therapy, the patient meets with the therapist in a one on one setting. This allows them to focus on the underlying issues of addiction and come up with solutions to prevent future abuse.

    One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Addiction involves everyone in a family, not only the addict. Couples therapy can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged.

    When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.

    Attending group therapy at Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers in Yonkers, New York allows those seeking sobriety to realize they are not alone in their battles. This is when a group of people all in different phases of recovery get together and speak about their battles. They talk about their triggers, their successes, their failures, and the things they can do to get on and stay on a sober path. These sessions also teach life skills, communication, healthy habits, and can include alternative types of therapy.

    Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers in Yonkers, NY move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.

    Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a method of individual and/or group counseling in Yonkers, New York that focuses on acceptance and change. It was developed to advance the idea of balancing opposites. It is a coping method of avoiding black and white approach to situations and problems. DBT can be very effective in developing coping strategies for negative emotions and experiences, and is available for patients at Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers.
    The relationship between the thoughts, feelings, and actions of a patient is explored by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). As an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol in Yonkers, New York, it helps to create a balanced response to thoughts and feelings. Effective communication between users and those around them is also encouraged. It is an efficient treatment for individuals suffering from all sorts of addictions, professionally provided by Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers.

    Addiction commonly results in malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence. Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers will help you get back on track.

    Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low-dose nicotine drugs to eliminate tobacco addiction from smokers. Without smoking, the treatment at Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers in Yonkers, NY brings nicotine into the bloodstream to minimize dependence on the physical habit, while detoxing the body from the attachment. To alleviate withdrawal symptoms, it also helps abusers to adapt to lower doses over time.

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers

    This is a type of therapy that involves activity to recreate situations that may have caused trauma or negative emotions. Experiential therapy at Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers in Yonkers, NY can involve acting, props, arts and crafts, animal care or other tools that may be effective.

    This therapy is done on an individual basis and can help revisit and heal from past traumas. Trust between the therapist and individual is important for success. Experiential therapy can help you more closely become you and move through life in a positive and authentic manner.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Andrus Childrens Center - Yonkers Location and Directions
    Address Information1156 N Broadway
    Yonkers, New York 10701 Phone Number(914) 965-3700 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Yonkers, New York Addiction Information

    More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.

    The drug addiction problem in Yonkers, New York, is relatively bad. Around 9% of the population in Yonkers abuses drugs. There were 1,549 admissions to drug rehab facilities in Yonkers in 2014, which is only expected to increase further. Some of the commonly abused substances are legal, and some are illegal drugs like cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. Treatment typically lasts 30 days but the length depends on the individual's needs.

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