Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center
Drug Rehab Center in Lowell, Massachusetts
Arbour Lowell Treatment Center is an accredited 41 bed addiction treatment facility offering comprehensive evidence-based programs, Dual Diagnosis treatments, psychotherapeutic counseling, medication management, and aftercare support to help individuals reach lasting sobriety.
About This Massachusetts Facility
Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, the Lowell Treatment Center, a 41-bed facility nested in the Solomon Mental Health building, offers a broad spectrum of services aimed at rehabilitation. Its proximity to Lowell General Hospital enhances its capability to provide comprehensive care. Unique for its inclusive approach, the center caters to both adolescents and adults, facilitating inpatient hospitalization and partial hospitalization programs.
The center's adherence to superior care standards is validated by its CARF and JCAHO accreditations. It's distinguished not only by its commitment to quality but also by its broad treatment spectrum, addressing dual diagnosis, mental health disorders, substance abuse, alcoholism, and opioid addiction. These accreditations highlight the center's dedication to delivering superior patient care and treatment outcomes.
- Comprehensive Care Spectrum: Offers a wide range of treatment programs including Detox, Residential, Inpatient, and Outpatient services.
- Certified Excellence: Accredited by both CARF and JCAHO, ensuring high-quality standards in healthcare services.
- Accessibility: Accepts private health insurance, making it more accessible for individuals seeking quality treatment.
Lowell Treatment Center is adept at treating a variety of addictions and issues, specifically focusing on dual diagnosis, substance abuse, alcoholism, and opioid addiction. Treatment methods encompass a mix of Inpatient, Partial-Hospitalization, and Outpatient care, designed to support individuals through each step of their recovery journey.
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CARF
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance abuse typically leads to addiction, which requires specialized treatment programs at Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center to address. Many people benefit from inpatient drug rehabilitation, which includes inpatient acute care and residential rehabilitation. Other levels of care include intensive outpatient therapy, individual counseling, and support groups. Family therapy is also an essential part of treatment for substance abuse.
A combination of treatments is often needed to treat drug abuse issues effectively. In the case of drug abuse, there is no easy answer or one-size-fits-all cure.
Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in Massachusetts curb their drug use. The selection of a treatment setting depends on the severity of the addiction. Mild cases are usually treated in outpatient facilities; severe cases need hospitalization or treatment in a residential facility. Doctors use medicines along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat the addiction. The treatment includes medication, counseling and therapy. It can also include group counseling, individual counseling and family counseling.
People with dual diagnosis have coexisting addiction and a mental disorder. 9.2 million US adults had a co-occurring disorder in 2018, so not just limited to Massachusetts residents. Best treatment combines medication, psychotherapy (talk therapy), support group, and inpatient rehabilitation. Sometimes, complementary therapies – yoga, massage, and acupuncture – may also be used.
Levels of Care Offered at Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Intervention, Outpatient, Partial-Hospitalization, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detox is the stage of recovery where the drugs or alcohol are entirely removed from your body. There are two different ways to detox, with medications and without. For many drugs and alcohol, the acute phase of detox can be completed in a number of days.
Inpatient rehab means living at the Lowell, MA facility while all aspects of an addiction or co-occurring disorder get addressed. This helps limit the distractions and increase the focus on recovery. Typical inpatient rehab stays are approximately one month long.
Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center offers an Intensive Outpatient Program is for those who need intensive care but prefer to spend the majority of their time in the comfort of their own home. The rehabilitation services differ in length and intensity. They are customized to meet the needs of the patient.
Outpatient treatment plans cover diagnosis, detoxification, management, and counseling. They are a popular option for those who have graduated from inpatient facilities. Services in Massachusetts include medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and individual and group therapy.
A partial hospitalization program (PHP) is a short-term form of intensive rehab, usually for those with acute symptoms that are hard to manage but don’t require 24-hour care. PHPs have structured programming (i.e. individual and/or group therapy), and usually meet 3-5 days a week for around 6 hours (i.e. 9am-3m). Some PHPs are residential (patients sleep on site) and some are not, so patients sleep at home. PHPs can last from 1-6 months, and some offer transportation and meals.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
Not everyone dealing with addiction is prepared to engage in a recovery program. Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center‘s Intervention Programs can be beneficial for these individuals. The individual’s friends and family will call and set up an intervention in or near Lowell, MA, and at which a specialist will come and lead the discussion.
After treatment, addiction treatment can be frightening for newly sober people. Aftercare support provided by Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center is designed to give resources and help on a continued basis. It can involve finding housing in and around Massachusetts, setting up 12-step meeting groups, continued medical monitoring, and counseling.
Therapies & Programs
Couples therapy aims to rebuild the trust between the partners. Partner’s involvement in the process will result in greater chances of treatment success. Couples therapy addresses financial issues, loss of trust, lack of intimacy, and physical abuse.
Family therapy is a set of therapeutic approaches that assumes that the entire family is a system. It utilizes the strengths and resources of the family to help the patient refrain from resorting to substance abuse. The impact of substance abuse is not just on the patient but on the entire family. Family therapy ensures that the patient gets adequate support from the family members after the treatment making the recovery process sustainable
- Family therapy guides all the members of the family to help the patient.
- It helps to repair relationships and improve communication between family members.
- It helps to keep the patient engaged and motivated throughout the treatment.
Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Finding a peer group in Lowell, MA and others who relate to your situation is a fundamental tool for recovery at Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. The accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. This is generally introduced early in recovery and is recommended as a lifetime treatment habit.
Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. This may involve Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center managing individual or group counseling or both. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
A type of cognitive-behavioral therapy is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. It is intended for those who are vulnerable to self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center aims to help patients understand the connection between their feelings, emotions, and behaviors and provide them with the tools to make a difference in Lowell, MA. For those whose addictions and habits originate from severe mental health problems, it is beneficial.
Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders. If not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders. CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern. It can be administered as a monotherapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that help an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally, and withdraw from social interaction due to addiction’s physical and emotional disturbances.
Life skills therapy helps people in Massachusetts improve various personal, professional, and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision-making, time management, regulation of emotions, and effectively resolving interpersonal conflicts.
The first three steps depend on the patient, so they are more specific and situational. The succeeding four steps center on practical issues brought on by substance abuse. Steps 8 and 9 deal with the social and emotional repercussions of addiction, encouraging patients to make amends to people they have wronged. These are followed by two steps revolving around the further exploration and reinforcement of Steps 1 to 9.
The last step requires an individual to extend a helping hand to people who are still in the early stages of their recovery.
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Creative Arts
Creative arts therapy, or expressive therapy, is beneficial to those battling addiction. It can include writing, music, drama, art and other forms of self-expression. It improves the patient’s emotional state and allows them to focus on something other than addiction. It allows Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center to examine how their feelings and emotions play out through the creative process.
Experiential Therapy at Arbour Counseling Services - Lowell Treatment Center
Experiential therapy works by using tools and activities to recreate past experiences. Role-playing, arts and crafts, music, animal care, rock climbing, etc. are some of the activities used in this therapy. It is different from medication and talk therapy and suits those who have difficulty expressing themselves.
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391 Varnum St
Lowell, MA 01854
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Lowell, Massachusetts Addiction Information
Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the country. More than half a million Massachusetts residents abuse alcohol while more than 1.5 million use illegal drugs each year. This drug and alcohol usage is the cause of over 8% of all deaths in the state. In 2017, Massachusetts ranked in the top 10 of the states with the highest opioid overdose rates.
Lowell, MA, has seen a rise in opioid addiction and abuse in recent years. In 2010, drug-related death rates were 18.1 per 100,000 people in Lowell, MA. In 2015, there were 5 overdose deaths related to prescription opioids in Lowell. In 2012, 10% of adults at least 26 years old had used an illicit drug.
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