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Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services

Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services

Drug Rehab Center in Seattle, Washington

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Mental Health
  • Drug Addiction

The Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services in Seattle, Washington is a fully-accredited mental health and addiction treatment center that provides comprehensive services to individuals dealing with addiction and substance abuse, including evaluation, counseling, detox, crisis intervention, and case management, as well as specialized treatments for specific populations.

About This Seattle, WA Facility

Located in Seattle, Washington, Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services provides a wide range of addiction and substance abuse treatment services for individuals suffering from opioid addiction, substance abuse, drug addiction, mental health, and alcoholism. The facility offers day and evening programs in addition to aftercare support services to ensure patients get the best possible care. In particular, the center offers Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Detox, and Dual-Diagnosis levels of care. Patients are provided with a comprehensive and individualized care plan to help them safely and effectively address their addiction.

Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services also provides specialized services for co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. The facility is licensed by the state of Washington and accredited by nationally-recognized organizations, including The Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. The staff utilizes evidence-based practices in treating each individual, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, and trauma-informed care. Patients also receive case management and discharge planning services to help them transition into sustainable recovery.

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

    Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally, you may be suffering from substance abuse.

    Fortunately facilities like Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services in Seattle, WA are here to help.

    Opioid addiction treatment facilities in Washington, like Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services cover both illegal and prescription opioids abuse. Most plans include detoxification and subsequent medications to ease the process. Behavioral therapies and counseling are also necessary to resolve the root cause of addiction.

    Mental Health, Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse 

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) comprise regular visits to the Washington facility that provides the therapy. IOP is suitable for patients who have been treated in residential treatment programs. Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services‘s patients gradually get back to their routine life.

    An outpatient treatment program is set up to help with alcohol or drug addiction, or a co-occurring disorder. The patient must attend the Washington facility for their therapy and other programs but are able to return home each night. The frequency of mandatory attendance decreases after much of Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services‘s program is complete.

    Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Seattle, WA, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.

    Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services‘s Therapies & Programs

    Treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success. Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services counselor. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction.

    Group therapy may occur on an inpatient or outpatient basis and involves groups of clients who have no pre-existing relationships outside the group. Group therapy differs from support groups in two primary ways: group therapy is a kind of psychotherapy and is moderated by a professional therapist at Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services in Washington.

    It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a Seattle, WA facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services understand how their feelings, beliefs, and thoughts affect their behaviors. DBT is particularly useful for people with self-harming behaviors, as well as those with substance abuse disorders. DBT teaches people how to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and how to become mindful.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.

    CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.

    Aftercare, Anger Management, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Discharge Planning, Drug Rehab, Employment Counseling / Training, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Intervention, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), Outpatient Treatment (OP), Substance Use Counseling, Trauma Therapy

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
  • Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Downtown Emergency Service Center - Clinical Services Location and Directions
    Address Information216 James St
    Seattle, Washington 98104 Phone Number(206) 464-6454 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Seattle, Washington Addiction Information

    Washington's substance use, abuse, and addiction rates have followed the trends of the rest of the over the past years. Methamphetamine abuse is the biggest threat to Washington. Heroin-related overdoses increased by almost 450% from 2006 to 2016. 20% of all annual deaths in Washington are somehow drug and/or alcohol-related. Drugs are widely abused in Washington because they are easily trafficked in and out of the state.

    In Seattle, Washington, drug addiction is a big problem. In 2016, there were nearly 500 drug overdose deaths in Seattle, with opioids responsible for most of those deaths. 4.5% of people aged 12 or older reported using psychotherapeutic drugs for nonmedical purposes. Some of the most common treatments include inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, and detox centers.

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