DESC's Main Administrative Offices
The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) in Seattle, Washington, is a nonprofit organization focusing on homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness. Known for serving the most vulnerable populations, DESC offers comprehensive services, treatment, and housing for those with complex needs.
DESC's mission is to assist people experiencing homelessness, substance use disorders, and mental illness in achieving their highest potential through services and housing. In 2021, Executive Director Daniel Malone received the Champion Barrier Breaker award from CSH for DESC's impactful work. [https://www.desc.org/about/awards/]
- Specializes in treating individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
- Offers state-licensed mental health and outpatient substance use disorder treatment programs.
- Provides crisis diversion services, case management, supported employment, and on-site medical services.
- Follows a Housing First approach, offering permanent supportive housing as a first step.
DESC effectively treats addicts dealing with co-occurring disorders. Services are tailored for those who have been chronically homeless, ensuring they receive necessary care and support.
- 4 Conditions Treated
- 6 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 15 Therapies & Programs
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Substance abuse is the excessive use of any type of drug. This includes alcohol, medications and illegal drugs. Substance abuse is treated with a combination of physical and mental treatments. DESC's Main Administrative Offices patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction is one of Washington‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.
Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. DESC's Main Administrative Offices offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.
Dual-Diagnosis Treatment in Seattle, WA
A dual-diagnosis describes two medical issues that are happening at the same time. They may or may not be related. Over 50% of people with an addiction in Washington have another mental health condition. Screening for both addiction and any untreated mental health issue is essential, and individually managed by DESC's Main Administrative Offices.Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detoxification is the mainstay of drug addiction treatment. Recovery from drug addiction requires regular medical monitoring, temporary medication use, and other techniques.
If you or someone you know has a substance abuse problem in Seattle provide various methods for drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) are treatment programs suitable for people who wish to stay at home while undergoing treatment. IOPs like DESC's Main Administrative Offices make it possible for individuals to carry on with their responsibilities at work or school, in or near Seattle, WA. It’s easy to find an IOP center that offers individualized treatment protocols.
In outpatient programs at DESC's Main Administrative Offices, the Seattle resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.
Aftercare support refers to the follow-up care provided after the initial rehab program. The quality of aftercare support plays an important role in preventing relapses and sustains recovery. Aftercare support at DESC's Main Administrative Offices is personalized according to the needs of the patient in Washington.
DESC's Main Administrative Offices‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at DESC's Main Administrative Offices. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.
Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at DESC's Main Administrative Offices in Seattle, WA and consists of members from different stages of recovery.
The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.
Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at DESC's Main Administrative Offices whom are suffering from self-harming behaviors. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
515 3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone Number
(206) 464-1570
Patient Reviews
They have a good program but their substance use disorder therapist/counselor would offer a lot of things that as a client don’t even ask but don’t follow through with it. Their promise becomes a lie. They leave their clients when they were needed the most. Won’t show up to their appointments without notifying the client. That’s a blatant disregard Result? Client goin back to Drugs where they feel valued than with the person or the organization like DESC that supposed to take us off of drugs. I came to DESC looking for love and affection but what I found was more DRUGS and confusion.
Location
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515 3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98104 -
(206) 464-1570
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+), Seniors (65+), Teenagers
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ModalityGroup, Individuals
Ownership
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Seattle, Washington Addiction and Treatment
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.
Seattle, an isthmus city between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, offers diverse outdoor activities like hiking in Olympic National Park and kayaking on lakes. The city boasts a thriving arts scene, from the Seattle Opera to cutting-edge galleries, and a vibrant music culture as the birthplace of grunge. In King County, there were 141 opioid-related deaths from January 2022 to October 2023, with 90% involving Fentanyl.
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