El Futuro
El Futuro, located in Durham, North Carolina, specializes in serving Latino immigrant families. This bilingual mental health clinic provides comprehensive outpatient services for children aged 6 and older and adults. With over 20 years of experience, El Futuro offers therapy, psychiatry, substance use treatment, and more.
El Futuro aims to create a welcoming environment of healing and hope for its clients, especially tailored to the Spanish-speaking community. They focus on providing culturally competent mental health services to meet the unique needs of Latino immigrant families.
- Employs bilingual providers to address specific cultural and language needs.
- Offers a variety of programs including youth mental health, ADHD services, and parent education.
- Provides flexible service delivery with both in-person and virtual appointments available.
- Engages in community outreach and case management to extend its support beyond the clinic.
El Futuro treats various mental health and substance use issues, focusing on the Latino community. Services are designed for children, teens, and adults, ensuring comprehensive care for all family members.
- 8 Conditions Treated
- 3 Levels of Care
- Speaks English, Spanish
- 22 Therapies & Programs
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
The inappropriate use of any drug in Durham, NC is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at El Futuro. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.
Dual-Diagnosis
When someone in North Carolina struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into El Futuro long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.
After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by El Futuro in recovering from addiction.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at El Futuro. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by El Futuro brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.
Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. El Futuro aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a treatment method to work through traumatic memories to find resolution. It may involve eye movement, hand tapping or other small movements.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
136 East Chapel Hill Street
Durham, NC 27701
Phone Number
(919) 688-7101
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Durham, North Carolina Addiction and Treatment
North Carolina ranks 29th in the nation for overall substance abuse. Many of the drugs abused in the state are illicit, and many of these are opioids. Prescription opioids are readily available due to the high rates of medical workers prescribing them. The number of prescriptions has increased tenfold since the 1980's. Opioid overdoses are the most common type of death in North Carolina.
Durham's laid-back vibe complements its abundance of parks and trails perfect for outdoor adventures. Yet, behind the scenes, a sobering reality persists: in 2020, Durham witnessed 481 opioid overdoses and a staggering 51% surge in drug-related deaths from the previous year.
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