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Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services

Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services

Drug Rehab Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee

  • Mental Health

Fortwood Mental Health Center in Chattanooga provides a wide range of mental health services and treatments, including DBT and trauma therapy, aimed at helping clients struggling with addiction and other issues.

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About This Chattanooga, TN Facility

The Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services in Chattanooga, TN is a dedicated facility that has been providing mental health services since its founding in 1948. The center offers a range of treatments and services to meet the individual needs of clients, including Aftercare Support, Intensive Outpatient, and Outpatient services. These services focus on mental health issues and helping those struggling with addictions. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Life Skills, Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma Therapy are just some of the methods and treatments available.

The center accepts private health insurance and is affiliated with the McNabb Center. All services are provided in a safe, supportive atmosphere to ensure the best possible outcomes for each client. Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services is dedicated to helping those in need of mental health care and is committed to providing quality care.

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

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

    Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) comprise regular visits to the Tennessee facility that provides the therapy. IOP is suitable for patients who have been treated in residential treatment programs. Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child 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 Tennessee facility for their therapy and other programs but are able to return home each night. The frequency of mandatory attendance decreases after much of Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services‘s program is complete.

    Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Chattanooga, TN, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.

    Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services‘s Therapies & Programs

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

    Results have proven the positive impact of family therapy on a recovering patient’s journey to sobriety. Patients at Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services in Chattanooga, Tennessee who receive generous support from their loved ones have better chances of completing their recovery process and maintaining their sobriety.

    When family members are more proactive and involved in the treatment procedure, it encourages the patient to advance his or her progress. Moreover, it shouldn’t be ignored that genetics play a role when it comes to addiction, so it’s better to approach the problem as a unit. Also, with proper education, family members can help an individual avoid addiction triggers and guide him or her in making lifestyle changes necessary for his or her sobriety.

    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 Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services in Tennessee.

    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 Chattanooga, TN facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child 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.

    In the midst of an addiction certain healthy habits and behaviors can be forgotten or discarded altogether. While in treatment you will learn life skills that will help you successfully maintain sobriety and rebuild your life in Chattanooga, TN. Some examples of this are time management, social skills, nutrition, hygiene, stress management and taking care of yourself.

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    Additional Details

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    Fortwood Mental Health Center - Child Services Location and Directions
    Address Information1028 E 3rd St
    Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403 Phone Number(423) 266-6751 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Chattanooga, Tennessee Addiction Information

    Tennessee joins the list of states with an above-average rate for drug and/or alcohol-induced deaths. Most of these deaths are related to opioids, such as prescription opioids. The Volunteer State ranks 2nd highest in the nation for the number of prescriptions given out. The state also ranks at the top for prescription drug-related overdoses.

    In 2013 there were 677 admissions to substance abuse treatment facilities in Chattanooga, TN, for various drugs, including alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. In 2016, 17.2 per 100,000 population overdose deaths in Tennessee. The majority of these overdose deaths involved an opioid. From 2013 to 2016, the number of people admitted to rehab for heroin addiction increased by 226%. Common treatments in Chattanooga include inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, and 12-Step programs.

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