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Freedom of Choice Healthcare

Drug Rehab Center in Union City, New Jersey

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

Freedom of Choice Healthcare in Union City, NJ offers affordable and high-quality medical and behavioral health services, including addiction and substance abuse treatment, with a comprehensive, individualized approach utilizing evidence-based practices to provide holistic care.

About This New Jersey Facility

Freedom of Choice Healthcare in Union City, New Jersey offers high-quality, affordable medical and behavioral health services, including addiction and substance abuse treatment. Founded in 1983, Freedom of Choice Healthcare is dedicated to providing quality and accessible care to those suffering from addiction and other behavioral health issues. They offer a variety of successful and innovative treatment plans, utilizing evidence-based practices to provide comprehensive, holistic care.

Freedom of Choice Healthcare recognizes the complexity of addiction and substance abuse and offers a comprehensive, individualized approach to treat the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors involved. This includes medication-assisted treatments, psychotherapy, and relapse prevention groups. They also offer access to sober living, family programs, and career preparation.

Freedom of Choice Healthcare is accredited by the Joint Commission, licensed by the State of New Jersey, and has received the National Quality Achievement Award from the Joint Commission. Their focus on evidence-based practices and continual improvement has earned them recognition from the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation as well as an exemplary customer service award from the American Cancer Society.

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

    The inappropriate use of any drug in Union City, NJ is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Freedom of Choice Healthcare. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.

    Opioid addiction is known as a high-risk factor for future heroin addiction. Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable and lead the user to continue to use. It is recommended to receive inpatient treatment and a medically supervised detox, Freedom of Choice Healthcare in Union City, NJ offers treatment for opioids.

    A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.

    Levels of Care Offered at Freedom of Choice Healthcare

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

    Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) comprise regular visits to the New Jersey facility that provides the therapy. IOP is suitable for patients who have been treated in residential treatment programs. Freedom of Choice Healthcare‘s patients gradually get back to their routine life.

    In outpatient programs at Freedom of Choice Healthcare, the Union City 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.

    Partial hospitalization program (PHP) offered by Freedom of Choice Healthcare is an alternate option for inpatient rehabs or residential programs. The patients stay in a Union City facility closer to the New Jersey treatment center and attend the different forms of therapy for several hours a day. Treatment duration varies from one to six months.

    Not everyone who struggles with addiction in New Jersey is ready to go into a treatment program. For these individuals, intervention services may help. Friends and family of the individual can call and set up an intervention. We have a professional come and lead the discussion.

    Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at Freedom of Choice Healthcare helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Union City, NJ, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.

    Therapies & Programs

    Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Freedom of Choice Healthcare helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Freedom of Choice Healthcare 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.

    Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With Freedom of Choice Healthcare in Union City, New Jersey, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

    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.

    Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending Freedom of Choice Healthcare in Union City, New Jersey the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. REBT is a method of specific counseling offered by Freedom of Choice Healthcare that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts.

    A 12-Step Program is a common method that is used to treat addiction. This format is used for both drug and alcohol treatment. It is extremely popular and successful for large numbers of people and the staff at Freedom of Choice Healthcare are trained to assist in 12-step management.

    Contingency Management (CM), also known as motivational incentives or prize method, is a behavioral therapy type. It is based on the principle that their consequences influence the behaviors of an individual. So, it promotes the desired behavior by giving rewards while discouraging the unwanted behaviors by withholding the rewards or even by giving punishments. One of the expected desired behavior is the absence of drug in a toxicology screen, and the rewards vary from prize or vouchers, to experiences. CM is used for individuals who need therapy for more than 3 months, and it has the advantage of being implemented by family members.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

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    Freedom of Choice Healthcare Location and Directions
    Address Information533 32nd St
    Union City, New Jersey 7087 Phone Number(201) 766-6617 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Union City, New Jersey Addiction Information

    The state of New Jersey is afflicted by the rising opioid overdose crisis and the increase in the number of residents engaging in illegal substance abuse. 90% of the 2,900 drug overdose deaths in New Jersey involved opioids in 2018. Over 1.1 million New Jersey residents reportedly use drugs in a given year. High prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse caused 14% of all deaths in the state between 2008 and 2017.

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