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Gandara Residential Services for Women

Drug Rehab Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts

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

Located in Holyoke, MA and established in 1977, Gandara Residential Services for Women is a SAMHSA accredited and state licensed addiction treatment facility providing a variety of services for those struggling with alcohol and drug addiction, including opioid addiction treatment, dual-diagnosis treatment, substance abuse treatment and aftercare support.

About This Holyoke, MA Facility

Gandara Residential Services for Women, located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is an addiction treatment facility that was established in 1977. With a focus on helping women suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, opioid addiction, substance abuse, and dual diagnosis, the center offers a range of comprehensive services. The facility is accredited by SAMHSA and holds a state license, ensuring that it meets the highest standards of quality and care. Gandara Residential Services for Women also accepts private health insurance, making their services accessible to a wider range of individuals in need.

At Gandara Residential Services for Women, individuals can expect to receive a variety of addiction treatment services tailored to their unique needs. The facility provides aftercare support, drug rehab, dual-diagnosis treatment, inpatient care, and intervention services. These offerings ensure that patients receive comprehensive and holistic care throughout their recovery journey. By providing a safe and supportive environment, Gandara Residential Services for Women helps women overcome addiction and achieve long-lasting sobriety.

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

    State License

    SAMHSA

    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. Gandara Residential Services for Women patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.

    Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment

    Opioid addiction is one of Massachusetts‘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. Gandara Residential Services for Women offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

    Dual-Diagnosis Treatment in Holyoke, MA

    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 Massachusetts have another mental health condition. Screening for both addiction and any untreated mental health issue is essential, and individually managed by Gandara Residential Services for Women.

    Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), 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, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Intervention, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Inpatient Drug Rehab

    When a patient checks into Gandara Residential Services for Women, inpatient care takes place. Patients undergo treatment that requires detoxification and counseling round the clock. While outpatient treatments are available, as the first phase in recovery, inpatient care is suggested. Intensive and thorough rehabilitation sets patients on the road to a drug-free life.

    Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.

    People involved in substance abuse usually are in a state of denial over the harmful effects of their changed behavior. They believe that they can overcome the addiction on their own. Intervention services in Massachusetts offered by Gandara Residential Services for Women help family members to motivate the affected individual to seek external support.

    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 Gandara Residential Services for Women is personalized according to the needs of the patient in Massachusetts.

    Gandara Residential Services for Women‘s Therapies & Programs

    Individual Therapy

    Addiction in Holyoke, Massachusetts can occur due to a wide variety of reasons. Understanding your addiction and the best methods for maintaining sobriety involves learning about yourself. Gandara Residential Services for Women treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

    Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Gandara Residential Services for Women. 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.

    Family Counseling + Treatment

    Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and Gandara Residential Services for Women understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring Massachusetts families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

    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 Gandara Residential Services for Women in Holyoke, MA 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.

    Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a method of specific counseling that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts with positive and productive behaviors. Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. You may not be aware that some unhealthy behaviors and thoughts are sabotaging your potential accomplishments.

    The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment offered at Gandara Residential Services for Women. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics anonymous. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring. It refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.

    Some people refer to contingency management, or CM, as motivational incentives. This type of therapy is a reconditioning of the mind and responses of the body. The point of CM is to help the body understand the proper responses to behaviors should be, as well as the effects that come with both problematic and desired behaviors. The more positive choices a person makes, the more incentives they will receive, all managed with sobriety goals by Gandara Residential Services for Women in Holyoke, MA.

    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 in Massachusetts.

    12-Step Facilitation, Aftercare, Anger Management, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Contingency management/motivational incentives, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Discharge Planning, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, Hepatitis Education / Counseling / Support, HIV or AIDS education, Individual Therapy, Inpatient Treatment, Intervention, Life Skills, Matrix Model, Motivational Interviewing, Naloxone and overdose education, Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Sober-Living / Half-Way, Substance Use Counseling, Trauma Therapy

    Payment Options Accepted

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

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    Gandara Residential Services for Women Location and Directions
    Address Information507 Appleton St
    Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040 Phone Number(413) 540-9881 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Holyoke, Massachusetts Addiction Information

    Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the country. More than half a million Massachusetts residents abuse alcohol while more than 1.5 million use illegal drugs each year. This drug and alcohol usage is the cause of over 8% of all deaths in the state. In 2017, Massachusetts ranked in the top 10 of the states with the highest opioid overdose rates.

    Holyoke had a heroin overdose rate of 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2016. In 2015, there were nearly 8,000 hospitalizations due to opioid overdoses. More than 1,000 residents in Holyoke are addicted to drugs or alcohol. This number continues to rise, which means that the problem is only worsening. Drug treatment facilities in Holyoke can vary in their approach, but most will offer a combination of therapies to overcome addiction.

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