Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services
Drug Rehab Center in Boston, Massachusetts
The Gavin Foundation is a CARF-accredited addiction recovery center in Boston that provides evidence-based treatments and a range of levels of care for those struggling with alcohol abuse, opioid addiction, and substance abuse, among other issues.
About This Boston, MA Facility
Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services in Boston, MA, focuses on providing an intensive outpatient program and substance abuse counseling for adults looking to get sober. With a long-standing history since 1963 and servicing over 10,000 individuals annually, its approach is grounded in comprehensive addiction-related care and education.
- Offers an intensive outpatient program adaptable to individual needs, featuring therapy, medication management, and comprehensive assessments.
- Addiction services include a unique 21-week Alcoholics Anonymous Way of Life Program, highlighting the importance of community in recovery.
- An on-site psychiatric nurse practitioner is available to evaluate and educate patients on medication-assisted treatment options.
Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), the Gavin Foundation ensures high-standard services across various levels of care. With a primary focus on adults, their evidence-based methods aim to provide long-term recovery solutions, ensuring every individual receives personalized treatment planning.
This facility addresses a broad spectrum of addictions, including alcoholism, opioid addiction, and substance abuse, along with co-occurring mental health issues (dual diagnosis). Their treatment methods encompass individual and group therapy, anger management classes, and EMDR, within intensive outpatient and regular outpatient settings.
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The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.
Conditions and Issues Treated
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. Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.
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. Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are 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 Boston 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 Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services make it possible for individuals to carry on with their responsibilities at work or school, in or near Boston, MA. It’s easy to find an IOP center that offers individualized treatment protocols.
In outpatient programs at Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services, the Boston 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.
Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services. 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 Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services in Boston, 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.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Gavin Foundation - Center for Recovery Services asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of reliable psychotherapy that treats trauma or injury. Usually, the therapist moves his or her fingers back and forth under a bar of light. The patient undergoes various eye movements and bilateral stimulation (BLS) techniques that place them under REM sleep. This helps the brain remember traumatic incidents.
EMDR reduces the intensity of the traumatic event and makes the patient achieve a state of tranquility. The main goal of EMDR is to treat trauma by identifying problems in the memories and addressing the links connecting traumatic memories. It also helps reduce negative emotions and bodily tensions brought on by suppressed or repressed trauma. The therapist provides solutions that can urge the patient to move forward.
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Boston, Massachusetts 02127 Phone Number(617) 268-5000 Meta DetailsUpdated April 15, 2024
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210 Old Colony Ave
Boston, MA 02127
(617) 268-5000
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Boston, 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.
Boston has one of the highest rates of opioid abuse in the country. 1 in 10 residents struggles with substance abuse. Between 2013 and 2017, the number of opioid-related deaths in the area increased by 64%. There were over 1,100 overdose deaths in 2016. Detox is the first step in most treatment programs in Boston. This is where the person stops using drugs and allows their body to cleanse itself of toxins.
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