Gavin Foundation - Gavin House
Drug Rehab Center in Boston, Massachusetts
The Gavin Foundation - Gavin House is a fully accredited and comprehensive addiction treatment facility located in Boston, MA that provides evidence-based therapies, inpatient care, aftercare support, and individualized treatment plans to those suffering from alcohol and drug addiction.
About This Massachusetts Facility
Gavin Foundation–Gavin House, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a residential addiction recovery program for adult men, offering a supportive environment focused on 12-step principles. The center provides comprehensive care for individuals struggling with substance abuse, dual diagnosis, and hearing impairments.
Gavin House's mission is to create a place of support and recreation for individuals in recovery from various types of addiction, fostering a sense of community and empowerment throughout their journey to sobriety.
The facility specializes in treating alcohol and drug addiction, as well as co-occurring mental health disorders. They offer dedicated programming for young adults and men with hearing impairments, ensuring that each client receives personalized care tailored to their unique needs.
- Trauma-informed individual, group, and family therapy sessions
- Recovery-focused life skills training, including coping strategies and relapse prevention
- Parenting classes, vocational training, and career counseling to support successful reintegration
- Robust wraparound services and alumni support, promoting long-term sobriety
Accredited by CARF and SAMHSA, Gavin Foundation–Gavin House provides a highly structured and supportive environment, featuring premium amenities and evidence-based treatment modalities such as DBT and motivational interviewing. The program aims to equip clients with the tools necessary to maintain sobriety and successfully reintegrate into their homes, workplaces, and communities.
For individuals seeking to overcome alcohol or drug addiction, Gavin Foundation–Gavin House offers a comprehensive, residential treatment program that addresses the physical, emotional, and social aspects of addiction, empowering clients to build a strong foundation for lasting recovery.
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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
The inappropriate use of any drug in Boston, MA is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Gavin Foundation - Gavin House. 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, Gavin Foundation - Gavin House in Boston, MA offers treatment for opioids.
Levels of Care Offered at Gavin Foundation - Gavin House
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Drug Rehab, Inpatient, Residential, Sober-Living / Half-Way, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detoxification is a process that allows the patient to stop using opioids without experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms. This can be necessary for those who have been addicted for a long period of time or who are struggling with chronic pain. During this process, addicts will receive medication and psychological support from doctors and other medical professionals until they can control their cravings.
A sober living home in Massachusetts is really like a halfway house, often referred to as an SLH. It is halfway between a rehab center for drugs or alcohol and living at home. Any specific rules and regulations must be followed by residents, such as attending required meetings and structured daily chores.
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.
Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at Gavin Foundation - Gavin House helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near Boston, MA, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Gavin Foundation - Gavin House. 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.
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 Gavin Foundation - Gavin House helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Gavin Foundation - Gavin House 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. Gavin Foundation - Gavin House 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.
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 Gavin Foundation - Gavin House that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts.
Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.
Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.
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 Gavin Foundation - Gavin House 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.
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Boston, Massachusetts 02127 Phone Number(617) 268-5517 Meta DetailsUpdated April 15, 2024
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675 E 4th St
Boston, MA 02127
(617) 268-5517
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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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