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Guidance Center - Long Beach

Guidance Center - Long Beach

Drug Rehab Center in Long Beach, California

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

This drug rehab in Long Beach, CA provides an inviting and secure environment to individuals looking to get sober, offering specialized support for dual diagnosis and mental health issues as well as outpatient levels of care for those not yet ready to commit to inpatient treatment.

About This Long Beach, CA Facility

Guidance Center - Long Beach is an Addiction Treatment Facility located in Long Beach, California. This center specializes in treating individuals suffering from Dual Diagnosis, which is the co-occurrence of substance abuse and mental health disorders. With a focus on providing comprehensive care, Guidance Center - Long Beach offers outpatient levels of care to individuals seeking to overcome addiction and achieve sobriety. This facility is dedicated to providing personalized treatment plans that address the unique needs of each individual, guiding them towards a healthier and more fulfilling life.

At Guidance Center - Long Beach, individuals struggling with addiction can access a wide range of services and treatment methods. The center offers evidence-based therapies such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and motivational interviewing to help clients develop healthier coping mechanisms and positive life skills. Additionally, they provide individual counseling, group therapy, and family therapy to address not only the individual's addiction but also the underlying causes and consequences of substance abuse. With a focus on the link between mental health and addiction, Guidance Center - Long Beach employs professionals who are well-versed in treating co-occurring disorders, providing simultaneous support for both mental health and substance abuse issues. The center also emphasizes relapse prevention, equipping individuals with the tools and strategies necessary to maintain their sobriety in the long term.

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

    Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Depression, Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Emotional Disturbance, Gay Lesbian Transgender Issues, Grief, Mental Health, School Issues, Trauma and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) 

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    Outpatient programs are the standard for addiction treatment. About 9 in 10 U.S. adolescents entering addiction treatment enroll in these programs, so you’re not alone in Long Beach, CA. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.

    Facilities offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.

    Guidance Center - Long Beach‘s Therapies & Programs

    In addiction recovery at Guidance Center - Long Beach, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.

    Recovering from addiction involves recovering relationships as well. One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Couples therapy at Guidance Center - Long Beach can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged. Addiction involves everyone in the family, not only the addict.

    Family roles can change in damaging ways that may require professional help to rebalance. Successful intimate relationships can decrease the chances for relapse by ensuring a healthy environment after rehab in Long Beach, CA.

    Addiction and alcoholism affect the entire family. For this reason, family therapy is vital to a person’s recovery from addiction. In contrast to couples counseling, family therapy at Guidance Center - Long Beach may include siblings, children, parents, and other significant people in the recovering person’s life. Family support is one of the most important pillars of recovery.

    In group therapy, the patient undergoes sessions with other patients at Guidance Center - Long Beach who are dealing with similar problems. The members of the group interact with each other and talk freely about their issues at scheduled sessions. Group therapy reduces the feeling of loneliness and improves the coping skills of the patients. You are not alone in Long Beach, California.

    Many people turn to drugs and alcohol as a way of processing trauma that has affected them in the past. Trauma can include abuse, neglect, the loss of a loved one and other unpleasant incidents. Trauma therapy at Guidance Center - Long Beach helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.

    Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that focuses on eliminating specific negative thoughts such as suicidal thoughts that can potentially lead to an individual inflicting self-harm. It is useful in the treatment of patients exhibiting uncontrollable emotions, intense mood swings, and borderline personality disorders.

    The term “Dialectic” means the integration of opposites. In the substance abuse context, DBT refers to accepting the patient’s addiction and working to change their thoughts and behavior. It improves life skills such as controlling the intense emotions without reacting impulsively, resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively, and promoting awareness about self and others.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Guidance Center - Long Beach aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.

    EMDR therapy is combined with behavioral therapies to address the root cause of the problem. The rapid eye movements reduce the patients’ negative feelings related to the trauma and promote calmness and relaxation.

    Case Management, Children / Adolescent Counseling, Coaching, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Recreational Therapy, Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Sandplay, Telehealth, Trauma Therapy

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Guidance Center - Long Beach Location and Directions
    Address Information1301 Pine Ave
    Long Beach, California 90813 Phone Number(562) 595-1159 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Long Beach, California Addiction Information

    More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.

    Nearly 9.8% of the population of Long Beach, CA, abuses drugs or alcohol. From 2002 to 2016, Long Beach saw a 245% increase in opioid-related hospitalizations. In 2015, 2% of eighth-graders reported using ecstasy. In 2016, Long Beach had a rate of drug overdose deaths more than 2.5 times that of the U.S. Drug treatment in Long Beach, typically involves detoxification, therapy, and aftercare support.

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