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Harlem Community Justice Center

Harlem Community Justice Center

Drug Rehab Center in New York, New York

  • Mental Health

The Harlem Community Justice Center in New York, NY is a comprehensive addiction treatment facility providing care for mental health, drug addiction, alcoholism, and substance abuse, offering a range of services and evidence-based treatment modalities, as well as licensed staff and a comprehensive aftercare program.

About This New York Facility

The Harlem Community Justice Center in New York, NY is a comprehensive addiction treatment facility dedicated to providing the highest level of care to individuals suffering from mental health, drug addiction, alcoholism, and substance abuse. The facility offers an array of services, including aftercare support, intensive outpatient, intervention, and outpatient levels of care. In addition, they provide comprehensive, team-based treatment plans tailored to the individual needs of each patient and their families. All staff members are licensed, qualified professionals who possess extensive experience in a variety of addiction treatment areas.

Harlem Community Justice Center puts a strong focus on evidence-based treatment, offering a range of therapeutic modalities that are evidence-based and designed to help individuals gain insight into their addiction in order to make lasting and positive changes. They also provide individual and group counseling to help patients address their emotional and psychological issues related to their addiction. Furthermore, the facility includes a comprehensive aftercare program to prevent relapse and ensure a successful transition into sober living. The facility is accredited by The Joint Commission and is an approved opioid treatment program (OTP) licensed by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS).

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

    Levels of Care Offered at Harlem Community Justice Center

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

    Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in New York is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.

    Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Harlem Community Justice Center long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

    After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Harlem Community Justice Center in recovering from addiction.

    Intervention services are designed to help loved ones of an individual suffering from alcohol or drug addiction. They aim to help the individual realize that their behavior is causing damage, and external help is crucial to handle their problem efficiently.

    Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Harlem Community Justice Center in New York after they attain initial sobriety.

    Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Harlem Community Justice Center. 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.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Harlem Community Justice Center 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 Harlem Community Justice Center in New York, New York, 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.

    Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. Harlem Community Justice Center 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.

    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 Harlem Community Justice Center in New York, New York 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 Harlem Community Justice Center 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.

    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
  • Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Harlem Community Justice Center Location and Directions
    Address Information170 E 121st St
    New York, New York 10035 Phone Number(212) 360-4131 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    New York, New York Addiction Information

    More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.

    According to recent statistics, over 280,000 people in the state struggle with drug addiction. This accounts for approximately 8% of the population. In 2011, there were 1,532 deaths related to cocaine overdose in New York City. Currently, in New York City, there are over 3,000 people addicted to heroin and 1,700 addicted to cocaine. Most treatment plans offered in the area will involve some combination of detoxification, counseling, and medication.

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