Link House
Drug Rehab Center in Newburyport, Massachusetts
- Substance Abuse
- Opioid Addiction
- Drug Addiction
- Alcoholism
Link House is a drug rehab founded in 1972 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, offering treatment for alcoholism, opioid addiction, substance abuse, and drug addiction, at the inpatient, residential, and aftercare levels, with 20 beds and private health insurance accepted.
About This Newburyport, MA Facility
Link House is an addiction treatment facility located in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Founded in 1972, it has been serving individuals suffering from alcoholism, opioid addiction, substance abuse, and drug addiction for nearly 50 years. With a capacity of 20 beds, Link House offers a range of treatment options including aftercare support, drug rehab programs, and both inpatient and residential levels of care. They provide a safe and supportive environment for individuals looking to overcome their addictions and regain control of their lives.
At Link House, they offer comprehensive services and treatment methods to address the unique needs of each individual battling addiction. Their dedicated team of professionals utilize evidence-based approaches and therapeutic modalities to help clients heal emotionally and physically. Through a combination of individual counseling sessions, group therapy, psychoeducation programs, and skill-building workshops, Link House aims to equip individuals with the tools necessary for long-term recovery. They recognize that addiction is a chronic illness that requires ongoing support even after the completion of treatment, which is why they also offer aftercare support to ensure clients have access to continued assistance as they transition back into everyday life.
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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. Link House 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. Link House 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 Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Inpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An inpatient is a person who stays in a hospital or rehab center during treatment. For alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals, inpatient rehabs provide individualized around-the-clock services. Inpatient treatment programs address a person’s unique physical, medical, and psychological needs. A team of experts assess the severity of the addiction and design a highly tailored program. typically, the length of stay in an inpatient facility in Newburyport, MA is 30 days. Those with severe addiction may need to stay at the facility for 60 to 90 days.
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.
Link House‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Link House. 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 Link House in Newburyport, 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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at Link House whom are suffering from self-harming behaviors. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Link House 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
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 Link House. 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.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 Phone Number(978) 462-7341 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Newburyport, 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.
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