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Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections

Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections

Drug Rehab Center in Brooklyn, New York

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections is an outpatient treatment center in Brooklyn, NY that offers specialized treatment for dual diagnoses and mental health issues through a range of therapeutic approaches, accepting private health insurance and affiliated with NYU Langone.

About This Brooklyn, NY Facility

Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections is an outpatient treatment center located in Brooklyn, New York. It provides specialized treatment for those with dual diagnoses and mental health issues. This team of certified professionals offers a range of therapeutic approaches to create a treatment plan tailored to the individual’s needs. This includes couples therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), family therapy, group therapy, individual therapy, trauma therapy, outpatient treatment (OP), residential long term (>30 Days), and cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT). Lutheran Medical Center also accepts private health insurance. Additionally, it is affiliated with NYU Langone, providing further support and resources for clients.

At Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections, the focus is on providing the highest quality of care in a safe and supportive environment. The team of dedicated professionals is committed to providing tailored services and compassionate treatment for individualized care and optimal recovery. By providing a range of therapeutic techniques, clients will be able to develop the skills and confidence to live a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

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
  • Veterans
  • Multiple Centers
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    A dual-diagnosis describes two medical issues that are happening at the same time. They may or may not be related. Over 50% of people with an addiction in New York have another mental health condition. Screening for both addiction and any untreated mental health issue is essential, and individually managed by Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections.

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    In outpatient programs at Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections, the Brooklyn 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.

    Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections‘s Therapies & Programs

    Addiction in Brooklyn, New York can occur due to a wide variety of reasons. Understanding your addiction and the best methods for maintaining sobriety involves learning about yourself. Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

    Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections. 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.

    Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.

    However, some facilities, like Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections in Brooklyn, New York, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.
    Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring New York families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

    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 Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections in Brooklyn, NY 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 Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections 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. Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections 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

    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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    Additional Details

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    Lutheran Medical Center - Healthy Connections Location and Directions
    Address Information6025 6th Ave
    Brooklyn, New York 11220 Phone Number(718) 630-7991 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Brooklyn, 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.

    Brooklyn has a hospitalization rate for drug overdoses nearly double the New York City average. In 2012, there were 1,814 admissions to drug treatment centers in Brooklyn, which accounted for 6.8% of all admissions in NYC. Over 3 million emergency room visits were related to drug misuse in 2016. Some of the most common treatments include inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, 12-step programs, and detoxification.

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