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Mental Health Association of Ulster County

Mental Health Association of Ulster County

Drug Rehab Center in Kingston, New York

  • Mental Health
  • Eating Disorder
  • Dual Diagnosis

The Mental Health Association of Ulster County is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality mental health services, including outpatient and dual-diagnosis treatments, to individuals and families in the Kingston, NY area.

About This Kingston, NY Facility

Mental Health Association of Ulster County is an Addiction Treatment Facility located in Kingston, New York that was founded in 1959. It offers help to those suffering from mental health issues, dual diagnosis, eating disorders, alcoholism, and substance abuse. They provide dual-diagnosis, high quality, personalized outpatient treatment services catered to an individual’s specific needs and circumstance. In addition to their personalized services, they also accept private health insurance. The Mental Health Association of Ulster County is fully accredited and licensed by the Joint Commission, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, and New York State Office of Mental Health, giving them the ability to offer the highest quality of care.

Mental Health Association of Ulster County offers comprehensive services for addiction and substance abuse. These services include mental health assessments and evaluations, individual and group counseling, trauma sensitive care, medication management, and life skills development. They also provide medically supervised detoxification services as well as relapse prevention services. In addition, they have an extensive case management and aftercare planning program that helps their clients transition back into their lives once their treatment program is completed. With these comprehensive services, their clients receive the best care possible for their recovery journey.

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
  • 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 Mental Health Association of Ulster County.

    Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Mental Health 

    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 Mental Health Association of Ulster County, the Kingston 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.

    Mental Health Association of Ulster County‘s Therapies & Programs

    Addiction in Kingston, 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. Mental Health Association of Ulster County treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

    Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Mental Health Association of Ulster County. 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 Mental Health Association of Ulster County in Kingston, 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 Mental Health Association of Ulster County 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 Mental Health Association of Ulster County in Kingston, 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 Mental Health Association of Ulster County 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. Mental Health Association of Ulster County 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

    Nutrition therapy, which is also known as Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) involves providing healthy diet and improving the eating habits of the patient. Expert dieticians provide individualized meal plan, that addresses the specific nutritional deficiencies and the nutritional impact associated with the medicines that are given as a part of the treatment. It helps to overcome the food cravings that are seen in certain addictions and also addresses the co-occurring conditions such as eating disorders.

    Nutrition therapy is very important to support the different therapies provided as a part of comprehensive care. Nutrition therapy also teaches the associated life skills such as cooking healthy food and grocery shopping.

    Nicotine replacement is a way to move towards stopping smoking or using any form of nicotine. This can be nicotine gum or nicotine patches. The process of working with trained staff at Mental Health Association of Ulster County in setting a goal quit date, using nicotine replacement and gradually decreasing nicotine intake is proven to help.

    Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Dual-Diagnosis, Eating Disorder Treatment, Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Nutrition Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Trauma Therapy

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Mental Health Association of Ulster County

    Experiential therapy at Mental Health Association of Ulster County includes helping people work through emotional disorders by participating in events in real-time. It moves away from conventional talk therapy to discuss their concerns and emotions by making patients play roles or use props. It allows people to handle trauma and feelings healthily, reducing the need to resort to alcohol and substances in Kingston, NY.

    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.
    Mental Health Association of Ulster County Location and Directions
    Address Information300 Aaron Ct
    Kingston, New York 12401 Phone Number(845) 339-9090 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Kingston, 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.

    Marijuana, methamphetamine, and cocaine are the three most common illicit drugs that addicts use in NY. The average age at first use for individuals admitted to addiction treatment facilities in 2011 was 17.7 years old. In 2017, 3.7% of 12th graders in Kingston reported using meth. Depending on the severity of the person's addiction, they will be required to either live at a residential facility or attend outpatient treatment.

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