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Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends

Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends

Drug Rehab Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends is a private mental health treatment center in Philadelphia that offers a range of therapeutic approaches, including CBT, to help individuals struggling with dual diagnosis, mental health issues, and addictions improve their quality of life.

About This Pennsylvania Facility

Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends is an addiction treatment center located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This facility was founded in 1958 (if available) and has been providing comprehensive care and support to individuals struggling with addiction for over 60 years. They specialize in treating dual diagnosis cases, where patients are dealing with both substance abuse issues and mental health disorders. Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends offers outpatient levels of care, allowing individuals to receive treatment while still maintaining their daily responsibilities.

Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends provides a range of services to help those suffering from addiction and substance abuse to recover their health and well-being. With a strong focus on dual diagnosis cases, this facility strives to address both the addictive behavior as well as underlying mental health issues contributing to it. Their treatment methods include individual counseling sessions, group therapy sessions, educational classes on addiction and relapse prevention, psychiatric examinations and medications when necessary, family support programs, and holistic approaches such as art therapy or mindfulness practices. This comprehensive approach enables individuals to develop coping skills, understand the root causes of their addiction, foster healthier relationships, and embark on a path towards long-term recovery.

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

    A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.

    Levels of Care Offered at Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends

    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 Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends, the Philadelphia 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.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends. 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.

    Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends 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 Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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.

    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 Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians like those at Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends in Philadelphia, PA believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes.  

    Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low dose nicotine products to ween smokers away from cigarettes. The products get nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking reducing addiction to the physical habit. It also allows addicts to adjust to lower doses to reduce withdrawal symptoms.

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends

    Experiential therapy involves recreating or creating new experiences for the patient. Many people struggled with past issues such as memories or trauma. By creating a new experience, it allows people to work through the issues associated with those moments in a new experience. This can give them a new measure of control and can help them role play a new scenario. That can help push addiction into their past and help them begin the healing process.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
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    Northeast Behavioral Health - Friends Helping Friends Location and Directions
    Address Information4371 Waln St
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19124 Phone Number(215) 831-2950 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Addiction Information

    Pennsylvania ranks 14th in the nation for drug-related deaths. More than 10% of all deaths in Pennsylvania have been related to drugs and alcohol. 30% of Pennsylvania youth reportedly drink alcohol monthly, with more than 20,000 teenagers having an alcohol problem. The rate of opioid misuse in Pennsylvania is double the national average.

    Drug addiction and abuse are a big problem in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to recent statistics, about 73,000 people in Philadelphia struggle with drug addiction. This means that about 7.5% of the population is addicted to drugs. Philadelphia also has one of the highest overdose rates in the country, with about four deaths per 100,000 people. It is important to choose a program that fits the individual's needs and addiction severity.

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