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Northeast Life Skills Associates

Northeast Life Skills Associates

Drug Rehab Center in Passaic, New Jersey

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

Northeast Life Skills Associates in Passaic, New Jersey is an accredited addiction treatment facility offering comprehensive care and aftercare support for individuals struggling with substance abuse and addiction, including alcoholism, opioid addiction, dual diagnosis, and other drug addictions.

About This Passaic, NJ Facility

Northeast Life Skills Associates in Passaic, NJ is a private rehab facility focused on treating substance abuse and addiction. Their approach acknowledges that patients' lives have become unmanageable due to chemical dependence and aims to redirect lifestyles through professional assistance.

The facility believes in addressing the multidimensional problems faced by substance users and their loved ones. Treatment is tailored to individual needs, capabilities, and realistic expectations for recovery.

Accredited by SAMHSA, Northeast Life Skills Associates offers comprehensive care through detox, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs. Their services include medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction and dual diagnosis support.

  • Individualized treatment plans
  • Multidimensional approach to recovery
  • Medication-assisted treatment available
  • Continuing care and aftercare support

The facility specializes in treating alcoholism, drug addiction, opioid dependence, and co-occurring mental health disorders. Their goal is to help individuals rebuild their lives and reintegrate into the community after completing treatment.

For example, someone struggling with opioid addiction and depression could receive medication-assisted treatment along with counseling to address both issues. Northeast Life Skills Associates would provide a comprehensive plan to support 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
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • Additional Languages
  • Hearing-Impaired
  • Accreditations

    SAMHSA

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally, you may be suffering from substance abuse.

    Fortunately facilities like Northeast Life Skills Associates in Passaic, NJ are here to help.

    Opioid addiction treatment facilities in New Jersey, like Northeast Life Skills Associates cover both illegal and prescription opioids abuse. Most plans include detoxification and subsequent medications to ease the process. Behavioral therapies and counseling are also necessary to resolve the root cause of addiction.

    When someone in New Jersey struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    A detox program helps the person physically withdraw from drugs and helps them track their progress. So, suppose the person isn’t ready for sobriety (or relapses). In that case, the treatment professionals can catch it early and help re-orient them towards recovery.

    In order to focus on the psychological aspects of addiction, one must first address the physical symptoms of withdrawal.

    Withdrawal symptoms can be painful, even fatal, so managing the detox process carefully is critical. Severe withdrawal symptoms are often treated with more advanced pharmaceutical interventions. Nausea and headaches are common side effects of detoxification.

    An intensive outpatient treatment program is set up for those struggling with an addiction to begin the recovery process. Patients come to Passaic, NJ to Northeast Life Skills Associates for therapy, support, programs, and medical supervision. Intensive outpatient treatment is often very tightly scheduled and heavily structured.

    An Outpatient Rehab Program is a part-time drug rehab program for treating individuals in New Jersey with mild addiction or mild-to-moderate drug withdrawal symptoms. It generally requires about 10 to 12 hours every week. Doctors can administer on-the-spot medication to ease withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, increased heart rate, and even depression. Groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) can be used as a part of outpatient treatment to help maintain sobriety.

    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 Northeast Life Skills Associates in New Jersey 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.

    Northeast Life Skills Associates‘s Therapies & Programs

    Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. It becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Some facilities like Northeast Life Skills Associates in Passaic, NJ 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.

    Results have proven the positive impact of family therapy on a recovering patient’s journey to sobriety. Patients at Northeast Life Skills Associates in Passaic, New Jersey who receive generous support from their loved ones have better chances of completing their recovery process and maintaining their sobriety.

    When family members are more proactive and involved in the treatment procedure, it encourages the patient to advance his or her progress. Moreover, it shouldn’t be ignored that genetics play a role when it comes to addiction, so it’s better to approach the problem as a unit. Also, with proper education, family members can help an individual avoid addiction triggers and guide him or her in making lifestyle changes necessary for his or her sobriety.

    Group therapy may occur on an inpatient or outpatient basis and involves groups of clients who have no pre-existing relationships outside the group. Group therapy differs from support groups in two primary ways: group therapy is a kind of psychotherapy and is moderated by a professional therapist at Northeast Life Skills Associates in New Jersey.

    It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a Passaic, NJ facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend Northeast Life Skills Associates understand how their feelings, beliefs, and thoughts affect their behaviors. DBT is particularly useful for people with self-harming behaviors, as well as those with substance abuse disorders. DBT teaches people how to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and how to become mindful.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.

    CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.

    Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) allows the opportunity for quick results for addicts. Northeast Life Skills Associates provides patients in Passaic, New Jersey the resources to use a ‘rational self-counseling’ technique to cope with their emotions. It seeks to help them move forward without having to deal with ongoing treatment throughout their lives.
    Contingency Management is a type of behavioral therapy rooted and based on the concept of operant conditioning. This type of treatment offered by Northeast Life Skills Associates in Passaic, New Jersey intends to give positive compensations in response to a patient’s behavior. It can be inferred that this treatment has been effective in curing and lessening a scale of profound issues.

    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.
    Northeast Life Skills Associates Location and Directions
    Address Information121 Howe Ave
    Passaic, New Jersey 7055 Phone Number(973) 777-2962 Meta DetailsUpdated April 15, 2024
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    Passaic, New Jersey Addiction Information

    The state of New Jersey is afflicted by the rising opioid overdose crisis and the increase in the number of residents engaging in illegal substance abuse. 90% of the 2,900 drug overdose deaths in New Jersey involved opioids in 2018. Over 1.1 million New Jersey residents reportedly use drugs in a given year. High prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse caused 14% of all deaths in the state between 2008 and 2017.

    In Passaic, alcohol, and drugs are responsible for about 30% of all violent crimes. Drug abuse can easily lead to addiction or dependence on the drug being abused. 10% of all drug arrests in Passaic are for youths under the age of 18. Marijuana users increase by 48% in Passaic since the year 2010. The most common types of drug rehab programs include inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, and halfway houses.

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