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Pathways - Winchester Avenue

Pathways - Winchester Avenue

Drug Rehab Center in Ashland, Kentucky

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

Pathways - Winchester Avenue is a non-profit addiction and mental health treatment center based in Ashland, KY providing evidence-based treatments, experiential, family, and group therapies, case management, life skills training, and specialized programs for dual-diagnosis, addiction, mental health, and autism-related disorders since 1967.

About This Ashland, KY Facility

Pathways - Winchester Avenue is a non-profit addiction and mental health treatment center based in Ashland, KY that has been providing comprehensive and compassionate care since 1967. The organization provides a range of services from detox to aftercare support in order to meet the individualized needs of each patient. Patients have access to evidence-based treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), vivitrol, and suboxone therapy, as well as experiential, family, and group therapies.

Pathways - Winchester Avenue also offers a variety of educational and vocational programs and services, such as case management, life skills training, and health education services other than HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis. The center accepts private health insurance and aims to make quality care accessible to all its patients. In order to best serve each patient’s individual needs, the center also offers specialized programs for dual-diagnosis, addiction, mental health, and autism-related disorders.

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

    Rehab centers exist in Ashland, KY to help individuals bounce back from substance abuse, which is an umbrella term for drug and alcohol addiction. Drug addiction refers to the use of illegal drugs and improper use of prescription drugs. Centers like Pathways - Winchester Avenue provide individuals a chance to access individual and group therapy that can be monumental for recovery.

    Substance abuse includes all problems that stem out from using various psychoactive substances. It is also a diagnostic term used by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) to define the mental and physical impairment or distress caused by misuse and overuse of certain substances in a period of 12 months.

    People with dual diagnosis have coexisting addiction and a mental disorder. 9.2 million US adults had a co-occurring disorder in 2018, so not just limited to Kentucky residents. Best treatment combines medication, psychotherapy (talk therapy), support group, and inpatient rehabilitation. Sometimes, complementary therapies – yoga, massage, and acupuncture – may also be used.

    Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Anger Management, Anxiety, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Coping Skills, Depression, Developmental Disorders, Domestic Abuse, Drug Addiction, Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Emotional Disturbance, Family Communication Issues, Family Conflict, Intellectual Disability, Life Skills / Life Coaching, Mental Health, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Parenting Addicted Adult Children, Peer Support, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Physical Pain Treatment, Schizophrenia, Self-Harming / Suicidal Ideation, Sexual Abuse, Substance Abuse, Trauma and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) 

    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.

    Detoxification is a process that allows the patient to stop using opioids without experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms. This can be necessary for those who have been addicted for a long period of time or who are struggling with chronic pain.

    During this process, addicts will receive medication and psychological support from doctors and other medical professionals until they can control their cravings.

    Intensive outpatient programs mostly conduct meetings on weekdays. Group therapy is the main element in most intensive outpatient programs. Most IOPs last for about 90 days and include drug use monitoring and testing. A Kentucky IOP, like what’s offerd at Pathways - Winchester Avenue, take much more time than a standard outpatient program. Some programs offer other services as well, such as employment assistance and medication management.

    Outpatient treatment can be considered the lowest intensity level of addiction treatment in Ashland, KY. It is ideal for early phase addiction or lower intensity addictions. Pathways - Winchester Avenue peer group support, 12-step programs, and individual counseling may still be involved.

    After treatment, addiction treatment can be frightening for newly sober people. Aftercare support provided by Pathways - Winchester Avenue is designed to give resources and help on a continued basis. It can involve finding housing in and around Kentucky, setting up 12-step meeting groups, continued medical monitoring, and counseling.

    Pathways - Winchester Avenue‘s Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. 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.

    Family therapy is a set of therapeutic approaches that assumes that the entire family is a system. It utilizes the strengths and resources of the family to help the patient refrain from resorting to substance abuse. It helps to repair relationships and improve communication between family members.

    Group therapy happens at Pathways - Winchester Avenue in a controlled group environment, as opposed to a one-on-one setting. It supports Ashland, KY patients’ recovery by offering a sense of comfort and letting them know that they are not alone. Through shared conversations, patients also learn to develop faith and understanding and gain insight on their addictions.

    Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma therapy refers to treatment wherein specialist therapists help the patients to resolve the trauma that led the patients to substance abuse. The trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. Thinking of these traumatic events causes emotional disturbances like anxiety, depression and results in addiction. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed. Otherwise, there is a risk of relapse. Trauma therapy also improves the cognitive functions and provides long term benefits.

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). DBT is a treatment of choice for people suffering from self-harming behaviors characterized by cutting and suicidal thoughts or inclinations.

    This treatment is developed to help individuals recognize their thought patterns, behaviors, and feelings. It has demonstrated its effectiveness for people that are finding it difficult to control their emotions and urges. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT as it imparts individuals stress-management techniques and enhanced self-esteem so they can sustain their sobriety by reducing the impact of triggers and out-of-control emotions.

    Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a way of addressing concerns through talking. It can be used in individual counseling sessions. Talking through issues with professionals at Pathways - Winchester Avenue can identify sources of discomfort or unhealthy thoughts. It is a way of learning about yourself and your individual perceptions. CBT is a healthy way of addressing some behaviors which may be bringing unintended consequences in your life.

    Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is designed to support patients in treating trauma. Patients follow a bar of light throughout the session or watch their therapist’s finger travel back and forth. All this imitates the eye movements of REM sleep. These are the same movements that enable memories to be reprocessed by the brain. This reduces the impact and reprocesses traumatic memories have individuals, reducing the desire to shelter or escape by abusing substances.

    People who leave treatment without learning life skills from staff at Pathways - Winchester Avenue are at a disadvantage when it comes to maintaining sobriety. Although it is difficult to teach life skills, aftercare support helps patients develop these skills over time. Life skills taught in Kentucky include things like finding a job and a good place to live, self-care, and managing finances.
    Medical Nutrition Therapy, also called nutrition therapy and MNT, helps someone recovering from an addiction learn how to replenish their body with the nutrients that food can provide. This helps improve medical, physical, and emotional conditions resulting from an addiction. These skills are taught by dietitians and nutritionists at Pathways - Winchester Avenue in Ashland, Kentucky who understand the effects of addiction.

    Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a treatment that helps people to quit smoking. NRT reduces the withdrawal symptoms by giving nicotine in low doses. It is safe for most adults, teens and pregnant women should not undergo NRT. Research shows that the use of NRT doubles the chances of quitting smoking.

    Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Anger Management, Assertive Community Treatment, Case Management, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Contingency Management, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Dual-Diagnosis, DUI/DWI Evaluations + Screening + Assessment, Experiential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, Individual Therapy, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Interpersonal, Intervention, Life Skills, Matrix Model, Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), Mindfulness-Based (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Nutrition Therapy, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Parental Program, Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Suboxone Therapy, Telehealth, Trauma Therapy, Vivitrol, Vocational Training

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Pathways - Winchester Avenue

    Experiential therapy works on the principle that the perception of individuals determines their behavior. It is different from medication and talk therapy and suits those who have difficulty in expressing themselves and interact. Experiential therapy works by using tools and activities to recreate past experiences and encourages the release of suppressed thoughts that were responsible for the negative feelings and drug addiction.

    Role-playing, arts and crafts, music, animal care, rock climbing, etc. are some of the activities used in this therapy. Gradually the individual will experience calmness and love and change their perception positively. Other than drug addiction, Experiential therapy is useful in various behavioral and eating disorders.

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    Pathways - Winchester Avenue Location and Directions
    Address Information2165 Winchester Avenue
    Ashland, Kentucky 41102 Phone Number(606) 324-1141 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Ashland, Kentucky Addiction Information

    Kentucky ranks among the top ten states for opioid-related overdoses. Most of these are due to heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid use. A little over 11% of the Kentucky population abuses alcohol in a given year. More than 15% of Kentucky adults admit to participating in binge drinking every month.

    There is a serious drug addiction and abuse problem in the Ashland, KY community. In 2017, there were over 1,000 drug-related arrests in Ashland. The majority of these arrests were for possession of drugs, but there was also a significant number of arrests for trafficking and manufacturing drugs. Drug treatment in Ashland may differ based on the addiction and the individual's requirements. Many drug rehabilitation programs, however, include detoxification, counseling, and aftercare.

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