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Phoenix House of Texas - Houston

Phoenix House of Texas - Houston

  • Houston, TX
  • Accredited
  • Outpatient

Phoenix House Texas - Houston, located in Houston, Texas, focuses on providing outpatient and prevention services for individuals dealing with addiction. This non-profit organization helps adolescents and families, accepting Medicaid and private insurance, with payment assistance options. It is part of the larger Phoenix House Texas network.

The organization's mission is to passionately heal individuals, families, and communities challenged by substance use disorders and related mental health conditions. The Phoenix House network has received accolades, ranking highly in Newsweek's "America's Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2023" and retains CARF accreditation.

  • Specializes in comprehensive substance abuse treatment services for adolescents, young adults, and families.
  • Focuses on historically underserved communities and unfunded youth populations.
  • Offers outpatient services and prevention programs, including 12-step facilitation.
  • Provides comprehensive mental health and substance use assessments.

Phoenix House Texas - Houston treats a range of substance use disorders, serving mostly adolescents and young adults from underserved communities.

  • 1+ Accreditations
  • 16 Conditions Treated
  • Insurance Accepted
  • 4 Levels of Care
  • Speaks English
  • 17 Therapies & Programs
  • Multiple Locations

Accreditations

CARF

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.

Staff

  • Drew DuttonChief Executive OfficerOversees all programming, administrative, and strategic functions of the organization.
  • Crystal WaddellProgram DirectorHolds a Master's degree in Health Care Administration and is an Advanced Certified Prevention Specialist.
  • Fernando GuerraClinical StaffPart of the clinical team at Phoenix House Texas.
  • Eddie FarmerClinical StaffPart of the clinical team at Phoenix House Texas.
  • Terri PattinsonClinical StaffPart of the clinical team at Phoenix House Texas.
  • Mischelle O'BalleClinical StaffPart of the clinical team at Phoenix House Texas.

Conditions and Issues Treated

Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment at Phoenix House of Texas - Houston

Substance Abuse Treatment is important when getting sober, as it helps addicts learn the skills they need to live a clean life. There are many different kinds of recovery treatment, including but not limited to medication-assisted therapy, behavioral therapeutic approaches, self-help groups, and counseling. Each treatment has its benefits that help addicts recover.

Counseling can help addicts learn the skills they need to live sober lives. It can be used to treat underlying mental health issues, like depression or anxiety, that could lead to relapse. Counseling can also help people find work, deal with family problems, and learn to manage living without drugs.

Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment in Houston, TX

With so many people addicted to opioids, we need to help those who want to quit. The cycle begins when opioid addicts take opioids for a painful injury. When someone starts taking their medication differently or in excess, it means they’re addicted and at risk of overdosing.

In , detoxing from these types of treatments is the most effective way to beat this. Most facilities begin with medical assistance and then provide counseling services; rehabilitation follows after successful treatment.

Dual-Diagnosis

Dual diagnosis refers to someone who has both an addiction and a mental or emotional illness. Dual diagnosis treatment includes therapy for both issues simultaneously, allowing for effective treatment of either.

Sometimes people with addiction disorders also have co-occurring disorders like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, etc. These require specialized treatment programs that address both drug and alcohol addiction as well as psychiatric illnesses. Some rehabilitation facilities provide patients with co-occurring disorders a program with highly integrated services and a clean, distraction-free environment.

Levels of Care

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

An intensive outpatient program (IOP) is effective for drug rehab, but it can take six months to several years to complete. It’s the most popular type of drug rehab program in the United States. One example of a successful IOP success story is actor and comedian Chris Rock, sober since 1990.

An IOP allows participants to spend nights at home while attending meetings throughout the day. It’s a good way for drug addicts to make a recovery plan in an outpatient setting while still supporting their loved ones.

Alcohol or drug addiction, or co-occurring disorders, are treated in an outpatient program. The patient must attend therapy and other programs at the facility but can return home each night.

Outpatient treatment allows recovering addicts to live at home while receiving addiction treatment. Outpatients can attend group sessions for a few hours per week. Outpatients may also continue to work full time and study/attend school without interruption if they choose.

Therapies & Programs

Different people react differently to various treatment options. Some drug rehabilitation centers offer individualized treatment that caters to the specific needs of a drug addict. The best treatment option varies on an individual depending on the type of drug abused, life history, medical condition of the person, social circumstances, and the environment they live in now.

When a person enters drug rehab, they usually have anti-drug associations such as withdrawal symptoms, stress, cravings, etc. The first step of drug rehab is to detoxify the body from any residual substances in it. Drug rehabilitation centers usually employ trained medical professionals to help in this process. Usually, the initial detoxification lasts for five days, where the person is monitored under close supervision.

Family therapy sessions typically involve the addict and their family members. During these sessions, a therapist will work with everyone involved to help them understand addiction and find healthy ways of coping without substance abuse.

Some addicts might feel embarrassed about their substance abuse problems. By encouraging family members to attend these sessions, therapists can show addicts that they’re not alone in dealing with addiction. Therapists can also work with family members to help them understand addiction and learn how to offer support and encouragement to their loved one as they deal with substance abuse issues.

Attending group therapy at Phoenix House of Texas - Houston in , is a useful way for those seeking sobriety to realize they aren’t the only one going through it.

This is when a group of people on different recovery phases get together and talk about what they’re going through, their triggers, successes, and failures. This can include alternative types of therapies too! Group therapy may occur on an outpatient or inpatient basis with groups that have no pre-existing relationships outside the session, unlike support groups where everyone already knows each other beforehand.

Life Skills Services offered at Drug Treatment Centers assists addicts in their recovery by teaching them healthy coping mechanisms that will aid them in becoming sober, focussing on helping people enter into, and maintaining long-term sobriety. Drug Treatment Centers provide Life Skills Services at varying levels of intensity, specific to the needs and requirements of each patient.

Life Skills Services offered at Drug Treatment Centers assists addicts in their recovery by teaching them healthy coping mechanisms that will aid them in becoming sober, focussing on helping people enter into, and maintaining long-term sobriety. Phoenix House of Texas - Houston in Houston, Texas provide Life Skills Services at varying levels of intensity, specific to the needs and requirements of each patient.

The benefits of Life Skills Services offered at Drug Treatment Centers:

  • Restores hope and empowerment — Helps addicts believe that recovery is possible and instills a new confidence in their ability to achieve a positive, drug-free future
  • Enhances family involvement — Encourages families to get involved in the recovery process and supports their understanding and encouragement of healthy behavior.
  • Increases patient’s compliance — Helps patients take responsibility for and ownership of their recovery and encourages continued progress
  • Reduces relapse rates — Encourages long-term abstinence and emphasizes the importance of establishing sober support systems.

A 12-Step Program is used in treatment to help addicts stop abusing drugs and alcohol. The steps of the program include:

  • Making amends.
  • Believing in a higher power.
  • Taking action to improve their life and admitting that they have a problem with substance use.

A cognitive restructuring step aims to change the way an individual thinks about their addiction to recover and live a life free of substance abuse. This method is extremely popular and very successful for many people who choose it as their treatment option.

Patient Experience

Experiential Therapy at Phoenix House of Texas - Houston

Experiential therapy is a type of therapeutic approach that focuses on having patients work through problems, issues, or emotions by engaging directly in some real experience. It occurs face-to-face with a therapist who helps these people to explore their feelings first hand. The hope is that when this happens, the patient will feel driven to turn away from their destructive behavior and instead take up positive behaviors or coping mechanisms. Direct experience methods, role play, psychodrama, interpersonal and social learning are a few different forms of experiential therapy.

Fitness Therapy

To recover from addiction, one needs to recover the body and mind. Addiction can harm your health in many ways. Learning how to take care of yourself includes physical fitness. Exercise releases feel-good hormones and further contributes to positive self-esteem. Self-discipline can be practiced through an exercise regimen as you learn how to take care of yourself. Studies have shown that exercise increases abstinence rates, ease withdrawal symptoms and improve depressive symptoms for those in Houston, TX.

Payment Options

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Phoenix House of Texas - Houston Location and Directions

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    • Gender
      Female, Male
    • Age
      Children (0-12), Teenagers
    • Modality
      Family, Group, Individuals

    Phoenix House Texas

    Listed October 26, 2021

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Houston, Texas Addiction and Treatment

    Texas is one of the primary hubs for drug smuggling into the country. The border between Texas and Mexico is more than 1,000 miles long. More than 10 million residents use alcohol every year and more than 25% of those are minors. Alcohol and drug use has become so common in Texas that almost 15% of all deaths can be attributed to these substances.

    Houston, a vibrant metropolis near the Gulf of Mexico, offers a welcoming atmosphere for those seeking support during drug rehab treatment. The city boasts a thriving arts and culture scene, numerous parks, and year-round outdoor activities. However, Harris County leads the state in overall illicit fentanyl-related deaths, with 93 through June 2023. Deaths involving amphetamines in the county also increased substantially from 21 in 2010 to 119 in 2016.

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