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Preferred Behavioral Health Group

Preferred Behavioral Health Group

Drug Rehab Center in Barnegat, New Jersey

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

Preferred Behavioral Health Group is an outpatient clinic in New Jersey specializing in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of substance abuse and mental health issues.

About This Barnegat, NJ Facility

Preferred Behavioral Health Group in Barnegat, New Jersey, is an outpatient clinic specializing in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of substance use disorders and other mental health issues. The services provided at Preferred Behavioral Health Group include individual, group and family counseling, as well as intensive outpatient treatment and detoxification services. The experienced professionals at their facility provide compassionate, evidence-based care to individuals and families struggling with addiction and mental health issues.

Preferred Behavioral Health Group’s services for addiction and substance abuse treatment include dual diagnosis treatment, trauma-informed care, and relapse prevention. They use a variety of evidence-based and holistic modalities to address addiction, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, meditation, and nutrition and fitness services. They also provide unique programming such as Smart Recovery and Rational Recovery to promote holistic wellness and recovery.

Preferred Behavioral Health Group is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to their clients and is accredited by the Joint Commission and is licensed by the State of New Jersey. They have also been recognized as a Certified Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic. The clinic also participates in the Access 2 Recovery program, an initiative that provides free transportation to treatment for those who qualify. Their goal is to ensure that individuals and families have access to the quality care they need in order to achieve lasting sobriety.

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Genders
  • Male
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  • 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
  • Smoking Allowed
  • Veterans
  • Accreditations

    SAMHSA

    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.

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Substance abuse is the excessive use of any type of drug. This includes alcohol, medications and illegal drugs. Substance abuse is treated with a combination of physical and mental treatments. Preferred Behavioral Health Group patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.

    Opioid addiction is one of New Jersey‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.

    Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. Preferred Behavioral Health Group offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

    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 Jersey have another mental health condition. Screening for both addiction and any untreated mental health issue is essential, and individually managed by Preferred Behavioral Health Group.

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) are treatment programs suitable for people who wish to stay at home while undergoing treatment. IOPs like Preferred Behavioral Health Group make it possible for individuals to carry on with their responsibilities at work or school, in or near Barnegat, NJ. It’s easy to find an IOP center that offers individualized treatment protocols.

    In outpatient programs at Preferred Behavioral Health Group, the Barnegat 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.

    People involved in substance abuse usually are in a state of denial over the harmful effects of their changed behavior. They believe that they can overcome the addiction on their own. Intervention services in New Jersey offered by Preferred Behavioral Health Group help family members to motivate the affected individual to seek external support.

    Aftercare support refers to the follow-up care provided after the initial rehab program. The quality of aftercare support plays an important role in preventing relapses and sustains recovery. Aftercare support at Preferred Behavioral Health Group is personalized according to the needs of the patient in New Jersey.

    Preferred Behavioral Health Group‘s Therapies & Programs

    Addiction in Barnegat, New Jersey can occur due to a wide variety of reasons. Understanding your addiction and the best methods for maintaining sobriety involves learning about yourself. Preferred Behavioral Health Group treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

    Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Preferred Behavioral Health Group. 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 Preferred Behavioral Health Group in Barnegat, New Jersey, 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 Preferred Behavioral Health Group understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring New Jersey 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 Preferred Behavioral Health Group in Barnegat, NJ 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 Preferred Behavioral Health Group 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. Preferred Behavioral Health Group 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

    Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a method of specific counseling that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts with positive and productive behaviors. Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. You may not be aware that some unhealthy behaviors and thoughts are sabotaging your potential accomplishments.

    In the midst of an addiction certain healthy habits and behaviors can be forgotten or discarded altogether. While in treatment you will learn life skills that will help you successfully maintain sobriety in New Jersey.

    The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment offered at Preferred Behavioral Health Group. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics anonymous. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring. It refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.

    Some people refer to contingency management, or CM, as motivational incentives. This type of therapy is a reconditioning of the mind and responses of the body. The point of CM is to help the body understand the proper responses to behaviors should be, as well as the effects that come with both problematic and desired behaviors. The more positive choices a person makes, the more incentives they will receive, all managed with sobriety goals by Preferred Behavioral Health Group in Barnegat, NJ.

    Patient Experience

    Creative Arts

    It is believed that enhancing creativity and developing skills related to it can help people with addiction recover faster. Activities such as painting, writing, acting, and dancing are considered therapeutic as they become outlets for patients to blow off steam, channel their emotions, and express their thoughts. Some people in recovery find it difficult to do so, especially when they suffer from co-occurring disorders such as depression.

    Creative arts therapy at Preferred Behavioral Health Group in Barnegat, NJ heals these individuals and teaches them to express themselves more meaningfully. With this type of treatment, the process matters a lot more than the final output because it’s more important for therapists and counselors to see how a patient frees himself or herself up for expression.

    Experiential Therapy at Preferred Behavioral Health Group

    Experiential therapy at Preferred Behavioral Health Group 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 Barnegat, NJ.

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    Additional Details

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    Preferred Behavioral Health Group Location and Directions
    Address Information848 W Bay Ave
    Barnegat, New Jersey 8005 Phone Number(732) 367-4700 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Barnegat, 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.

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