Puerto Rican Family Institute
Drug Rehab Center in Bronx, New York
The Puerto Rican Family Institute provides culturally competent and family-focused mental health and addiction treatment with diverse levels of care, including long-term residential care, accepting private health insurance, in the Bronx, NY.
About This Bronx, NY Facility
The Puerto Rican Family Institute is a mental health and addiction treatment organization in the Bronx, NY, founded in 1974 with the mission to provide culturally competent and family-focused care. Specializing in dual diagnosis, eating disorder and mental health treatments, they offer diverse levels of care, such as couples therapy, family therapy, experiential therapy, group therapy, individual therapy, trauma therapy, dual-diagnosis and outpatient treatment. They also offer cognitive behavioral therapy and residential long–term care options of more than 30 days.
Their services are expected to be cost effective, as they accept private health insurance. With decades of experience, the Puerto Rican Family Institute has trained and certified mental health professionals that understand the specific needs of the clients. They pride themselves in creating a safe and secure environment for clients to heal and find long-term recovery from their illnesses.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Puerto Rican Family Institute in New York knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.
Levels of Care Offered
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.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Puerto Rican Family Institute offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the New York patient will go to the treatment center, yet return home every night. After most of the program is completed, the level of mandatory participation reduces.
Puerto Rican Family Institute‘s Therapies & Programs
In addiction recovery at Puerto Rican Family Institute, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.
Recovering from addiction involves recovering relationships as well. One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Couples therapy at Puerto Rican Family Institute can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged. Addiction involves everyone in the family, not only the addict.
Family roles can change in damaging ways that may require professional help to rebalance. Successful intimate relationships can decrease the chances for relapse by ensuring a healthy environment after rehab in Bronx, NY.
Addiction and alcoholism affect the entire family. For this reason, family therapy is vital to a person’s recovery from addiction. In contrast to couples counseling, family therapy at Puerto Rican Family Institute may include siblings, children, parents, and other significant people in the recovering person’s life. Family support is one of the most important pillars of recovery.
Many people turn to drugs and alcohol as a way of processing trauma that has affected them in the past. Trauma can include abuse, neglect, the loss of a loved one and other unpleasant incidents. Trauma therapy at Puerto Rican Family Institute helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Puerto Rican Family Institute aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.
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Experiential Therapy at Puerto Rican Family Institute
Experential therapy is a unique type of therapy that deals with the subconscious mind. This treatment available at Puerto Rican Family Institute in Bronx, NY encourages individuals to work out their issues with their inner self through synchronous experiences.
This non-traditional treatment method makes use of the physique and encourages people to take part in various physical and emotional activities, movements, and practices. Some of the most common examples of experiential therapy are equine therapy, music therapy, adventure therapy, and role playing. Through these various methods, an individual is believed to heal from trauma, negative emotions, and hurtful memories faster. Moreover, experiential therapy is known to have enduring results which can be beneficial to sufferers.
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Bronx, New York 10457 Phone Number(718) 299-3045 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Bronx, New York Addiction Information
More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.
In the Bronx, drug overdoses are a major problem – in 2016, there were nearly 76 lives lost to drug-related deaths. Common drugs commonly abused in the state include cocaine, methamphetamine, and prescription painkillers like oxycodone and Vicodin. There are some 12-step programs, holistic treatment options, and other types of therapy available depending on your specific needs and preferences.
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