SEMCOA - Monarch House
Drug Rehab Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts
SEMCOA - Monarch House is a non-profit 21-bed facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts, combining evidence-based interventions and holistic, alternative therapies to offer personalized treatment plans for drug and alcohol addictions, opioid use, and mental health disorders with discharge planning and aftercare support.
About This Massachusetts Facility
SEMCOA - Monarch House, located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is a residential treatment program dedicated to helping women aged 18 and older recover from substance abuse. This facility aims to empower individuals and their families to achieve personal growth and an improved quality of life.
The center's mission focuses on preventing and treating chemical dependency while providing therapeutic services for mental health issues. Their goal is to guide clients towards accepting responsibility and making positive changes for lasting recovery.
SEMCOA - Monarch House specializes in treating addictions to drugs, alcohol, and opioids, as well as co-occurring mental health disorders requiring dual-diagnosis care. Services include:
- Substance abuse counseling
- On-site psycho-educational groups
- Individualized treatment recovery plans
- Coordination with the Department of Children and Families
- Daily living skills education
- Nutrition education
This SAMHSA-accredited and state-licensed facility combines evidence-based therapies, 12-step approaches, and holistic practices. Treatment methods may include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, and more. SEMCOA - Monarch House offers comprehensive care through their 21-bed residential program for long-term intensive treatment and rehabilitation.
For women struggling with opioid addiction, SEMCOA - Monarch House provides a supportive environment and personalized treatment plan. Through counseling, group therapy, and life skills education, clients can overcome their dependency and develop the tools needed for sustained recovery.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
The inappropriate use of any drug in New Bedford, MA is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at SEMCOA - Monarch House. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.
Opioid addiction is known as a high-risk factor for future heroin addiction. Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable and lead the user to continue to use. It is recommended to receive inpatient treatment and a medically supervised detox, SEMCOA - Monarch House in New Bedford, MA offers treatment for opioids.
A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.
Levels of Care Offered at SEMCOA - Monarch House
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Residential, Sober-Living / Half-Way, with additional therapies available as listed below.
A sober living home in Massachusetts is really like a halfway house, often referred to as an SLH. It is halfway between a rehab center for drugs or alcohol and living at home. Any specific rules and regulations must be followed by residents, such as attending required meetings and structured daily chores.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
Treatment is just the first step to maintaining sobriety. After treatment, aftercare support at SEMCOA - Monarch House helps the individual adjust to a life without substances. This support may involve a sober living home in or near New Bedford, MA, career counseling, or educational assistance. This is when a relapse prevention plan begins to take shape.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at SEMCOA - Monarch House. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The 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 setting.
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by SEMCOA - Monarch House brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.
Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. SEMCOA - Monarch House aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.
Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.
Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.
A 12-Step Program is a common method that is used to treat addiction. This format is used for both drug and alcohol treatment. It is extremely popular and successful for large numbers of people and the staff at SEMCOA - Monarch House are trained to assist in 12-step management.
The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians like those at SEMCOA - Monarch House in New Bedford, MA believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low dose nicotine products to ween smokers away from cigarettes. The products get nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking reducing addiction to the physical habit. It also allows addicts to adjust to lower doses to reduce withdrawal symptoms.
Contingency Management (CM), also known as motivational incentives or prize method, is a behavioral therapy type. It is based on the principle that their consequences influence the behaviors of an individual. So, it promotes the desired behavior by giving rewards while discouraging the unwanted behaviors by withholding the rewards or even by giving punishments. One of the expected desired behavior is the absence of drug in a toxicology screen, and the rewards vary from prize or vouchers, to experiences. CM is used for individuals who need therapy for more than 3 months, and it has the advantage of being implemented by family members.
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New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740 Phone Number(508) 992-0800 Meta DetailsUpdated April 15, 2024
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252 County St
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 992-0800
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New Bedford, Massachusetts Addiction Information
Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the country. More than half a million Massachusetts residents abuse alcohol while more than 1.5 million use illegal drugs each year. This drug and alcohol usage is the cause of over 8% of all deaths in the state. In 2017, Massachusetts ranked in the top 10 of the states with the highest opioid overdose rates.
4.3% of people in New Bedford, Massachusetts had a substance abuse disorder in 2011-2012 and 3.1% used heroin, up from 1.0% in 2007-2008. There were 393 overdose deaths from heroin out of the 1,977 drug overdose deaths in New Bedford. Substances such as prescription drugs, heroin, methamphetamine, or crack cocaine are common in New Bedford for decades. New Bedford has multiple treatment options available such as inpatient and outpatient programs.
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