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Sentara - Behavioral Health Services

Sentara - Behavioral Health Services

Drug Rehab Center in Suffolk, Virginia

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

Sentara - Behavioral Health Services in Suffolk, VA provides addiction treatment services including Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health Treatment, offering different levels of inpatient care, therapy and aftercare planning for patients to attain lasting sobriety.

About This Virginia Facility

Sentara - Behavioral Health Services is a drug treatment center located in Suffolk, Virginia, offering a variety of services for individuals seeking recovery from addiction and substance abuse. They specialize in treating individuals with dual diagnoses, mental health conditions, alcoholism, and drug addiction. Sentara - Behavioral Health Services provides a safe and supportive environment for those looking to embark on their journey towards sobriety. With levels of care including dual-diagnosis, inpatient, outpatient, and partial-hospitalization programs, individuals can receive personalized treatment tailored to their specific needs and circumstances.

Sentara - Behavioral Health Services utilizes a range of treatment methods to address addiction and substance abuse issues. They provide comprehensive assessments and evaluations to determine the most suitable treatment plan for each individual. Counseling and therapy sessions are integral components of their programs, including both individual and group therapy sessions. Additionally, they offer evidence-based treatments such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to assist individuals in developing healthy coping mechanisms and strategies for managing cravings and triggers. The facility also offers medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for individuals struggling with opioid addiction. With a focus on holistic recovery, Sentara - Behavioral Health Services aims to provide a well-rounded approach to help individuals achieve long-term sobriety and improved mental well-being.

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

    When someone in Virginia struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.

    Levels of Care Offered at Sentara - Behavioral Health Services

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

    An inpatient is a person who stays in a hospital or rehab center during treatment. For alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals, inpatient rehabs provide individualized around-the-clock services. Inpatient treatment programs address a person’s unique physical, medical, and psychological needs. A team of experts assess the severity of the addiction and design a highly tailored program. typically, the length of stay in an inpatient facility in Suffolk, VA is 30 days. Those with severe addiction may need to stay at the facility for 60 to 90 days.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Sentara - Behavioral Health Services. 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.

    Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Sentara - Behavioral Health Services helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Sentara - Behavioral Health Services 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.

    Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With Sentara - Behavioral Health Services in Suffolk, Virginia, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.
    Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending Sentara - Behavioral Health Services in Suffolk, Virginia the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    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 Sentara - Behavioral Health Services in Suffolk, VA 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.

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Sentara - Behavioral Health Services

    Experiential therapy involves recreating or creating new experiences for the patient. Many people struggled with past issues such as memories or trauma. By creating a new experience, it allows people to work through the issues associated with those moments in a new experience. This can give them a new measure of control and can help them role play a new scenario. That can help push addiction into their past and help them begin the healing process.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Sentara - Behavioral Health Services Location and Directions
    Address Information2800 Godwin Blvd
    Suffolk, Virginia 23434 Phone Number(757) 934-4786 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Suffolk, Virginia Addiction Information

    The state of Virginia has been struggling with substance use and abuse like the rest of the United States. A little over 10% of the entire Virginia population uses drugs and almost 5% abuse alcohol every given year. This has led to almost 6.5% of all deaths in Virginia being somehow related to alcohol and/or drugs.

    Almost 9% of the population abuses drugs in Suffolk, Virginia. Drug overdoses have become one of the leading causes of death in Suffolk. Easy access to drugs and a strong culture of drug abuse make it difficult for people to break free from addiction. Drug abuse is responsible for 25% of all violent crimes that occur in Suffolk. Some of the most common treatments include residential treatment, outpatient treatment, and detoxification.

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