Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home
Drug Rehab Center in Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home is a non-profit facility that provides individualized, evidence-based treatment for women facing addiction and mental health issues, including aftercare support, drug rehabilitation, residential, outpatient and inpatient treatment, and a variety of therapies and services.
About This Tewksbury, MA Facility
Lowell House – Sheehan Women's Recovery Home is an established recovery center located in Tewksbury, MA that offers a range of programs dedicated to helping women overcome drug and alcohol addiction, mental health issues, and dualdiagnosis. The facility was founded in 1971 and is accredited by SAMHSA with a state license.
At Lowell House – Sheehan Women's Recovery Home, clients are provided with a variety of treatment options that address individual needs and conditions. Services include residential and outpatient programs, aftercare support, drug rehab, dual diagnosis, and more. Various therapeutic methods and treatments such as dialectical behavior therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and nicotine replacement therapy are used to foster self-growth and encourage healthy life changes. In addition, Lowell House – Sheehan Women's Recovery Home also provides skilled case management, HIV or AIDS education, hepatitis education and counseling, life skills, and sober-living / half-way services. The facility's main focus is providing care and support for every aspect of recovery – from start to finish.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
Addiction to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit opioids such as heroin, leads to potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when discontinued. Opioid addiction treatment typically involves an inpatient stay at facilities like Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.
Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home in Massachusetts 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 Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Outpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Inpatient programs are intensive regimes that require individuals suffering from serious addictions to admit themselves into a controlled environment. Inpatient programs in Massachusetts generally span over 28 days to six months. The first step in an inpatient program is medically assisted detox. Doctors and addiction specialists at Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home monitor the individual’s vital signs as the drugs leave their system. Some inpatient rehab programs also provide counseling for family members to provide encouragement and emotional support. In inpatient programs, patients have access to 24-hour medical supervision.
To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the Massachusetts 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.
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 a first step in sustaining sobriety. After rehabilitation, counseling for aftercare helps the person adapt to a life without drugs. A sober living facility in Tewksbury, job therapy, or educational assistance may be included in this service, managed by Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home. This is when a preventive strategy for relapse starts to take shape.
Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home‘s Therapies & Programs
In addiction recovery at Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home, 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.
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 Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home 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 Lowell House - Sheehan Women's Recovery Home helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that focuses on eliminating specific negative thoughts such as suicidal thoughts that can potentially lead to an individual inflicting self-harm. It is useful in the treatment of patients exhibiting uncontrollable emotions, intense mood swings, and borderline personality disorders.
The term “Dialectic” means the integration of opposites. In the substance abuse context, DBT refers to accepting the patient’s addiction and working to change their thoughts and behavior. It improves life skills such as controlling the intense emotions without reacting impulsively, resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively, and promoting awareness about self and others.
Life skills pertain to the skill sets a person should possess to become successful in life. Examples are time management, budgeting, and social abilities. Life skills therapy highlights the fact that addiction recovery is more than just a person’s ability to go through their day-to-day without resorting to substance use in Tewksbury, MA once they leave the facility.
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Tewksbury, Massachusetts 01876 Phone Number(978) 640-0840 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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365 East Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876
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Tewksbury, 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.
Nearly 18% of individuals in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, who have a mental illness also have a drug or alcohol addiction. Close to 15% of traffic accidents can be attributed to the use of illicit drugs. Alcohol is the most commonly abused drug in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Close to 60% of individuals who are in prison have been found to abuse drugs. Common treatment options include inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, and 12-step programs.
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