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SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center

SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center

Drug Rehab Center in Whittier, California

  • Substance Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction

SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center in California has been providing successful treatment for over 40 years for individuals looking to get sober and suffering from dual diagnosis (addiction and mental illness).

About This California Facility

SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center is a substance abuse, dual diagnosis, and mental health treatment center based in Whittier, California. Founded in 1972, the mission of their team is to advance the health and well-being of the community by providing a safe, supportive and evidence-based healing environment for those seeking recovery from substance use disorders, mental health issues, and co-occurring conditions. The center offers a wide range of services, including residential long term care, individual and group therapy, family therapy, case management, social services, and aftercare support.

SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center is accredited by CARF, SAMHSA, and State License, ensuring the quality of the care they provide. The center accepts a wide range of private health insurance plans, and they also offer a variety of private payment options, such as flex pay and sliding discounts. As part of their comprehensive treatment model, SPIRITT Family Services – Whittier Family Center utilizes evidence-based treatment approaches, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and an array of additional therapeutic and life skills modalities. They also provide prevention, intervention, and recovery strategies, as well as gender and age-specific approaches to ensure both effective individualized treatment and long-term success.

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

    State License

    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

    Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. If you are taking more of your prescription, or earlier than the prescribed time interval between doses than is directed you may be abusing that medication. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally in or near Whittier, CA, you may be suffering from substance abuse.

    Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use and lead rapidly to substance abuse. The professionals at SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center are here to help.

    Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center is essential to understand the addiction better.

    Levels of Care Offered at SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center

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

    An intensive outpatient treatment program is set up for those struggling with an addiction to begin the recovery process. Patients come to Whittier, California for treatment at SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center for therapy, support, programs, and medical supervision. Intensive outpatient treatment is often very tightly scheduled and heavily structured.

    To assist with alcohol or opioid abuse, or a co-occurring condition, SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center offers an outpatient treatment program. For their rehabilitation and other services, the California 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.

    Therapies & Programs

    One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Addiction involves everyone in a family, not only the addict. Couples therapy can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged.

    When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.

    Attending group therapy at SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center in Whittier, California allows those seeking sobriety to realize they are not alone in their battles. This is when a group of people all in different phases of recovery get together and speak about their battles. They talk about their triggers, their successes, their failures, and the things they can do to get on and stay on a sober path. These sessions also teach life skills, communication, healthy habits, and can include alternative types of therapy.
    The relationship between the thoughts, feelings, and actions of a patient is explored by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). As an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol in Whittier, California, it helps to create a balanced response to thoughts and feelings. Effective communication between users and those around them is also encouraged. It is an efficient treatment for individuals suffering from all sorts of addictions, professionally provided by SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center.
    Entering a 12-step program allows people to accept that they struggle with an addiction on their own terms. It breaks down the process into 12-steps that recovering patients can advance as they feel strong enough to do so. This is common in programs like NA and AA, and gives the patient at SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center in Whittier, California the ability to self-help and move forward towards sobriety without feeling rushed.

    12-Step Facilitation, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Couples Therapy, Discharge Planning, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, HIV or AIDS education, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Intervention, Outpatient Treatment (OP), Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Vocational Training

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

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    SPIRITT Family Services - Whittier Family Center Location and Directions
    Address Information8000 Painter Avenue
    Whittier, California 90602 Phone Number562-903-7000 x123 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Whittier, California Addiction Information

    More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.

    There are 9,000 people addicted to drugs in Whittier, California. This accounts for around 10% of the population. In 2012, there were 1,526 overdose deaths related to prescription drugs. The number of heroin users doubled from 2002 to 2013. Drug treatment in Whittier, CA can be highly effective because there are several types of rehabilitation programs available to the public.

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