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Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community

Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community

Drug Rehab Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Drug Addiction

Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community is a quality addiction treatment center for women, providing safe and supportive environments to develop skills and knowledge needed to successfully recover from addiction with individualized treatment plans and aftercare programs.

About This Massachusetts Facility

Founded in 1972, Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community is an addiction treatment facility located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This facility specializes in providing treatment for people suffering from opioid addiction, substance abuse, and drug addiction. With its long-standing history, Steppingstone offers a range of services and levels of care to cater to the individual needs of their patients.

Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community offers a comprehensive approach to treating addiction and substance abuse. Their services include drug rehab programs at residential levels of care, designed to provide a safe and supportive environment for those seeking recovery. In addition to primary treatment services, they also provide aftercare support to help individuals maintain their sobriety after leaving the residential program. Their experienced team of professionals utilizes evidence-based treatment methods grounded in therapy and counseling to address the complexities of addiction and guide patients towards lasting recovery.

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Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Smoking Allowed
  • Hearing-Impaired
  • Multiple Centers
  • 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 New Bedford, MA, 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 Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community are here to help.

    Opioid addiction treatment helps people addicted to opioids in Massachusetts curb their drug use. The selection of a treatment setting depends on the severity of the addiction. Mild cases are usually treated in outpatient facilities; severe cases need hospitalization or treatment in a residential facility. Doctors use medicines along with counseling and behavioral therapies to treat the addiction. The treatment includes medication, counseling and therapy. It can also include group counseling, individual counseling and family counseling.

    Levels of Care Offered at Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    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.

    Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day Massachusetts activities. It can last a year or even longer. Services include individual and family counseling, medications to reduce cravings, and treatment of psychiatric and other medical conditions. Aftercare support begins once you have completed earlier stages of treatment.

    Therapies & Programs

    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 Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community in New Bedford, Massachusetts 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.

    Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community in New Bedford, MA move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.

    Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a method of individual and/or group counseling in New Bedford, Massachusetts that focuses on acceptance and change. It was developed to advance the idea of balancing opposites. It is a coping method of avoiding black and white approach to situations and problems. DBT can be very effective in developing coping strategies for negative emotions and experiences, and is available for patients at Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community.
    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 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 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 Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community.
    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 Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community in New Bedford, Massachusetts the ability to self-help and move forward towards sobriety without feeling rushed.

    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

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    Steppingstone - New Bedford Women's Therapeutic Community Location and Directions
    Address Information979 Pleasant Street
    New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740 Phone Number(508) 984-1880 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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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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